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Could one, in principle, make any predictions using the wavefunction of the universe? [closed]
Do physicists talk about the wavefunction of the universe? What does that wavefunction even mean? Usually, wavefunctions describe probabilities of measurements of a system. But in this case, every ...
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Spontaneous collapse of the universal wavefunction
How did the Hatley-Hawking wavefunction of the whole universe,
as defined on the minisuperspace of all possible homogeneous and isotropic
three geometries and matter fields, experience a collapse, ...
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Does quantum mechanics predict Universe is infinite? because otherwise every wavefunction would be normalisable
I studied the hydrogen atom recently and found that reason for discrete energy level is simply because of the fact that eigenfunction corresponding to the energy between ground state and first excited ...
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Quantum Wavefunctions Without Space
A handful of physicists have a rather peculiar definition of 'nothing' in terms of cosmology. Their claim is that the Universe, assuming it has 0 total energy, could have arisen from nothing but ...
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