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High School Classical EM Wave: Can Model be Proved Wrong?
- calinvass
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Undergrad History of the modeling of light
- A. Neumaier
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Undergrad Where Does Larmor Precession Occur?
- Twigg
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Graduate What is the role of averaging holonomies in gauge invariance within GR?
- naima
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Undergrad Limiting behavior of quantum elastic collision
- jcap
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Undergrad Is the state observer dependent
- Jilang
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Undergrad State space of a standing wave?
- pliep2000
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Undergrad How to turn model of Schrödinger's Equation 2D?
- IsaiahvH
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Undergrad Virtual particles in loop quantum gravity
- JWillis
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Undergrad Why is the s state spherically symmetric?
- KFC
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Undergrad Wien's displacement law from Plank's formula
- En Joy
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Undergrad About precessing directon of angular motion in quantum mechanics
- KFC
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High School Bell made Simple - Hardy result
- Eye_in_the_Sky
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High School One single solution for paradoxes
- entropy1
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High School Where does a quantum experiment *begin*?
- Davor Magdic
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Undergrad Why are minimum-uncertainty states Gaussian wavefunctions?
- majormuss
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Undergrad Why does the simple harmonic oscillator trial solution have a 1/2 factor?
- koustav
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High School QM: Self-Studying vs. University Classes
- kent davidge
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High School Do photons have mass and how does it affect their existence?
- superkraken
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Undergrad Can a real electron interact with a virtual positron in perturbative expansion?
- asimov42
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High School Single Classical-Quantum Physics of Everything?
- ObjectivelyRational
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High School Can you find a single entangled atom in a haystack.
- BernieM
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Undergrad Quantum mechanics is random in nature?
- entropy1
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Undergrad Why do only positive energy eigenfunctions oscillate for a free particle?
- majormuss
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Undergrad Understanding Complex Coefficients in Quantum Mechanics
- kent davidge
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Graduate Where does Von Neumann say that consciousness causes collapse
- Giulio Prisco
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Undergrad Does the Double Slit Experiment Change When We Observe Particle Paths?
- calinvass
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Graduate Is representation theory worthwhile for quantum?
- Twigg
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High School Can a Magnetic Field Affect the Path of a Photon?
- kent davidge
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Undergrad Does macro-object get entangled?
- entropy1
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Undergrad About quantisation of energy
- Thejas15101998
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Undergrad Maximally entangled two-qubit Bell states
- kaje
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Undergrad Selection rules for multiphoton vs single-photon ionization
- phys-student-9
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Graduate What Are Advanced Dissertation Topics in Quantum Computing?
- FraserAC
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Undergrad How to discretize the Schrödinger equation with spin
- aaaa202
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Undergrad Practicality of quantum communications systems
- aquitaine
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High School Connections with Prime numbers and Quantum Physics?
- HawkI
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Graduate What is the range of size for quantum effect to happen?
- Tareq Naushad
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Graduate Observations Helmholtz equation is unable to explain
- Tasell
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High School Difference between opposite states
- t_r_theta_phi
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Graduate Did Bohr have a Logical Picture of Wittgenstein?
- Charles Wilson
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Undergrad Why psi squared instead of psi?
- kent davidge
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High School Did Schrödinger's equation introduce probability to quantum mechanics?
- Fuinne
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High School How is the Wave Function Derived in Quantum Mechanics?
- Nipuna Weerasekara
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Undergrad Why do we require conditions for the Poisson Distribution?
- chi_rho
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Undergrad Equivalence of SU(2) and O(3) in Ryder's QFT book
- Glenn Rowe
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High School Quantum eraser and entanglement: alternatives to retrocausality
- whitsona2
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Undergrad Why is light polarised for the Zeeman effect?
- greswd
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Undergrad States diagonal in the reference basis
- Plankton
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Undergrad What happens when excited mercury atoms hit the plate in the Franck-Hertz experiment?
