Quantum Physics Forum

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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?

  • akvadrako
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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

  • ShayanJ
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Undergrad Trying to understand how spontaneous emission works

  • Groucho
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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

  • learis
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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?

  • Dante Meira
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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

  • ftr
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Undergrad Delayed choice quantum eraser with actual 'choice'?

  • greypilgrim
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High School Mass: Causes, Sources & Relativity Explored

  • Ganoash
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Undergrad Electron Degeneracy Pressure not Fundamental?

  • FallenApple
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High School Science behind Einstein vs. Bohr Debate?

  • ChrisisC
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High School Quantum Computing: Benefits & Possibilities

  • ChrisisC
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High School Maths used in Quantum physics, specifically particle physics

  • ChrisisC
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Undergrad Boltzmann brains and other low probability events

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High School Double slit experiment for layman

  • wolram
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Undergrad Ratio between spontaneous/stimulated emission

  • greypilgrim
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Graduate Large scale Quantum computing developments

  • 1oldman2
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Graduate A need for an exactly solvable model

  • Demystifier
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Undergrad Mandel quantum eraser: No signal/idler-correlations needed?

  • greypilgrim
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High School Understanding the Purpose of Dirac Spin Matrices

  • DiracPool
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High School How does beta disintegration work?

  • adolphysics
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Undergrad Elementary question about energy

  • jonjacson
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Undergrad Is there any way to get a geometrical description of QM

  • nashed
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Undergrad 'Localization,' particle motion, and quantum fluctuations....

  • asimov42
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Undergrad Why do quarks prefer to live on top of fluctuating gluon fields?

  • FallenApple
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High School Is Energy Truly Quantized in De Broglie's Equation?

  • _PJ_
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Undergrad How important is light in the Observer Effect?

  • Dennis Z
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Graduate Quantum states and representation freedom

  • fog37
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Undergrad If an object is not quantized does it have a wave function?

  • Nickyv2423
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Undergrad How Does Shankar's PQM Derive Schrödinger's Equation?

  • hideelo
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Graduate Help to rewrite Dirac equation

  • TimeRip496
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Undergrad The nature of wavefunctions collapse

  • Jilang
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Undergrad Understanding Entanglement: What it Means & How it Works

  • fog37
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Graduate How do you visualize quantum spin?

  • Scott99
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Graduate Variation in Schwinger's quantum action principle

  • Neutrinos02
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Undergrad The Arrow of Time and the Reversibility of Decay Processes in Physics

  • Abdullah Qasmi
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High School Is the wave function collapse asymmetrical in time?

  • IvicaPhysics
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High School Boundary between Quantum and Relativity

  • rharrex
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Undergrad Criss-cross multiple double slit experiment paths?

  • pittsburghjoe
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Graduate Ground state wave function from Euclidean path integral

  • ShayanJ
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Undergrad Why Use Different Components for E>0 and E<0 in Dirac Equation?

  • TimeRip496
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High School Understanding Fourier Transform for Wavefunction Representation in K Space

  • Physgeek64
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Undergrad State Representation in QM and Vector Spaces

  • fog37
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Undergrad Lorentz invariance of quantum theory

  • Narasoma
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High School QM Humor: "Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

  • collinsmark
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High School What is the UV catastrophe and how does it challenge classical physics?

  • Asmaa Mohammad
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Undergrad I can determine the photon path in delayed erasure

  • djorkaef
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Undergrad Is QM Ignorance Truly Bliss in Understanding the Many Worlds Interpretation?

  • .Scott
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High School A quick question about entanglement

  • rede96
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Undergrad Calculating Delta Function Ordering: Position and Momentum Operators Explained

  • jim burns
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High School Double slit and DCQE with future prediction

  • TJung
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High School What are some easy ways to show quantum mechanics

  • malcome123
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High School The Chinese have proposed teleportation of a bacteria

  • Nicky665
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High School Why is Quantum Physics so Strange?

  • ChrisisC
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Undergrad Is Schrodingers cat real or just a way to put a lack of data

  • garrettwittag
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Undergrad Energy associated with entangled particles

  • MCB
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Undergrad Is Energy Entanglement Possible?

  • LarryS
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Undergrad Most Ridiculous Papers You've Ever Read

  • Nosebgr
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High School Question about Hamiltonian and kinetic energy

  • kidsasd987
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Undergrad Probabilities in many body systems....

  • voila
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Undergrad Why is the Pauli Exclusion Principle not a force?

  • dsanz
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Undergrad Canonical Quantization: Choosing the Right Lagrangien

  • klpskp
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High School Bose Condensate: The Repulsive Nature and Inability to Penetrate Ceramic

  • fanieh
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Undergrad One Way vs. Entangled Cryptography

  • Zafa Pi
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Undergrad Commutator Properties: [A,B]C+B[A,C]=[A,B](C+B)?

  • Kyle Nemeth
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Undergrad Peres-Horodecki criterion for a 3-qubit system

  • MMS
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Undergrad Proving The Church-Turing-Deutsch Principle

  • n01
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Graduate A question about the electron self-energy correction

  • feld
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High School Build a "full" wave function without data in simple problems

  • DoobleD
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Insights Interview with a Physicist: David J. Griffiths - Comments

  • Greg Bernhardt
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High School Is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Equivalent to One Bit of Information?

  • Nicky665
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Undergrad Does the electron field carry information about its charge

  • ftr
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Undergrad Physical significance of nodes?

  • Sheldon Cooper
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Undergrad Will the kinetic energy operator change with a variable shift?

  • Konte
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Graduate How to calculate the Wigner function for an entangled state

  • khfrekek92
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Undergrad How are quantum bits implememted?

  • JohnsonJohnson
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Undergrad Why do we need perturbation theory

  • LSMOG
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Undergrad Qubits: Can We Store Information Again After Read?

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Undergrad Double slit experiment with electrons

  • Davephaelon
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Graduate Are all wave functions with a continuum basis non-normalizable?

  • TheCanadian
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High School Simple proof of Bell's theorem

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Undergrad A question about the delayed choice quantum eraser experiment

  • eyeseefan
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Undergrad How Does Environmental Interaction Affect Quantum Decoherence and Localization?

  • durant35
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Graduate Overlap of Ground States in Quantum Field Theory

  • hilbert2
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High School Electron diffraction experiment puzzle

  • Glenn G
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High School Photoelectric effect and metal's delocalised electrons

  • Glenn G
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Graduate The Mystery of Photoresist Ridges: A Question About Light and its Behavior

  • James T Clemens
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Undergrad Numerical solution of Schrödinger equation

  • aaaa202
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Undergrad Does the double-slit experiment create path-entangled states

  • sciencejournalist00
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Graduate What is the most general mathematical framework for quantum

  • lfqm
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Undergrad A question about momentum integrals and lengths

  • &quot;Don&#039;t panic!&quot;
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Undergrad Understanding Coherence in Quantum Mechanics

  • Sheldon Cooper
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Undergrad What does it mean -- polarization of a single photon?

  • Uriel
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