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Graduate Rigged Hilbert Space Φ ⊂ H ⊂ Φ'

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Graduate Why two-state system = two-dimensional Hilbert space?

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Graduate How to find the energy level if a three state system

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Graduate On the huge hypothetical atom

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Graduate Is the Quotient of Two Operators AB-1 or B-1A?

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Graduate Wave function for a potential barrier

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Graduate Why is the expectation value of momentum real-valued?

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Graduate What experiment demonstrates Heisenberg's uncertainty principle?

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Graduate System of 2 particles: why is the wavefunction a product?

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Graduate Spin wavefunction for 2 electrons

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Graduate Coefficients in wave function for potential step

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Graduate How Does the Parity Operator Affect Spin States?

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Graduate Solution to Schroedinger Equation for a huge hypothetical

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Graduate Localization of states and elementary vs composite in QM

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Graduate Unitarity and locality on patgh integrals

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Graduate Schrödinger's cat explain color charge?

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Undergrad Bell's inequality for non-physicists

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Graduate Is Adding a Phase to the Wavefunction in Quantum Mechanics a Wrong Assumption?

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Graduate Is Everything Connected by Quantum Entanglement?

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Graduate Question regarding time independent perturbation theory

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Graduate Cooling and (or?) heating ion trap experiments

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Graduate Direct Product of Two Spin-Up Vectors: What Is It?

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Graduate Confusion About Quantum Uncertainty

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Graduate What is the polarization of a virtual photon

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Graduate How to devise an experiment that violates uncertainty principle

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Graduate Do electrons occupy two places at once during orbital transitions?

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Graduate Passing a black hole from double slit experiment setup

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Graduate Large n-pt functions renormalized by small n-pt functions?

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Graduate Can Quantum Decoherence Math Explain Color Charge States of Quarks?

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Undergrad Very curious integral (overlap integral)

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Graduate Can Microwaving Chocolate Really Measure the Speed of Light?

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Undergrad Where can I find rigorous debunkings of quantum woo and new-age misuse of physics?

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Graduate Wave function with a certain wavelength

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Graduate 2-point correlation function in φ⁴ theory with dimensional regularization

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Graduate Preparing a spin state and measurements

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Graduate Quantum Mechanics in 1+1 spacetime

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Graduate Could multiple dimensions explain quantum leap?

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Graduate How did Wheeler interpret quantum mechanics?

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Graduate Davisson-Germer experiment and Bragg's law

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Graduate Can Different Dielectric Values Affect the Distribution of the Casimir Force?

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Graduate Nonrelativistic free particle propagators

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Undergrad Books on quantum computing, qbits

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Graduate What does it mean by wave nature of matter?

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Graduate What is the difference classical pixel and quantum pixel?

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Graduate Why represent angular momentum operator as a vector with direction

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Undergrad Calculate Complex Conjugate of Ψ(x,t) for x=4, t=9

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Graduate Non-locality versus Action-at-a-distance

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Graduate Hard Drive that uses quantum state

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Graduate Is Charge Conserved in Electromagnetic Interactions Between Particles?

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Graduate Why does the momentum operator flip the parity of a function?

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Graduate Why does field Lagrangian depend on four-derivative?

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Graduate Vac fluct e+/e- field correlated because charge conservation

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Graduate Tracking states of randomness with three states

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Graduate How is Degeneracy Resolved by Building a CSCO?

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Graduate Does a particle really try every possible path?

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Undergrad Can One Object Exist in Multiple Places Simultaneously?

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Undergrad What shapes do d orbital represent?

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Graduate Dimensional analysis and coupling constant

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High School Why the orbitals can contain maximum of 2 electrons?

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Graduate How do you mathematically describe wave function overlap?

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Graduate Question with respect to a Max Planck article

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Graduate Perturbing Hamiltonian optical absorption in semiconductors

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Graduate Expressing Kronecker delta and Levi-Civita tensor in bra-ket notation

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Graduate How Does Particle Proximity Affect Transition Probability to the Singlet State?

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Graduate What are the Complementary Parameters in Quantum Physics?

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Graduate Is the orchestra analogy valid for wave function collapse in beam splitters?

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Graduate Delayed Choice Quantum Eraser

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Graduate Matter Waves and Electromagnetic Waves

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Graduate Find the time dependent wave function

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Graduate Pair-produced photons in the dynamical Casimir effect

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High School The speed of light in a medium

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Graduate Light and atom interaction hamiltonian

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Graduate How can I animate quantum tunneling using Python and pseudocode?

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Graduate Where does the 1/√N factor in the Dicke model arise from?

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Graduate Derivation of momentum operator

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Graduate How does Penrose's objective reduction account for nonlocal collapse with relativity?

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Graduate More questions about Lorentz representation

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Graduate Movement of a wave packet of a free particle

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Graduate Does measurement necessarily change the state?

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Graduate Is it possible to distinguish between pure and mixed states?

  • Larry Pendarvis
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Graduate Independence of Complex Fields?

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Undergrad The double slit experiment the same old

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Graduate Not quite clear in application of fourier series

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Graduate Probability integral, Expectation Value and Square of Psi

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Graduate Commutation of squared angular momentum operators

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Graduate Quantum interference and superposition

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Graduate Path integral and discontinuous paths

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Graduate Do photon wavelengths and probability amplitudes have the same wavelength?

  • Nick.
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Graduate Why don't ground-state electrons in the Bohr model radiate energy?

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Graduate Probability Postulate in Relativistic QM?

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High School Do Photons Have Mass Despite General Relativity?

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Graduate Applying Bell's Theorem to Non-Photonic Entanglement

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Graduate Boundary Conditions for Hydrogen Schrodinger Equation

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Graduate All electronic component works on quantum probability

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Graduate Slow Light: Spatially Structured Photons Travel Slower Than Speed of Light

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Graduate Understanding Pointer States and Decoherence: A Quantum Perspective

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Graduate How can the Schrodinger equation be applied to a 3D rectangular box?

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Graduate Wavefunctions that don't satisfy Schrödinger equation

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Graduate Solve 3D Dirac Equation: Simple Example

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Graduate On the relation between quantum and statistical mechanics

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