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Quantization refers to the procedure or methodology for replacing a classical system by a quantum system. If the question is about the quantized or discrete behavior of a phenomenon use the [discrete] tag instead.

Quantization refers to the procedure or methodology for replacing a classical system by a quantum system. If the question is about the quantized or discrete behavior of a phenomenon use the tag instead.

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Why is the vibration of chemical bonds quantized but the rotation about single bonds in molecules is not?

Vibration of bonds molecules is quantized. Rotation of entire molecules is quantized. Rotation about single bonds in molecules is not quantized.
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quantization of this hamiltonian?

let be the Hamiltonian $ H=f(xp) $ if we consider canonical quantization so $ f( -ix \frac{d}{dx}-\frac{i}{2})\phi(x)= E_{n} \phi(x)$ here 'f' is a real valued function so i believe that $ f(xp) $ is an Hermitian operator, however How could i solve…
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Geometric quantization of field theories and resulting statistics

Linear field theories Linear field theories form the classical counterparts to many important QFT's in condensed matter physics, modeling a wide range of materials, from the mundane (semiconductors), to the exotic (topological insulators and…
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Experimental verification of quantization

I understand quantization as a map from Symplectic Manifolds $M$ (either finite dimensional or not) to Hilbert Spaces $H$, along with a rule that attach to every function $F$ in $M$ a hermitian operator $A_F$ in $H$. Dirac proposed that the map…
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