- Helphelphelp
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Undergrad Building a List of Feynman Diagrams
- woody stanford
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Undergrad New experiment challenges quantum mechanics
- entropy1
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High School Position Operator: Mathematically Defined
- Naman Jain Kota
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High School Quantum view of time versus relativistic view of time
- Jonny Cruz
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Undergrad Wavelength of a Stationary Particle
- Drakkith
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Undergrad Quantum superposition from interference?
- exmarine
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Undergrad Quantum nonlocality in relation to FTL Communication
- Gary0509
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Graduate How do photons split in spontaneous parametric down-conversion?
- Uriel
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Undergrad Why are there two different reduced Planck mass formulas?
- Figaro
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Undergrad How to diagonalize Hamiltonian with Zeeman field
- aaaa202
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Undergrad Can you explain me the given planks hypothesis better?
- lawrence123456
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High School Possible Controversial Quantum Topics
- JB321
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Undergrad Energy associated with matter waves of macroscopic objects
- Heman_s
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Undergrad Why do Hydrogen bound states span the Hilbert space?
- HomogenousCow
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High School What does it take to understand quantum mechanics?
- Brandon1989
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Undergrad What oscillates in matter waves?
- lawrence123456
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Undergrad Imposition of relativistic constraints on Bell's theorem
- petrushkagoogol
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Undergrad Can you extract useful work from vacuum energy?
- Kavorka
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High School Life of free electrons in space
- Tareq Naushad
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High School Does uncertainty principle apply to photon direction with atomic detector?
- Chris Frisella
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Undergrad Why can p orbitals hold 8 electrons if the Pauli principle limits 2 per orbital?
- avito009
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Undergrad What is Quantum Decoherence and How Does it Affect Quantum Systems?
- Katyan Anshuman
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Graduate Does this experiment truly rule out non-local causality?
- bohm2
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High School Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and photons
- Comscistudent
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Graduate How are energy levels and De-Broglie wavelengths related in the Bohr model?
- blackdranzer
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Graduate Geometric Quantum mechanics -- Worked examples?
- andresB
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Undergrad Electron configuration vs. Lewis dot structure?
- nehCrM
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Undergrad Can the 1D Wave Equation Accurately Describe dΨ(x)/dt?
- AleksanderPhy
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High School From where electron and proton get there charges?
- akashpandey
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Undergrad Reduced mass effect on gyromagnetic factor
- Khashishi
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Undergrad Klein-Gordon Equation: Forming a Conservation of Charge
- TimeRip496
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Graduate Some questions about the Finite Potential Well
- Guaicai
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High School Are there bosons for the quantum potential field?
- cube137
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Undergrad How to visualise an instanton?
- mollwollfumble
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Undergrad What is the role of entropy in particle decay theory?
- ribbie
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Undergrad How does a single photon camera pixel work?
- woody stanford
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Graduate Entanglement between nuclei via fission
- looseleaf
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Graduate How Does the Dirac Spin Exchange Operator Work in Quantum Mechanics?
- MisterX
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Undergrad Does quantum mechanics obey causality?
- n01
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High School Quantum communication will allow view the future and past?
- rrguardo
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Graduate Questions about the Dimensions Analysts changing the equation
- Guaicai
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High School Shape of elementary particles in QFT, etc?
- icantevenn
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Undergrad Wavelength of photons exchanged between charged particles
- Sophrosyne
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Undergrad Why must force-carrying particles be virtual?
- LarryS
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Undergrad Feedback on my research paper about the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
- Chris Hamilton
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Graduate Is the Quantum State in a Dressed Atom System Pure?
- Chenyb
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Undergrad Virtual photons [in electrostatic interactions]
- kent davidge
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Undergrad A few questions about Griffiths book
- Isaac0427
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Undergrad What's the motivation for bracket notation in QM?
- gulfcoastfella
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Undergrad Physical eigenstates of systems of n particles of spins sᵢ?
- tomdodd4598
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