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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Understanding Barandes' microscopic theory of causality
Graduate Delta function and dirac notation
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Graduate Derivation of number of quantum states
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Graduate Bose-Einstein Stats and Planck Formula
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Graduate Is Complete Disentanglement Possible in Finite Time?
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Graduate EPR paradox and time of collapse
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Graduate Parity and integration in spherical coordinates
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Graduate S-matrix element for forward scattering and amputed green fu
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Graduate Mirror plane and spin direction
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Graduate Understanding the Propagation of Spherical Waves in Complex Quantities
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Graduate Matrix elements of non-normalizable states
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Graduate Does quantum entanglement in fact equal a wormhole?
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Graduate Measurement-Free Interactions (MFI)
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Undergrad What kind of differential equations one must know for QM?
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Graduate Verify the Rodrigues formula of the Legendre polynomials
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Graduate The Two-State Vector Formalism
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Graduate Quantum fluctuation and quantum mysticism
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Graduate What if there are no Schrödinger's cats?
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High School Is Decoherence Possible Without Collapse?
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Graduate Are infinitesimal field variations in QFT similar to coordinate components?
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Graduate How does QFT handle non-locality?
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High School Quantization Explained: Understanding Photon Energy Packages
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Graduate Quantum mechanics for big things?
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Graduate QFT: Understanding Counter-Terms for Renormalization
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Graduate If im not measuring its not there?
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Graduate Confusion about selection rules
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Graduate Generator of Boosts: Classical Quantity?
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Graduate What applications does quantum physics have, specifically?
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Graduate What is the Linear Variation Method in Molecular Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Can a cross product be defined between two Hilbert space vectors?
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Undergrad Single electron ....two slits?
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Graduate Criticize diagram of delayed choice quantum eraser
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Graduate Oppenheimer's QM lecture notes
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Graduate Slater determinants in Configuration Interaction
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Graduate Wave-function solution under Galilean transformations
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Graduate Entanglement and Some Unanswered Questions
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Undergrad Whats so amazing about the wave equation?
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Graduate Why Does ½ Factor in HF Expectation Value?
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Graduate Electron ejected in Photoelectric effect
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Undergrad Projective measurement and correlations: examples
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Graduate Non-technical description of "superposition"
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Graduate Question about the wave function of a travelling wave
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Graduate How is the uncertainty relation preserved in this experiment
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Graduate Are there limitations to a particle's possibilities in superposition?
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Graduate Understanding Two-Qubit States: The Bell States
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Graduate Is Entanglement the Key to Understanding Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Delayed Choice Compatibly with Pilot Wave?
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Graduate Wave-function solution in time-reversal transformation
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Graduate Why no smear in Stern-Gerlach experiment?
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Graduate Definitions of parity conservation
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Graduate Question Concerning Superposition
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Graduate How Does Distance Affect Entanglement Between Quantum Particles?
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Graduate A question about "entanglement monogamy"
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Graduate Problem With Motion of Electron
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Graduate Matrix representation of operators
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Graduate Question about the game of "Half Life" -- Resonances....
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Undergrad Photons & Waves: A Laymen's Query
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Graduate Why is gauge symmetry not a true symmetry?
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Graduate [Video] Carbon nanotubes & single photons
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Graduate Why is (5.302) an Approximation of Exponential Operators?
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Graduate What is the law for probability having Schrodinger equation?
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Undergrad How is integral finished? and what integral equation used?
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Graduate Propagator in the derivation of path integrals
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Graduate Ehrenfest theorem and coherent states
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Graduate Why does Bohr's derivation work?
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Graduate Does Maxwell's Demon violate the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
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Graduate Does Gauge Symmetry Define the Nature of Electric Charge?
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Graduate Quantum(izing) fields & what else?
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Graduate Why Do Path Integrals Involve Multiple Integrations Instead of Simple Summation?
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Graduate Solving phi-fourth theory using Fourier analysis
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Graduate Proof of time independence for normalization of wavefunction
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Graduate Can circularly polarized photons interfere with themselves?
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Graduate Why are particles in QFT assumed to be point-like?
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Graduate Orthonormality contition for radial functions of hydrogen
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Graduate Inner products of vectors in the form of equations.
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Graduate Photon energy and light quantum hypothesis
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Graduate Photon-Atom Interaction: Effects on Electron and Nucleus Energies
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Graduate What are the latest developments in Bosenova and EBC research?
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Graduate Elementary Particles: Wave-Like Nature vs Travelling in Wave
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Graduate Double Slit Experiment: Largest Size for Wave-Particle Duality
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Graduate Understanding Photon Propagation: Entity or Quanta?
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Graduate Getting electron density from probability density function
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Graduate Fermi's Golden Rule: Countable Quantum States & H-Theorem
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Undergrad Superconductors in magnetic fields
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Graduate Confused about black holes and Hawking radiation
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Graduate Computing propagators with derivative interaction
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Graduate Prove the time evolution operator is unitary
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Graduate Experience the Quantum World with This Innovative Card Game
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Graduate (kx,ky,kz)=(0,0,0) solution for a free particle with PBC?
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Graduate Stern-Gerlach for Spin 1 Particles
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Graduate Free particle solution to the SE
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Graduate How Can Effective Mass Discontinuity Be Managed in Quantum Well Simulations?
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Graduate "Wave function Collapse" 'proof' articles
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Graduate Matrix representation of an operator with a change of basis
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Graduate Finite Size vs Point Size Hydrogen like Atoms
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Graduate Complex phase space coordinates
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Graduate Non-locality and Counterfactual definiteness
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Undergrad Why do we have a saturation current in photoelectric effect?
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Graduate Tangibly Explaining HUP to General Chemistry Students
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Graduate Instantaneous eigenstates in the Heisenberg picture
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Graduate Does Hilbert Space Include Constants of Nature Beyond Basic Quantum Information?
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