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Statistical Mechanics Occupation number

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Why is the Coefficient of cosθ Negative in the Exact Pendulum Solution?

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Understanding Energy of Particles with 'x' Degrees of Freedom

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Statistical Mechanics: Four non-interacting particles are confined in a box

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Some questions about reciprocal lattice vectors

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Do i need to calculate the expectation value of the Hamiltonian?

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Finding meaning in the Phase of the wavefunction

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Partition function of 2 bosons in two energy level 0 and E

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SR w/ Acceleration: Distance Measured by A

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Nuclear Reactor Analysis Problem 5.34

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The Variation of Christoffel Symbol

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Partition function for a 3-spin system

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Mechanics problem in a non-inertial system

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Find the Lagrangian of this single mass system

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Find a transformation that leaves the given Lagrangian invariant

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Calculating the Number of States: Ω = V^N * E^0.5N

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Trouble with Electric Potential Boundaries (Computational Physics)

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Potential Energy vs x phase diagram

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Negative or Positive Partial Derivative

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Taylor expansion of an Ising-like Hamiltonian

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QHO: Time dependant expectation value of the potential energy

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Antisymmetry of the electromagnetic field tensor

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Wave behavior across two semi-infinite membranes with a special boundary

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Invariance of ##\epsilon^{\mu \nu \alpha \beta}##

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Finding t and x in terms of proper time?

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Isospin Conservation: Calculating I3 and I

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What are the coordinates of the upper cylinder? (and some algebra)

  • JD_PM
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Why is the Answer C? Electric Field in Conductors

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Dipole and Quadrupole moments and axial symmetry

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Numerically simulating stellar pulsation using a "one zone" model

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Gaussian wavepacket as a solution of the Schrödinger equation

  • JorgeM
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Uncertainty in wavelength and position

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Get all possible constants of motion given an explicit Hamiltonian

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Determining Photon Paths in a Double Slit System

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Contracting one index of a metric with the inverse metric

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Ground state energy of 5 electrons in infinite well

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Beam Splitter Inputs and Commutting Modes

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Change in Entropy for an isolated system

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Using Noether's theorem to get a constant of motion

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Fermion quantization derivation in quantum field theory

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Density operator and natural log/trace

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Vortex Nucleation Critical velocity using the Uncertainty Principle

  • Ted55
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How is entropy affected in a reversible process for an ideal gas?

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Five state quantum system notation clarification

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QFT Commutator for spacelike separation

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Understanding inner product space and matrix representations of Operat

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Finding particle probability without wave function given

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Linear operators, quantum mechanics

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Find the time-dependent wave function Ψ(x, t).

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Traveling quantum Gaussian wave packet

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Harmonic Oscillator Ladder Operators - What is (ahat_+)^+?

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Momentum conservation for a free-falling body in GR

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[Computational Physics] Modeling the path of a Baseball with drag

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Solving a Complex Problem: Z_N, p(r), and Averages

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Canonical ensemble and Force on the Walls of a box

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How Does the Ising Model Apply to Lattice Gas Systems?

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Show that the metric tensor is independent of coordinate choice

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Lagrangian equations with other kinds of constraints

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Writing a squared observable in Dirac notation

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What is the complex conjugate of this wave function?

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How to Calculate Relativistic Momentum Using M, m, and c?

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Variations of a parameter in a differential equation

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Calculating Energy-Momentum Tensor in GR

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Transformation from de Sitter to flat spacetime coordinates

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Spectral density of radiative electric field

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Equation of Motion of a Particle acted on by a retarding force

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Derivation of the Equations of Motion for a System

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Feynman problem 39-2: Calculations for an adiabatic process

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Deriving ground state electron energy using Boundary Value

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Magnetic vector potential of a moving current sheet

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Hamilton's equation and Euler-Lagrange's equation comparison

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Integral of relative distance–dependent potential

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Electron and positron collision producing a b0 meson pair

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Particle in infinite well with initial state in leftmost quarter

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Particle decaying into two daughter particles - special relativity

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Partial Derivative of a formula based on the height of a cylinder

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Schrodinger's Equation in terms of vacuum permittivity?

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A moving pi-meson decaying into 2 photons - finding their energy

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Where Is the Error in My PV Modeling Code?

  • nughii
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Why can we always choose energy eigenstates to be purely real function

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Group Action of C3v on 2x2 Complex Matrices

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Minimum wavelength of phonons under the Debye aproximation

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Central force on a particle following a logarithmic spiral

  • JD_PM
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What Do I Calculate the Probability Of?

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Man rotating in a merry-go-round and grabbing a pendulum

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Is There a Relationship Between Dipole and Wire Interaction Energy?

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Proof of second-order phase transition for a Van Der Waals Gas

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Show that the line state is separable

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Magnetic field of a rotating cylinder with permanent polarization

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Do commuting operators share eigenvectors and basis?

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Potential and E field for a non homogeneous charge Density

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How to show that ##f_i(q_i, p_i)## is constant

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Searching for Raman Prism: Is It Real?

  • Nirmal Padwal
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Problem 7.7 and its solution from A Quantum Approach to Condensed Matter

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Counting quantum states in phase space: why do I get 0.27 instead of an integer?

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Deriving commutator of operators in Lorentz algebra

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A problem in solving Schrodinger equation for hydrogen

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Man walking on a rotating merry-go-round

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Primary calculation involving the Dirac gama matrices

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