Quantum Physics Forum

Join in expert discussion on quantum physics. Quantum physics is the mathematical description of the motion and interaction of subatomic particles. Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory.

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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

  • 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?

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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?

  • kent davidge
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Undergrad Does macro-object get entangled?

  • entropy1
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Undergrad About quantisation of energy

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Undergrad Maximally entangled two-qubit Bell states

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Undergrad Selection rules for multiphoton vs single-photon ionization

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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

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Undergrad Practicality of quantum communications systems

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High School Connections with Prime numbers and Quantum Physics?

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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

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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 A question about Schrödinger's equation.

  • 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 Explaining to middle and high schoolers the 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 Understanding the Franck-Hertz Experiment: Causes of Current Drop

  • Helphelphelp
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Undergrad Building a List of Feynman Diagrams

  • woody stanford
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Undergrad Discovery shakes up QM (or not....)

  • 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 Does SPDC Happen? A Guide for Beginners

  • Uriel
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Undergrad Comparing Reduced Planck Masses

  • Figaro
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Undergrad How to diagonalize Hamiltonian with Zeeman field

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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

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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

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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 Help Understanding the Uncertainty Principle

  • Chris Frisella
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Undergrad Can the Pauli Exclusion Principle be explained through quantum states?

  • 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?

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High School Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and photons

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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?

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Undergrad Electron configuration vs. Lewis dot structure?

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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?

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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?

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Undergrad How to visualise an instanton?

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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?

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Undergrad Does quantum mechanics obey causality?

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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?

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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 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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Undergrad Uncovering the Conceptual Catch in EPR Proposal for Non-Commutative Variables

  • Adel Makram
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Undergrad Delayed Choice Black Hole Experiment

  • Ontophobe
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Undergrad Question about Hawking radiation

  • physics user1
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Undergrad Do Bob's measurement choices affect Alice's?

  • Paul Colby
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Graduate Commutator of field operator with arbitrary functions

  • eudo
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Undergrad What is the correct explanation of the Casimir force?

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Undergrad About the time evolution of a wave packet

  • KFC
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Undergrad Spin 1/2 particle emitting spin 2 particle?

  • jjustinn
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Undergrad Linear equations and superposition of wavefunctions

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Undergrad Looking for straight explanation of entanglement

  • KFC
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Undergrad Understanding Thermalisation in Particle Systems

  • Frank Castle
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Undergrad How Does Heisenberg's Matrix Mechanics Relate to Dirac's Notation?

  • Sophrosyne
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Graduate I have some problems with units, can someone help me?

  • amelos
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Undergrad What is the relationship between entanglement and entropy in quantum systems?

  • valanna
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High School What exactly is quantum physics?

  • Flare12
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High School Why exp(ikx-iwt) and not exp(ikx+iwt)?

  • Isaac0427
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High School Is There Experimental Proof for the Existence of Fermion Fields?

  • bluecap
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High School A question about quantum entanglement

  • RRoader
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High School Understanding Chemical Bonds: How Does Quantum Mechanics Explain Them?

  • Intle
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High School How Do Quantum Dots and NV Centers Measure Single Electron Spin Changes?

  • bluecap
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High School Why Can't We Choose an Electron's Spin?

  • BenAS
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