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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Universal quantum physics
High School Physicists study the quantum vacuum
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Graduate Bell's theorem+Holographic entanglement entropy
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Undergrad Is a Qubit in a Quantum Superposition or a Mixed State?
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Undergrad Difference between Quantum Superposition and Mixed States
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High School Understanding Light as a Wave: Clarifying Misunderstandings in Modern Physics
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Undergrad Short Distance Quantum Physics
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Undergrad Does observed light travel faster or slower than unobserved?
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High School Does Cutting an Object Affect Its Hilbert Space or Quantum State?
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Undergrad Quantum Superposition, Linear Combinations and Basis
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Graduate Quantum Field theory profound insight antiparticles
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Graduate Expanding CCRs, and their underlying meaning
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High School Can Anti-Atoms Produce an Optical Spectrum? New Study Shows Promising Results
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Undergrad Jaynes on probability in quantum theory
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High School How Does the Quantum Vacuum Influence Matter and Fundamental Interactions?
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Undergrad Open or closed Casimir system?
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Undergrad Calculating Modes in a Cavity: Why Use a Spherical Volume?
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Undergrad Use of polarization to experimentally check photon mass?
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Undergrad Ben Schumacher - Q. Mech. lectures from 2008. Outdated?
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Undergrad Lorentz violation and the physical vacuum....
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Undergrad Intrinsic or non-intrinsic properties
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Undergrad Quantum wavepackets expanding in free space
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High School Particle Entanglement Explained: Can 2+ Be Entangled?
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Undergrad Total angular momentum for antiparallel electrons
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Undergrad Studying Sturm-Liouville Form: Finding Resources & Problem Sets
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Undergrad Understanding Quantum Corral images
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Undergrad Quantum mechanics shows how the poverty of energy imposes structure....?
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High School Does information travel faster than light
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Undergrad Rotation operators on a sphere, around x and y axis
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High School Single-source and multi-source interference
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Undergrad Common eigenfuctions for degeneracy
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Undergrad Reflection of a massive particle
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High School Exploring Double Slit Experiment in Space
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Undergrad Born rule for macroscopic objects
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Undergrad Quantum Physicists Examine Orch Theory and Consciousness
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Undergrad On uniqueness of density matrix description as mixed state
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Undergrad Underlying reality re deBroglie equation
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High School Matrix exponential and applying it a random state
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Graduate Does increasing photon flux density increase attenuation?
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Graduate Change of coordinates in quantum phase space
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Undergrad Explanation of the EPR paradox
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High School Does the Higgs field gravitate?
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Undergrad Psi-epistemic arguments against reality of quantum states
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Graduate What are L+ and L- matrices for l=3 ?
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High School QM: Quantization Dependent on Spatial Confinement?
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Undergrad Solving Schrodinger's equation
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High School Guessing trial wave function with variational method
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Undergrad Srednicki QFT: Integration measure for KG eqn?
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Undergrad What can this observable represent?
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Undergrad How Can Two Simultaneous Measurements Be Compared in Single Photon Entanglement?
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Undergrad Why can't atoms accept energy from static electric fields?
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Graduate Problem with Bose-Einstein Condensation
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Undergrad Trying to understand how spontaneous emission works
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High School Why are there only two colorful metals?
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High School Trajectory of photon or electron in double slit
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High School Phi Ratio in Physics | G Factor Calculation
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Undergrad Is it possible to send information with entanglement?
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High School When was the first double slit experiment done using a detector?
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High School Does "wave–particle duality" exist in low frequency waves?
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Graduate Is There a Possibility of Quantum Events Creating Cats?
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Undergrad Do these relations have any physical significance
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Undergrad Delayed choice quantum eraser with actual 'choice'?
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High School Mass: Causes, Sources & Relativity Explored
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Undergrad Electron Degeneracy Pressure not Fundamental?
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High School Science behind Einstein vs. Bohr Debate?
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High School Quantum Computing: Benefits & Possibilities
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High School Maths used in Quantum physics, specifically particle physics
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Undergrad Boltzmann brains and other low probability events
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High School Double slit experiment for layman
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Undergrad Ratio between spontaneous/stimulated emission
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Graduate Large scale Quantum computing developments
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Graduate A need for an exactly solvable model
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Undergrad Mandel quantum eraser: No signal/idler-correlations needed?
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High School Understanding the Purpose of Dirac Spin Matrices
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High School How does beta disintegration work?
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Undergrad Elementary question about energy
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Undergrad Is there any way to get a geometrical description of QM
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Undergrad 'Localization,' particle motion, and quantum fluctuations....
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Undergrad Why do quarks prefer to live on top of fluctuating gluon fields?
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High School Is Energy Truly Quantized in De Broglie's Equation?
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Undergrad How important is light in the Observer Effect?
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Graduate Quantum states and representation freedom
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Undergrad If an object is not quantized does it have a wave function?
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Undergrad How Does Shankar's PQM Derive Schrödinger's Equation?
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Graduate Help to rewrite Dirac equation
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Undergrad The nature of wavefunctions collapse
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Undergrad Understanding Entanglement: What it Means & How it Works
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Graduate How do you visualize quantum spin?
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Graduate Variation in Schwinger's quantum action principle
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Undergrad The Arrow of Time and the Reversibility of Decay Processes in Physics
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High School Is the wave function collapse asymmetrical in time?
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High School Boundary between Quantum and Relativity
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Undergrad Criss-cross multiple double slit experiment paths?
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Graduate Ground state wave function from Euclidean path integral
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Undergrad Why Use Different Components for E>0 and E<0 in Dirac Equation?
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High School Understanding Fourier Transform for Wavefunction Representation in K Space
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Undergrad State Representation in QM and Vector Spaces
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Undergrad Lorentz invariance of quantum theory
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High School QM Humor: "Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
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High School What is the UV catastrophe and how does it challenge classical physics?
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Undergrad I can determine the photon path in delayed erasure
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