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Calculating the Excited State Lifetime of 223Ra Nucleus

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Schrödinger equation normalization and potential

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Solving for energy involving hyperbolic

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Earths Energy & rate of absorbtion

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Relativistic Energy: Calculate Decay Product Kinetic Energy

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Quantum Final Thur. : Need Hydr./L/Spherical Help

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Why is my two-particle wavefunction not normalizing over time?

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Complexity of Solving Multi-Potential Schrodinger Equation?

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How can I find out if a medium is dispersive or not

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Muon decay distance at 0.6c from stationary observer

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Laser Scanning: Wavelengths & Pulse Durations

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What Is the Minimum Power Needed for an Elevator Motor?

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What Would Happen to the Universe if Electron Mass Matched Proton Mass?

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How Does Magnetic Flux and Peak EMF Relate in a Solenoid-Coil System?

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Calculating Max Torque and Shaft Twist for Socket Wrench

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How Do You Derive Temperature from Entropy?

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Gravitational force magnitude problem

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Conducting Sphere and Grounded Conducting Plate

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What is the significance of azimuthal quantum numbers in quantum mechanics?

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Frequency of AC circuit with inductor

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How Can I Prove My Coloured Light Results Align with Planck's Constant?

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Electrodynamics: Amplitude of currents

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Percent error calculation for circular motion lab

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How to Find the Waist of a Gaussian Beam at the Focus Using a Lens?

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Biot Savart Law with a surface current

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How does the wavelength of light affect its intensity?

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Wave function/Infinite square well confusion

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What Is the Amplitude of Two Interfering Waves?

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E/M Vector Potential of finite Wire

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Magnetic field inside the cavity of a long straight wire

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How Do Eigenstates and Eigenvalues Relate to Quantum Observables?

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Classical Mechanics: linear resistance

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Ideal 2-D Gas and Micro-Canonical Ensemble

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Curvilinear One Dimensional System

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Calculating Intensity Variation in Superposition of Waves

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Unit vectors for cylindrical polar coordinates in Cartesian form

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Density of States for a 1D Metal at 0K - Fermi Level Calculation

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Why Does Only V(10) Contribute in Perturbed Harmonic Oscillator Calculations?

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What are the Confusing Aspects of Jackson Eq. 5.33 (3rd Ed.)?

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Calculate lattice constant from x-rays

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How Is Waveguide Conductivity Calculated with Changing Frequencies?

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Proving the Inequality for Angular Momentum Eigenstates

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Lagrangian for rolling cylinder on an inclined plane

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Equation of Motion: Solving for Mass, Velocity, & Force F(v)

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Commutator and hermitian operator problem

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Calculate Poynting Vector for Given Fields

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Making Near Zone Approximation for B and E Fields

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Probabilities for system of two bosons

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How can we solve this collision problem using similar terms?

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How Does Speed Affect Time for a Bomb Threat on a Spaceship?

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Griffiths (electrodynamics) problem 4.19, part b

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Slit diffraction with a beam of spatially distributed intensity

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Why is there a Half Cos(x) Term in the Fourier Series for Cos(x)?

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Calculating Jupiter's Mass from Log10(a) vs Log10(P) Graph

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Medical Physics: Calculating Dose for SAD Treatment

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Understanding Griffiths' Example 5.8: Ienc = KL?

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Solving for Speed and Acceleration of Ball at Point P

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Understanding Potential Energy and Stability in Balanse Question

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Finding a modern physics experiment topic for a paper

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Length contraction of rod at angle in moving frame

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Is this the correct way to factor this equation?

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Relativity Problem: Batman & Robin's Train Escape

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Calculating Sideways Force on Lens from Laser Power

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Hydrogen Excitation(s) and De-excitation(s)

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Wind turbine motion equations - explain

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A (probably simple) quantum problem - energy eigenfunctions?

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How can I exponentiate spin matrices on a 4x1 matrix?

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Quantum Dynamics: Boron 14 Splitting into Carbon 14 and Electron

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Statistical Mechanics: Maximum Entropy

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Why does free charge reside on the surface of a conductor?

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Conservation of momentum and frozen pond

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Is 1/λ an Eigenvalue of the Inverse of A?

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Electric Boundary Value Problem

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3 Questions about Rotational Motion; Test Tomorrow

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What are the final pressure for the gas?

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How long does it take the Sun to melt a block of ice

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How to Calculate Work and Energy Changes in Expanding Helium?

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Finding Nodal Surfaces in Wave Function of H-Like Atom

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Compute Wavelength of Electron Moving at Various Speeds

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Drawing the Feynman Diagram for e⁻ + p → n + νe

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Electrical engineering and Fourier series

  • Niles
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Reactions at supports for two 10-inch pipes on a frame

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Find G: Physics Lab Experiment w/ 50 g Masses & Stop-Clock

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Find the expectation value of the linear momentum

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Quantum Amplitude: Find N, Probability & State |psi'|

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Calculate Laser Pulse Intensity (Optics)

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Spontaneity of reactions and free energy

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If I could travel close to the speed of light

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Two Spring System: Steady State Motion

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!AC Generator Current: Mathematical Expression in Time Domain

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