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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Undergrad One does not “prove” the basic principles of Quantum Mechanics
Graduate Is Quantum Determinism Compatible with the Black Hole Information Paradox?
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Undergrad "Light is wave-like and particle-like" --- Why this is wrong?
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Undergrad Non-commuting operators on the same eigenfunctions
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Undergrad Inverse square law and ensembles of photons
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Graduate Resolution in single molecule localisation
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Undergrad Are photons from atomic cascade directly entangled?
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Undergrad Hartree fock derivation problem
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Graduate The Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation
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High School Communication with no latency using quantum entanglement
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Graduate Quantum versus classical computation of the density of state
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High School Question: Can State Only Be Formulated Relating to Observable?
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High School How Does Neutral Pion Decay Conform to Spin Conservation?
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Undergrad Implication of eigenstates that are not normalizable
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Undergrad Why is Planck radiation the most radiation a body can emit?
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Graduate Peskin Shroeder quantum field 7.31 pag 221
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Undergrad Unitary Time Evolution: Explaining Open Quantum Systems
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Graduate Fermis golden rule and transition rates
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Graduate Lorentz invariance of the Heaviside function
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Undergrad Can Monte Carlo Wave Functions Capture Driven and Dissipative Quantum Dynamics?
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Graduate Solution of the classical Klein-Gordon equation
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Graduate Monte Carlo Wavefunction Methods
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Undergrad Mathematics of tensor products in the Bell states
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Undergrad Quantized Energy in micro scales
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Undergrad Electrons orbiting the nucleus: angular momentum
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Graduate Where Can I Find the Published Paper on Bose-Einstein Statistics by Einstein?
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Canonical Commutation Relations in finite dimensional Hilbert Space?
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How Do Quantum Dots Differ from Quantum Wells in Quantum Optical Properties?
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High School Where Do Quantum Gravity and Cosomology Fit in Physics?
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Graduate How Does the Presence of Gas Affect Decoherence in a Stern-Gerlach Experiment?
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Undergrad Delayed Choice Quantum Eraser Question
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Undergrad Laser diffraction through single slit
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Undergrad Why is QM (almost) local, with one exception?
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Graduate Effective Dynamics of Open Quantum Systems: Stochastic vs Unitary Models
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Undergrad Does the particle wave duality create unique signatures...
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Undergrad Transition rules for a trapped ion
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Do entangled particles decay simultaneously?
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Graduate CO2 Laser Beam Folding for 10kw Power Output
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Graduate Misunderstanding Eberhard's paper on FTL communication?
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Undergrad Triplet States and Wave Functions
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Undergrad Can basic concepts explain EIT, LWI, and STIRAP?
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Undergrad Symmetry of Hamiltonian and eigenstates
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Undergrad Scattering theory (some confusion)
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Undergrad Wave-particle duality: nature of wave-particle as it travels
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Graduate Is CPT Symmetry Inherent in All Quantum Field Theories?
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High School How to compare camera film ISO number to quantum efficiency?
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High School Is quantification random or pseudo-random?
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Graduate WKB Approximation: Suggestions for Starting Points
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Undergrad EM Wave Components for a Photon?
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Undergrad Do All Physical States Satisfy the Hamiltonian Equation Hψ = Eψ?
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Is Quantum Stealth Camouflage Real or Just Another Misreported Discovery?
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High School Does retrocausality only apply to subatomic particles?
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High School Quantum to Classical Particles: Understanding the Entropy Limit
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Undergrad Integral computation in scattering theory
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Undergrad Condition for quantum entanglement?
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High School Does Electromagnetic wave qualifies to become a particle?
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Undergrad Describing Energy for Time-Dependent States
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Undergrad Keeping a subspace decoherence free, with the Zeno Effect
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Undergrad Does Anti-Information Exist in Quantum Theory?
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High School Electron arrangement and ionisation energy
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Undergrad Legitimacy of Particle-Wave Duality
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Graduate What do people mean by "dynamical phase transition"?
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Undergrad Coupling Spin-0 and spin-1 fields
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High School A question of timing in a light bulb
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Undergrad Are electrons in a shared shell quantumly entangled?
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Undergrad How Does Decoherence Affect Our Perception of Quantum Superpositions?
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Undergrad What happens to the eigenvalue if an operator acts on a bra?
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Undergrad Molecular Spin Number: Uncovering the Secrets of Nuclear Spin in Molecules
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High School What counts as observer effect?
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Undergrad Solving Fermi-Dirac Integral: Step-by-Step Guide
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Undergrad What is the spin quantum number of an atom in 4P state?
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Undergrad Macroscopic wavefunction evolution
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Graduate Hawking multiverse implications for "all" histories
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Undergrad Quantum Key Distribution - interception confusion
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Undergrad Measuring entangled state of degenerate eigenstates
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Undergrad Energy of a number of particles
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Undergrad How do Z-Dir and N-Dir Spins Affect Entangled State Measurements?
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Undergrad Degeneracy in quantum statistics
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High School What groundbreaking insights can quantum physics research on the ISS reveal?
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Undergrad Singlet and triplet spin states - the normalisation constant
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Undergrad What is the meaning of phase in relation to laser states?
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Undergrad Non-Newtonian fluids at the quantum level
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Best first book on quantum mechanics
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Undergrad Can an electron in an s-orbital exist at the nucleus (r=0)?
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High School Begining of time, cause and effect and quantum randomness
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High School Explain Photoelectric Effect: Potential, Formula & Voltage
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Undergrad Examples of Basic Potential functions
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Undergrad How Does Quantum Mechanics Relate to Quantum Field Theory in Particle Physics?
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Undergrad Simulation Hypothesis and Skynet
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High School Number of entangled particles in nature
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Undergrad Schrodinger equation and stationary states
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Graduate Canonical quantization of scalar fields
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High School Can entanglement be broken easily
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Undergrad Derivation of the photon energy
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High School What is Quantum Statistical Mechanics?
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Undergrad Why are the gamma-matrices invariant?
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High School So the holographic principle doesn't have much evidence?
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Undergrad Why is there only odd eigenfunctions for a 1/2 harmonic oscillator
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High School Interference patterns of electrons vs. photons
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High School Electrons and ions -- how long can they exist apart?
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Undergrad Quantum Coherence: Macroscopic Superpositions Explained
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