Quantum Physics Forum

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Undergrad Linear equations and superposition of wavefunctions

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Undergrad Looking for straight explanation of entanglement

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Undergrad Do particles reach equal momentum magnitudes during thermalisation?

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

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Graduate Calculating the unit of gamma from equation 2.3

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

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High School What exactly is quantum physics?

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

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High School What experiments prove the existence of fermion fields?

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High School Do massive particles gain mass when entangled and one is accelerated?

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

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

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

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Undergrad What test for determing particle spin?

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High School Regarding Young's two slit experiment

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High School New retrocausality experiment ?

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Undergrad Deriving Bose enhancement and Pauli blocking transition rates

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Undergrad T-symmetry and conservation of energy

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High School Energy released in electron transition

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Undergrad Does commuting J and L with the angular momentum commutation relation give zero?

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Undergrad Sinusoidal Potential in Schroedinger

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High School Why doesn't light destroy matter

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Undergrad Classical/QM justification of principle of least action

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Undergrad How do I find this state |j,m=j> to calculate another state?

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Graduate What is the Interpretation of Running Coupling in MS Scheme?

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Graduate Identical Fermions in identical linear combinations

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High School Conservation of energy in quantum physics

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Graduate What is a Mass Independent Renormalization Scheme?

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Undergrad Confusion about initial states and coherent states

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High School Examples of quantum randomness?

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Graduate Can Protons Interact with Double Slit Construction?

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Graduate What does 'mode' mean in free scalar field expansion?

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High School Are Pointer States Primitives in Quantum Mechanics?

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High School How can quanta be both energy packets and continuous distributions?

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High School Do electrons in atomic orbits ever collide with each other?

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Undergrad What Are Kets and Vectors in 3-D Representation?

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Undergrad Radioactive decay, macroscopic objects

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Graduate Canonical quantisation of the EM field

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Undergrad Fourier transform of Coulomb potential

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Undergrad Visualizations of a hydrogen atom in an external electric field

  • The Bill
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Undergrad Simple calc. of energy levels in quantum harmonic oscillator

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Undergrad What happens to super-symmetry at the center of a black hole?

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High School Is it possible to create macroscopic Casimir effect?

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Undergrad How to change the Hamiltonian in a change of basis

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Undergrad Will quantum computers be able to factor larger numbers in the future?

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High School Can the Bohmian Wave Function Influence Thermodynamic Trajectories?

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Undergrad Is the Triplet State Entanglement the same as Singlet State Entanglement?

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Undergrad Box normalization for the free particle-Position operator

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Undergrad Elitzur-Dolev Quantum Liar Paradox

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High School Is General Relativity Merely a Classical Framework for Calculations?

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Graduate Why does expectation values are always nonnegative?

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Undergrad What turns energy into matter and vice versa?

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Undergrad Understanding Schrodinger's cat

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Undergrad A quantum system under constant observation

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Graduate Particle in a box in momentum basis

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High School The position of a particle/electron question

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High School What would happen if a wave function disruptor was used on a table?

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Undergrad The speed of a "photon" in a multipath experiment?

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Undergrad Quantum decoherence superposition of macroscopic object

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High School Does Rejecting Realism in Quantum Mechanics Ensure Consistent Predictions?

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High School Is wave / particle duality linked to superposition?

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Graduate Effect of visible light on conductivity

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Undergrad Delayed choice quantum eraser with inconsistent signal and idler outcomes

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Graduate Approximating a QF with finite-dimensional Hilbert space

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Undergrad How to antisymmetrize wavefunctions in multi-electron systems

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Undergrad What is the energy due to Spin?

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Undergrad Delayed choice two slit experiment - photon

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Undergrad Finding components in momentum representation

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Undergrad Two Identical non-entangled Particle System

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Undergrad 'speed' of spooky action vs delayed choice

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High School Bell's state measurement in the Bell basis

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Undergrad Can the Planck equation be derived by considering phonons?

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Undergrad What happens if the slit screen is removed between the slits and detector?

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Undergrad Delayed choice - Bohr's experiment with a Camera

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Undergrad Is space infinitesimal? Can it be divided unlimited times?

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Graduate Atomic Orbitals and Symmetry

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Undergrad Do all particles reach the detector in a double slit experiment?

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Undergrad Wave functions for multi-electron atoms and atomic gases

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High School What causes the cos²(θ/2) probability in electron spin detection?

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Undergrad Was Heisenberg's uncertainty principle about measurement limitations or physical reality?

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High School Dirac Equation vs. Schrodinger Equation

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High School Pure vs mixed states in two-molecule excitonic interaction

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Graduate Is entanglement based on first principles?

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Undergrad Notation question about equation 21 in Dirac's Principles of Quantum Mechanics

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High School Why is quantum physics called mechanics?

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High School Is the Higgs Field Uniform Across Space-Time or Does It Vary?

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Undergrad How are different potentials implemented experimentally?

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Graduate Srednicki's QFT: Feynman Rules and Feynman Diagrams

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Undergrad Double Slit Experiment: Magnification?

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Graduate Is this experiment real (double slit)?

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High School The Firewall Paradox: Is it Possible?

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Undergrad How can larger dips in absorption line give more element

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High School Quantum Entanglement. Is spin conserved?

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Undergrad Why is association rule in angular momentum sum not valid?

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Undergrad How do you interpret operators and states in the Heisenberg picture?

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Graduate Why the particle velocity in Dirac theory is equal to c?

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High School Meaning of the word 'instantaneous'

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Undergrad Why negative alpha excluded when solving Schrödinger equation in Feynman Lectures

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Undergrad High Energy Photon Recieved as Lesser Energy Photons?

  • Chris Frisella
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Graduate Wavefunction matching two different H, not just V

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