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What is canonical momentum?

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What role does "spontaneous symmetry breaking" play in the "Higgs Mechanism"?

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Why don't free electrons fall from metals if shaken?

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How is a bound state defined in quantum mechanics?

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Perturbation theory with degeneracy even after 1st order

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Time reversal symmetry and real symmetric Hamiltonian matrix

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Bloch's theorem

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Diagonalization of Hamiltonian

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How does current flow in superconductors if Cooper pairs have zero momentum?

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Why does the n=0 Landau level in graphene have half the degeneracy of the other levels?

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How do we find the canonical ensemble density matrix for two spins?

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In calculating work done by a constant force over a constant distance, why doesn't the subject's initial velocity matter?

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Proving a step in this field-theoretic derivation of the Bogoliubov de Gennes (BdG) equations

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Why does the Fermi Surface cross the Brillouin zone boundary at right angles?

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$T$-invariant Hamiltonians

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How to measure the diameter of an electrical wire

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How to write BdG Hamiltonian in graphene?

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Why did I get this dynamics question wrong?

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Landau level degeneracy in symmetry gauge, finite system

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Does tunneling transmission probability depend on the density of states or velocity?

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Why do Weyl points come in pairs in solid state system?

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Why does ice melting not change the water level in a container?

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38 Answers

What is canonical momentum?

What role does "spontaneous symmetry breaking" play in the "Higgs Mechanism"?

Why don't free electrons fall from metals if shaken?

How is a bound state defined in quantum mechanics?

Why does a superconductor obey particle-hole symmetry?

Perturbation theory with degeneracy even after 1st order

Correct way to write the eigenvector of a diagonalized hamiltonian in second quantization

Degeneracy in one dimension

Time reversal symmetry and real symmetric Hamiltonian matrix

Bloch's theorem

Diagonalization of Hamiltonian

How does current flow in superconductors if Cooper pairs have zero momentum?

Interaction pictures of Quantum Mechanics

Sum over momentum states

Bogoliubov transformation with a slight twist

Why does the n=0 Landau level in graphene have half the degeneracy of the other levels?

How do we find the canonical ensemble density matrix for two spins?

A few questions on wave packets and uncertainty relations

In calculating work done by a constant force over a constant distance, why doesn't the subject's initial velocity matter?

Proving a step in this field-theoretic derivation of the Bogoliubov de Gennes (BdG) equations

Why does the Fermi Surface cross the Brillouin zone boundary at right angles?

$T$-invariant Hamiltonians

How to measure the diameter of an electrical wire

How to write BdG Hamiltonian in graphene?

Why did I get this dynamics question wrong?

Landau level degeneracy in symmetry gauge, finite system

Does tunneling transmission probability depend on the density of states or velocity?

Why do Weyl points come in pairs in solid state system?

Why does ice melting not change the water level in a container?

Calculating the Probability Current of a Travelling Wave