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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Undergrad What test for determing particle spin?

  • Chris Frisella
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High School Regarding Young's two slit experiment

  • mshawkeyems
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High School New retrocausality experiment ?

  • Nicky665
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Undergrad A question on Bose enhancement & Pauli blocking

  • "Don't panic!"
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Undergrad T-symmetry and conservation of energy

  • entropy1
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High School Energy released in electron transition

  • Nitheesh
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Undergrad Question about commuting operators

  • Frank Einstein
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Undergrad Sinusoidal Potential in Schroedinger

  • Sturk200
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High School Why doesn't light destroy matter

  • TCar
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Undergrad Classical/QM justification of principle of least action

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

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

  • Luca_Mantani
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Graduate Identical Fermions in identical linear combinations

  • hokhani
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High School Conservation of energy in quantum physics

  • IAmJustCurious
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Graduate What is a Mass Independent Renormalization Scheme?

  • Luca_Mantani
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Undergrad Confusion about initial states and coherent states

  • valanna
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High School Examples of quantum randomness?

  • houlahound
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Graduate Can Protons Interact with Double Slit Construction?

  • julmfyysik
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Graduate A question about the mode expansion of a free scalar field

  • "Don't panic!"
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High School Are Pointer States Primitives in Quantum Mechanics?

  • bluecap
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High School Quanta: What is it & How Does It Relate to Energy?

  • shaylempert
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High School Electrons: Orbits, Collisions, & What Happens When They Collide

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

  • dyn
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Undergrad Radioactive decay, macroscopic objects

  • durant35
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Graduate Canonical quantisation of the EM field

  • Mr-R
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Undergrad Fourier transform of Coulomb potential

  • IanBerkman
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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

  • exponent137
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Undergrad What happens to super-symmetry at the center of a black hole?

  • cheme2019
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High School Is it possible to create macroscopic Casimir effect?

  • Bawelna
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Undergrad How to change the Hamiltonian in a change of basis

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

  • Fooality
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High School Can the Bohmian Wave Function Influence Thermodynamic Trajectories?

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

  • looseleaf
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Undergrad Box normalization for the free particle-Position operator

  • Joker93
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Undergrad Elitzur-Dolev Quantum Liar Paradox

  • Quantum of Solace
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High School Is General Relativity Merely a Classical Framework for Calculations?

  • bluecap
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Graduate Why does expectation values are always nonnegative?

  • zhdx
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Undergrad What turns energy into matter and vice versa?

  • physics user1
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Undergrad Understanding Schrodinger's cat

  • kent davidge
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Undergrad A quantum system under constant observation

  • nashed
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Graduate Particle in a box in momentum basis

  • Ravi Mohan
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High School The position of a particle/electron question

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

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

  • alikim
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Undergrad Quantum decoherence superposition of macroscopic object

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

  • Education246
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High School Is wave / particle duality linked to superposition?

  • rede96
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Graduate Effect of visible light on conductivity

  • EngPhy
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Undergrad Understanding the Delayed Choice Quantum Eraser Experiment

  • Cobalt101
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Graduate Approximating a QF with finite-dimensional Hilbert space

  • hilbert2
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Undergrad Still confused about (anti)symmetrization of wavefunctions

  • HAYAO
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Undergrad What is the energy due to Spin?

  • jonjacson
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Undergrad Delayed choice two slit experiment - photon

  • Cobalt101
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Undergrad Finding components in momentum representation

  • IanBerkman
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Undergrad Two Identical non-entangled Particle System

  • TimeRip496
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Undergrad 'speed' of spooky action vs delayed choice

  • Quantum of Solace
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High School Bell's state measurement in the Bell basis

  • limarodessa
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Undergrad Can the Planck equation be derived by considering phonons?

  • Austin Daniel
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Undergrad Double slit experiment question

  • alikim
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Undergrad Delayed choice - Bohr's experiment with a Camera

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

  • Tanelorn
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Graduate Atomic Orbitals and Symmetry

  • hokhani
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Undergrad Question about double slit experiment results

  • ElMachoTaco
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Undergrad Help to understand the wave function for atom (gas)

  • KFC
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High School A question about Electron spin

  • rede96
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Undergrad Uncertainty Principle.... Intent Behind It?

  • Madi Araly
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High School Dirac Equation vs. Schrodinger Equation

  • DiracPool
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High School Still confused about superposition and mixed states

  • HAYAO
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Graduate Is entanglement based on first principles?

  • nortonian
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Undergrad No problem at all, happy to help! Have a great weekend as well.

  • Frost_Xue
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High School Quantum Mechanics: Origin of the Term & Why Mechanics?

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

  • hsdrop
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Undergrad How are different potentials implemented experimentally?

  • pcflores
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Graduate Srednicki's QFT: Feynman Rules and Feynman Diagrams

  • Junaid456
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Undergrad Double Slit Experiment: Magnification?

  • Simon Peach
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Graduate Is this experiment real (double slit)?

  • alikim
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High School The Firewall Paradox: Is it Possible?

  • steveJOBS
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Undergrad How can larger dips in absorption line give more element

  • Phys12
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High School Quantum Entanglement. Is spin conserved?

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

  • goodphy
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Undergrad Interpret Heisenberg Picture: Operators & States

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

  • Arbab
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High School Meaning of the word 'instantaneous'

  • Deepak K Kapur
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Undergrad Feynman Lectures: negative alpha for solving Schrödinger equation

  • forcefield
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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

  • SturgySturges
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Undergrad Delayed choice, pseudo-retrocausality, massive particles

  • Quantum of Solace
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Undergrad Particle number conservation and motivations for QFT

  • Frank Castle
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Undergrad Zeeman effect sign of circular polarization

  • Khashishi
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Graduate What is the physical significance of the unitary matrix in this optical device?

  • naima
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Undergrad Why are total orbital QN l,m zero for closed subshell?

  • goodphy
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High School Is the wave function physical ?

  • DoobleD
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High School Accuracy in speed of photon - uncertainty?

  • chester20080
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Undergrad Evalutaion of Schrodinger's equation

  • student354
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Undergrad Comments on updated delayed choice erasure graphic

  • Strilanc
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High School Why is momentum the fourier transform of the wavefunction ?

  • DoobleD
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Undergrad Doubts on wavefunction conditions

  • Soren4
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High School What is the origin of Observables?

  • entropy1
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High School An application of the uncertainty principle

  • Youyang Zhao
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