Join in expert discussion on quantum physics. Quantum physics is the mathematical description of the motion and interaction of subatomic particles. Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory.
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Undergrad Qubit mixed state density matrix coordinates on a Bloch ball
- maxverywell
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High School Quantum Mechanics vs. Pilot-Wave thought experiment
- cala
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Undergrad Can someone please explain Scott Aaronson lecture #9?
- mike1000
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Undergrad Are two entangled photons described by the same wavefunction?
- Nickyv2423
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High School Interference pattern after a particle is detected?
- Nickyv2423
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Undergrad How does spin relate to the symmetry of a particle?
- kregg87
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Undergrad Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle common misconceptions
- Jimmy87
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Undergrad No r dependence in L operator?
- DoobleD
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High School Clarification Requested: Particles as higher dimensional objects
- zeroace
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Undergrad How Fermat's principle interprets diffraction and interference
- zhouhao
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High School Interference pattern, one particle at a time
- MindWalk
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Undergrad Commuting observables vs. exchanging measurements
- greypilgrim
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High School Electron in the double-slit experiment
- Jens Lundell
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High School What is the fundamental principle behind the operation of a laser?
- Karolus
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Undergrad Cognitive Dissonance and Quantum Mechanics?
- mike1000
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Undergrad Why does topology matter in determining fermions and bosons?
- Jezza
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Undergrad How is weak isospin/hypercharge calculated?
- Harry235435
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Graduate Are there different "types" of renormalization
- ftr
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High School Here is a good video that explains non-locality simply
- mike1000
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Graduate Feynman rule for closed fermion loop in QED
- spaghetti3451
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Graduate Classical universe and experimental choices
- A. Neumaier
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Undergrad Does Quantum Mechanics Deny Objective Reality Before Measurement?
- RTT
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High School Does right/left spin reverse in tunneling particles?
- fredt17
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High School How does Hawking radiation work?
- caspeerrr
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Graduate Can three particles be entangled?
- caspeerrr
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Undergrad What Are the Key Experiments and Interpretations of Quantum Physics?
- skanskan
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Undergrad Expectation value with imaginary component?
- Kenneth Adam Miller
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Undergrad What mediates the exchange force?
- Ben Wilson
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Graduate How Do Gamma Matrix Identities Relate to the Charge Conjugation Operator?
- Bala Tala
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Undergrad Why all the rejection of superdeterminism?
- greypilgrim
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Undergrad Symmetrized Lagrangian (second quantization)
- Neutrinos02
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Graduate Flow of charge on fermion propagator
- spaghetti3451
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High School What are we made of? (IB project)
- Nikola Milekic
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Insights Examples of Prequantum Field Theories III: Chern-Simons-type Theories
- Urs Schreiber
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Undergrad Does ΔPΔX = ΔEΔT? Solving the Uncertainty Principle
- mike1000
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Undergrad Boltzmann with degenerate levels
- jostpuur
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Undergrad Energy Level Change in Adiabatic Reversible Process
- Sorade
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High School Understanding Beta Decay: The Role of Quarks, Leptons, and Bosons
- Comeback City
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Undergrad Photoelectric absorption versus Compton scattering
- cdot1989
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Undergrad Difference between "realistic" and "predetermined"
- greypilgrim
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Graduate What Drives the Naming and Structure of One-Particle Irreducible Diagrams?
- spaghetti3451
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Undergrad Double slit experiment in 3 dimensions?
- mike1000
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Undergrad Bell's inequality experimental data
- Nivloc
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Undergrad Calculation of negative energy density in a Casimir cavity
- OrigamiNinja
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Undergrad Bell scenarios with communication
- DrClaude
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Undergrad Internal rotation kinetic energy operator
- Konte
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Insights The Physics of Virtual Particles - Comments
- A. Neumaier
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Graduate Weinberg: detecting changes to QM using atomic clocks
- Auto-Didact
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High School Electron moving to lower energy state
- Simon Peach
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Graduate Quantum Interest Conjecture and negative energy-density
- exvitermini
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Undergrad A question about assumptions made in derivation of LSZ formula
- Frank Castle
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Graduate Could someone explain Luders Rule?
