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 ...

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

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

One hundred years after its birth, quantum mechanics remains one of the most powerful and successful theories in all of ...

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

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

Quantum mechanics, which beautifully describes the behavior of particles at the subatomic level, operates in a probabilistic realm characterized by wave functions and quantum states.

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

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.