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Graduate Universal quantum physics
Undergrad Phase factors of eigenstates in time-dependent Hamiltonians
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Undergrad Harper-Hofstader Model: Butterfly & Landau Levels Relationship
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High School Can a point-like particle really exist in a 0-dimensional universe?
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Undergrad Question for large quantum system
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Undergrad Delayed choice quantum eraser -- Again....
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Undergrad Time dependent perturbation(determination of order)
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High School About creating a product state
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High School Can Everett Branches Break Quantum Laws?
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High School Spectroscopy before tunable lasers?
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Undergrad How see through the glass + reflection at same time
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High School Uncertainty Principle and a photon
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Undergrad Delayed choice experiment clarification (specific setup)
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Undergrad Hermitian Operators in Dirac Equation
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Graduate What is De Broglie's Fictitious Wave?
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Undergrad What is the reason behind fermions being unable to share the same quantum state?
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Undergrad Quantum numbers of Landau levels
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High School The Possibility of Induced Quantum Mechanical Tunneling?
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Graduate Correlation functions in an interacting theory
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High School How to create quantum entangled electrons
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High School Are photons really necessary in physics?
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Graduate Wave of an outgoing anti-particle in quantum field theory?
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Undergrad Bohr model, Why do we assume a standing wave?
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Undergrad Do electrons really behave like waves?
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High School Why did Bohr & Company hold quantum reality to be indeterminate?
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Undergrad Photoelectric Effect: quantum energy doubts
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Graduate Minimum uncertainty in electron position
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Undergrad Hamiltonian matrix - Eigenvectors
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Graduate H-theorem in quantum information theory
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Undergrad Could somebody tell me good book about degenerate matter ?
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Undergrad Hartree Fock v.s. Configuration Interaction
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High School Does the Initial Emission in the Double Slit Experiment Have a Trajectory?
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Graduate Conjugate variables in the Fourier and Legendre transforms
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Undergrad Macroscopic versus microscopic standing waves
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Undergrad Integration Method Used to Transform Equation 1 into Equation 2?
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High School How long can a virtual particles exist in a vacuum state?
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Undergrad Entangled particle on a nanoprobe.
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Undergrad Vacuum fluctuations - possible stupid question
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High School How does a Bell State lead to a probability in the CHSH game
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Undergrad Why are E and gamma considered canonically conjugate in the Gauss law?
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Insights What is the explanation for the existence of anyons in 2 dimensions?
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Graduate Transverse polarizations of a massless spin 1 particle
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High School Understanding the difference between |01>+|10> and |01>-|01>
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Graduate Factors in the theory of a complex scalar field
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Undergrad Decoherence and standard formalism
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Undergrad Ionization and Nodes in the Hydrogen Wave Function
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Insights Struggles with the Continuum - Conclusion - Comments
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Undergrad Unpolarised Light: Single Photons & Superposition
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High School Which fundamental properties of particles can actually vary?
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Undergrad Is the velocity of two photons of different energies same?
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Undergrad Yes, thank you for explaining it to me. I have a much better understanding now.
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High School What does a Penning trap say about the electron?
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High School Explain Electron Revolution in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Maxwell field commutation relations
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Undergrad Why Does U(1) Symmetry Allow Multiple Solutions in Lagrangians?
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Undergrad Create black hole with lasers? Physics project
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High School Is Quantum Mechanics the Key to Unlocking New Energy Sources?
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Graduate Gauge invariance and covariant derivative
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Graduate Scale in mathematics vs in quantum physics
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Undergrad Delayed Choice Double Slit: Sending Info to the Past?
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Submit your interview questions for Dr. James Gates
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Undergrad Permutation operator and Hamiltonian
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High School Does the Uncertainty Principle work through barriers?
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Undergrad Is Polarisation Entanglement Possible in Photon Detection?
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High School Particle antiparticle collide, teleportation?
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Undergrad Can electrons transition collectively, emitting 1 photon?
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High School Do we measure the particle or the wavefunction?
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Undergrad What happens to wavefunction if you swap electrons?
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Undergrad Bohr-Sommerfield quantization of motion
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Undergrad Periodic potential - energy bands
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Undergrad Breakdown of Planck's Law under certain Conditions
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Undergrad Discrete vs Continuous Spectra in Blackbody Radiation?
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Undergrad Physical Significance of 2s Orbital Peaks?
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High School Quantum field theory VS Quantum mechanics
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Undergrad Planck's 1st Derivation of Planck's Law?
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Graduate QFT, what are the transformation rules for
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High School Software for quantum calculations?
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High School Quantum Mechanics: Wave-Particle Duality Explained
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Undergrad Creation and annihilation operator commutation confusion
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High School Wave function, units in the argument
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High School What does "orbital velocity" mean in a quantum setting?
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Undergrad Is Quantum Mechanics Redefining Our Understanding of Mass Defect?
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Graduate Parity and time reversal on derivatives and electric field?
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High School Is angular momentum of a quantum object, metaphorical?
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Undergrad Relationship Between Hermitian and Symmetric Matrices
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Undergrad Why do the alternatives separate from each other?
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Undergrad QFT for the Gifted Amateur Question (3)
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High School Understanding the Unitary and Branches Theorem in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Quantized E field, Coulomb Gauge with Interactions
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High School What Is Information? | Definition & Overview
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Undergrad Ensembles and density matrices - I don't get it
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Undergrad The wave function is an exponential function, if I plot the
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Undergrad Test of Bell's Theorem: Experiments Beyond Polarization
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High School Hydrogen Atom States Before Photon Emission | Help
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High School Quantum Physics -Double Slit Delayed Observation
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High School Can Measuring Momentum Make a Marble's Position Vanish?
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High School Does tunneling affect the energy of a particle in a finite box?
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Graduate I've tried to read the reason for using Fourier transform
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High School Electron Diffraction and the DeBroglie Wavelength
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Graduate Does Quantum Foam Influence the Gravity of the Universe?
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High School The moment we observe superposition
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