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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Undergrad Valid local explanation of Bell violations? (Pegg et al., 1999; 2008)
Path integral and discontinuous paths
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Probability amplitudes & light / particle wavelengths
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Understanding the Bohr Model and Electron Decay
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Probability Postulate in Relativistic QM?
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Do Photons Have Mass Despite General Relativity?
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Applying Bell's Theorem to Non-Photonic Entanglement
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Boundary Conditions for Hydrogen Schrodinger Equation
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All electronic component works on quantum probability
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Slow Light: Spatially Structured Photons Travel Slower Than Speed of Light
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Understanding Pointer States and Decoherence: A Quantum Perspective
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How can the Schrodinger equation be applied to a 3D rectangular box?
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Wavefunctions that don't satisfy Schrödinger equation
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Solve 3D Dirac Equation: Simple Example
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On the relation between quantum and statistical mechanics
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Proof of "Entropy of preparation" in Von Neumann entropy
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Interaction picture equation from Heisenberg equation
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Interested in learning quantum theory
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Can entangled particles communicate through time?
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Progress on Explaining Bell's Inequality
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Density functional theory and partial charge transfer
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Entanglement, why are the spins decided on observation?
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Are observables like position emergent properties?
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Understanding virtual particles
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Momentum conservation, the double slit and Heisenberg
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Notation on energy level for atoms
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Is the concept of wave-particle duality outdated in modern quantum theory?
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How are units of measure defined in Quantum Mechanics?
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Massless complex field+assumption(s)=massive field. Doable?
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Wave-particle duality and my non-physicist friend
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Phenomena near the band edge of photonic crystals
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Two-Level System Consideration: Electron Indistinguishability
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How to understand the physics meanings for system x--> ix?
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How Do Quantum Probability Waves Differ from Classical Waves?
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How to Determine Group from Commutation Relations?
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Ionization energy calculations
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Black Hole & Quantum Entanglement Experiment
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From classical statistical physics to quantum physics
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Keeping the spin constant during an experiment?
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Physical meaning of a wave packet w/ respect to HUP&duality
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Single photon, timing jitter, reduced indistinguishability?
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Is wave-particle duality a myth?
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How Can Everyday Ion Behavior Illustrate CP Violation?
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Spectral analysis and displacement law
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Photon rest mass = 0 wasn't proven experimentally?
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Wick's Theorem for free fields only
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Solving the Mystery of 1+2+3+4+... = -1/12
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Question about the Hamiltonian Operator
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Possible webpage title: The Limits of Energy Levels in the Infinite Square Well
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Momentum doesn't exist prior to measurement?
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Another double-slit question
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Local hidden variable theories
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Visually representing entangled qubits (i.e., Bell state)
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Follow-on to: Is the time-derivative Hermitian?
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Proof of the preservation of normalizability of the wavefunction
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Is the future of quantum mechanics retrocausal?
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Why is understanding vector space essential for studying quantum physics?
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Feynman's QED lectures: quickest path and reflection
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Can Quantum Tunneling Explain the Energy Released by the Sun?
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When Quantum Mechanics is thrashed by non-physicists #1
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What happens to the Hamiltonian of the wave function after measurement?
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What is the positronium spectrum and why is it difficult to display?
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Arxiv: No Bell, no collapse, no spooky, no nonlocality
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Does Quantum Mechanics Necessitate Consciousness?
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The Physics of Consciousness by Dr. Evan Harris Walker
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Good books on the group theory of quantum mechanics
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Integral to determine position probability.
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Understanding 6-31G in Molecules: N2
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Linear Algebra in Quantum Mechanics
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Compton scattering; conservation of momentum violated?
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Transverse and longitudinal electric Green function
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Understanding Spin and Quantum States: Insights from 'The Theoretical Minimum
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Triplet and Singlet Helium States
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Collapse and Peres' Coarse Graining
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Is the time-derivative Hermitian?
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Is There an Experimental Apparatus to Determine Photon Propagation Mechanism?
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Article about creating molecules from photon
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Can the Mossbauer Effect Occur in Liquids?
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Uncertainty in spin on multiple axes
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Are photons imaginary particles?
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Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle using Linear Algebra
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Selection of domain and codomain for wave function
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Quantum imaging with undetected photons - adding of states
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Concerning Quantum Phenomenon the Center of the Torus
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Understanding Quantum State Preparation: The Significance of |u> and |d> Vectors
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Emergent time - emergent space?
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Ψ1,ψ2 same E, p, are ⊥; find Ωψ1=ω1ψ1, Ωψ2=ω2ψ2; ω1≠ω2?
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Is the electromagnetic field more or less real than the quantum wavefunction?
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Do spinors still do "funky" weird stuff in 1+1 spacetime?
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How to treat spin orbit operator directly
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Dirac spinor in 1+1d, do the 2 components represent spin?
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Radio Antenna: How Photons Help Decode FM and AM Radio Signals
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What happens to electron wave as it travles to light speed
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Effective occupation number of photon
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Gauge Fixing Term and Equations of Motion
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Phasing of spin due to a radiofrequency pulse
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Virtual particles coming into existence
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Light's orbital angular momentum
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Quantum theory of radiation
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What is the concept of photon momentum in simple experiments?
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Cavity quantum electrodynamics
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