A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics ...

The theory of quantum mechanics has transformed daily life since being proposed a century ago, yet how it works remains a mystery – and physicists are deeply divided about what is actually going on, a ...

Bessel Function: A solution to Bessel’s differential equation, these functions commonly arise in problems exhibiting cylindrical symmetry in quantum and wave physics.

Quantum entanglement, a bewildering phenomenon where particles become interconnected regardless of the distance separating them, challenges our fundamental understanding of reality. It has puzzled ...

One example is a wave in shallow water. Though governed by classical hydrodynamics, shallow water waves can have waveforms ...

Since its development 100 years ago, quantum mechanics has revolutionized our understanding of nature, revealing a bizarre world in which an object can act like both waves and particles, and ...

A survey of more than 1,000 physicists finds deep disagreements in what quantum theories mean in the real world ...

Kai Sun of the University of Michigan is a humble physics professor with ambitious goals. "I'm mainly a paper-and-pencil type of theorist, doing analytical calculations mostly," Sun said. "My ...

For a century, quantum theory has passed every experimental test, but physicists can’t agree on how to use it to paint a ...

Such advances offer robust methodologies for tackling complex quantum systems and underscore the intimate connection between quantum mechanics and the theory of special functions.