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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Universal quantum physics
Can we derive quantification of energy mathematically?
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High School Virtual Particles; Making the Universe an Open System?
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Undergrad Plane wave solution to Dirac equation
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Undergrad Schroedinger Equation from Variational Principle
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Undergrad Scientific American Entanglement Movie
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High School Why do quantum effects arise due to microscopic size?
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Graduate Experimental values for screening constants? (Slater rules)
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High School Help with relationships in equations ΔX/L = λ/d?
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Undergrad Are we in a simulation and quantum tunneling?
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Undergrad Can we find a quantum analogue of the Bertrand paradox?
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High School Why the square of the wave function equals probability?
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Undergrad Degenerate Perturbation Theory
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High School How and why do quantum fields interact with each other?
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Undergrad Eigenstates of two Coupled Harmonic Oscillator
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High School Projection Operator: What Math Operation Does it Represent?
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Undergrad Is dψ/dx zero when x is infinite in QM?
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Undergrad Schrödinger's Equation Infinite Potential Well
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High School How is the Hydrogen Atom's Wave Function Separable?
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High School All the Universe belong to Quantum Mechanics?
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Undergrad QFT for the Gifted Amateur Question?
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Undergrad Planck's constant and quantization of energy
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Graduate Does spacetime lose its determinism in third dimension?
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Undergrad A two-fold quantum delayed-choice experiment
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Undergrad Classical Mechanics v Quantum Mechanics
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Undergrad What causes Heisenberg's uncertainty principle?
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Undergrad Clarification virtual photons, real photons
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Undergrad Hidden Variables in Bell Experiments: State or Detector Dependent?
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High School About the delayed choice quantum eraser experiment
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High School Double Slit Simulator: Online Visualization & Path Variations
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High School Understanding Spin: A Basic Explanation for Beginners in Physics
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Undergrad Debunk these news stories (QM Radar)
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Graduate Confusion about Derivation of Vacuum Rabi Rate
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High School Random transfer in entanglement
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High School The Universe: A Planck Clock Exploration
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Undergrad CFD - Counterfactual Definiteness
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Undergrad What Is The Nature Of Absorption Randomity?
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High School Quantum superposition of Coulomb potential
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Undergrad Harmonic Oscillator in 3D, different values on x, y and z
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High School Can Gravitons Interact with Magnetic Fields and Explain Light Bending?
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High School The electron field as values of what quantity?
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Undergrad Strong force and superposition
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Undergrad Eigenvalues, eigenvectors and the expansion theorem
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High School Uncertainty Principle - uncertainty in mass.
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High School Photon Dimensions: Wave or Particle?
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Undergrad When is a given state an eigenstate of a given operator?
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Undergrad QM has never made a prediction contradicted by experiment
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High School Chinese quantum experiment - explain please
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Undergrad Finite difference Hamiltonian
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Undergrad Quantum mechanics getting position operator from momentum
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Graduate Complex scalar field - commutation relations
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Graduate Relevant interactions in quantum field theory
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Undergrad Simple physical example for addition of angular momentum?
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High School Position of a particle immediately after a measurement
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Undergrad Photon Interval vs Areal Density for Changing Intensity
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Graduate Stark effect - theory vs experiment?
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Undergrad Solve Schrodinger Equation for Electrons in Atom: Potential Used?
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Undergrad Should the position basis be quantized?
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Undergrad What lead N.Bohr to come up with his postulates?
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Undergrad What Is the Origin of the Singlet State in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate What physics would look like if QM had not been invented?
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Undergrad About magnetic momentum in quantum mechanics
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Undergrad Hermitian operators in quantum mechanics
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Graduate States in relativistic quantum field theory
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Undergrad Does the +/- 1 term in bosonic and fermionic statistics matter
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Insights Struggles with the Continuum - Part 5 - Comments
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Undergrad Why the energy inversely propotional to n^2 in Bohr model
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Undergrad About classical and quantum-mechanical statistics
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Undergrad Impact Parameter: Dependence on Scatter & Wave
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Graduate Given decoherence, do we still need random quantum jumps and
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Undergrad What's so strange about entangled particles?
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Undergrad Why Not Mess with the Potential?
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Undergrad Ontology of wavefunction vs. ontology of electric field
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High School Classical EM Wave: Can Model be Proved Wrong?
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Undergrad History of the modeling of light
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Undergrad Where Does Larmor Precession Occur?
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Graduate What is the role of averaging holonomies in gauge invariance within GR?
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Undergrad Limiting behavior of quantum elastic collision
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Undergrad Is the state observer dependent
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Undergrad How to turn model of Schrödinger's Equation 2D?
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Undergrad Loop Quantum Gravity and Virtual Particles....
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Undergrad Why is the s state spherically symmetric?
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Undergrad Wien's displacement law from Plank's formula
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Undergrad About precessing directon of angular motion in quantum mechanics
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High School Bell made Simple - Hardy result
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High School One single solution for paradoxes
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High School Where does a quantum experiment *begin*?
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Undergrad Understanding the Uncertainty Principle
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Undergrad Exploring the 1/2 Factor in Simple Harmonic Oscillator Solutions
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High School QM: Self-Studying vs. University Classes
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High School Do photons have mass and how does it affect their existence?
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Undergrad 'Real particle and virtual particle interactions' Part 2....
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High School Single Classical-Quantum Physics of Everything?
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High School Can you find a single entangled atom in a haystack.
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Undergrad Quantum mechanics is random in nature?
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Undergrad Understanding the wavefunction for a free particle
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Undergrad Understanding Complex Coefficients in Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Where does Von Neumann say that consciousness causes collapse
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Undergrad Does the Double Slit Experiment Change When We Observe Particle Paths?
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Graduate Is representation theory worthwhile for quantum?
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High School Can a Magnetic Field Affect the Path of a Photon?
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