- TimH
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High School Summation vs Integral for Wavefunction Superposition
- Isaac0427
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Graduate A surprise result using Helmann-type potential
- ftr
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Undergrad Understanding POVM: A Simple Explanation
- Trixie Mattel
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Undergrad Do photons that carry orbital angular momentum have mass?
- calinvass
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Undergrad The "complete state" of an electron
- ExplosivePete
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Undergrad Please help me understand quantum tunneling conceptually?
- nashsth
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Graduate Busting the myth of the observer: the double slit experiment
- steviereal
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Undergrad What is the Waveform of Virtual Photons?
- Jeff Root
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High School Is the Universe Just a Computer Simulation?
- TJung
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Graduate Is Each Pair in a Tripartite Cubic System in a Bell State?
- salley
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Undergrad Occam's razor and probability in QM
- simeonz
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Graduate Why is the Matter wave analogous to photon and derived from it?
- SunRay-dvsh
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High School Need Listing of Photon and Particle Quantum States
- Adam Computes
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Undergrad Interpreting These '2 Particles in a Box' Plots
- tomdodd4598
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Undergrad Is nuclear fission a quantum fluctuation
- rootone
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Graduate Path integral formula for a state with non-trivial time dependency
- ShayanJ
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High School Does Material Type Affect Double Slit Interference Patterns?
- hsdrop
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High School Bypassing Pauli Exclusion principle.
- MathematicalPhysicist
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Undergrad Are fixup operations required for entanglement in photon splitting?
- edguy99
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Undergrad Doppler Shift and Light Quanta: Questions on the Nature of Light and Observation
- Andy_K
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Undergrad Particle in the box eigenfunctions
- fog37
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Undergrad What Are Quantum Operators and the Role of Hermitian Matrices in Degeneracy?
- Karolus
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Undergrad Harmonic Oscillator equivalence
- Adolfo Scheidt
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Graduate Expert on Wick's Theorem needed
- mupsi
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High School Why did famous people think consciousness causes collapse?
- low inhibition
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High School "Decoherence usually requires interaction with something macroscopic and an environment"
- fanieh
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Undergrad "Iterativity" of quantum potential?
- itssilva
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High School Understanding Environment-Induced Superselection in Quantum Systems
- fanieh
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Undergrad A few questions about Feynman's QED Lecture
- JohnnyGui
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Undergrad The absolute value of the frequency in quantum mechanics
- mccoy1
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High School Double slit experiment -- consciousness and information
- Viopia
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Undergrad Rotational excitation of quantum particle
- quantumSpaghetti
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Graduate Is my solution of time-dependent Schrodinger equation right?
- extranjero
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High School Understanding Quantum Mechanics: The Puzzle of Cutting a Pencil in MWI
- oquen
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Undergrad Amplitudes, Probabilities and EPR
- stevendaryl
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Undergrad How Does Bell's Inequality Reveal Quantum Nonlocality?
- exponent137
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Undergrad On the Heisenberg uncertainty relation
- A. Neumaier
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Undergrad How Do You Calculate the Average Orbital Kinetic Energy for Silicon?
- Ado
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Undergrad How Does Semiclassical State Counting Relate to Quantum Energy Eigenstates?
- jostpuur
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Undergrad Gravitational Effect on Electron Eigenstates
- Jim Lundquist
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Undergrad Odd/even symmetric/antisymmetric
- dyn
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High School Practical applications of quantum mechanics
- Jazzy Smaff
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Undergrad Expectation of an operator (observable) how to calculate it
- fog37
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High School Neutron, White Dwarfs and Degeneracy Pressure
- Jimmy87
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Undergrad From Pauli spinors to Dirac spinors
- Milsomonk
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Undergrad Quantum Computing: Learn to Start From Scratch
- Dahvrok
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Graduate Do all photons really follow all available paths?
- physics pfan
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High School How close are we to uniting gravity and QM
- ChrisisC
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