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Microcanonical ensemble with four spin 1

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Is the Electrostatic Force Calculation Correct for Inclined Bar and Wire?

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Find the heat that flows into or out of the system

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How Does Adding a Zero-Energy Particle Affect System Entropy?

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What Is the Relationship Between Free Energy and Magnetisation?

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Another problem - time dependent perturbation and transition probabilities

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Work done by material if temperature changes?

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Calculating p^2/2m and -e^2/r for Hydrogen Atom in 3D

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Is My Differential Equation Solution in Quantum Mechanics Correct?

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How to find eigenfunctions given the wave function?

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How to Find the Expectation Value of Momentum?

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Spin-1/2 systems, Spinor representation

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Dynamics Question - Simple but stuck

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Solving Griffiths' Scattering Problem in Introduction to Elementary Particles

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Finding Coulomb's Force: Solved Problem w/ Explanation

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What Is the Period of SHM for a Rotated Cube Attached to a Spring?

  • brownniegyal
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What Factors Determine the Characteristics of Standing Waves on a String?

  • brownniegyal
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Frequency of Reflected Waves from Moving Truck: 0.0620 MHz

  • brownniegyal
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What is the ratio of energies in a hydrogen atom and how can it be calculated?

  • Erwin Kreyszig
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Why Does Voltage Across an Inductor Peak and Then Diminish?

  • cscott
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Angular momentum in a rectangular box

  • Mjolnir
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Simulating Two-Level Electron Scattering

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Can You Help With Phase and Group Velocity for Relativistic Electron Waves?

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Change in Moon's Orbit: Impact of Earth's Mass Doubling on Circular Orbit

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Quantum Mechanics Problem: Quick help kindly requested

  • bktennis2006
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Calculating Required Force to Tip a 27kg Box - Need Help Solving

  • Pancakes
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Raising and lowering operators / spherical harmonics

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Proving the Trace of Gamma Matrices with (Anti-)Communtation Rules

  • WarnK
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What is the original speed of a bullet fired into a ballistic pendulum?

  • xcvxcvvc
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Graph of a wave function and how to work out velocity from it.

  • Rich667
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Equation 14.81 in Zwiebach: Why No 2?

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How Do You Apply the Raising Operator to Find Y^{2}_{2}(\theta, \phi)?

  • Rahmuss
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Light propagating at angle, under Lorentz transformation

  • wtronic
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Prove N Cross A=0: Curl, H, B, A Problem

  • magleviee
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Solving Constants of Motion for Particle in 3D - No Quotes

  • abeen
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What is the Resonant Frequency of a Driven, Undamped Oscillator?

  • Varnson
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Need help finding a suitable physics topic for a project

  • IamOnYourSide
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Surface with Ricci scalar equal to two

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What is the Cross Section of a Hydrogen Atom in Thermal Equilibrium at 6000K?

  • JohnSimpson
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How do I compute the connection coefficients for a given metric?

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What is the equation for a body's trajectory in a central force field?

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Ground State of Quantum System: l=0?

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Ionization potentials, quantum defects

  • Brewer
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How Does the Coriolis Force Affect Projectile Motion on Earth?

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Exponential Probability Density of Electron in 1D Potential Well

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Is Griffith's Treatment of Spin in Quantum Mechanics Misinterpreted?

  • lion8172
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Finding magnetic susceptibility of a quantum gas

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3K universal blackbody temperature radiation

  • neelakash
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How Do You Normalize a Wavefunction for a Particle in a Box?

  • lozzyjay
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Entropy of a message of N bits (help)

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Why the metric is covariantly constant?

  • Giammy85
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Solving the Math for D-Lines in Sodium Spectrum

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Why Should Lorentz Invariance Affect the Propagator's Form?

  • jdstokes
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How Does the First Law of Thermodynamics Apply to Irreversible Gas Expansion?

  • El Hombre Invisible
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Kinetic Energy of Muon in Decay of Pi+ -> Mu+ + Nu_mu

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Show Lx is Hermitian: Homework Equation Integration

  • physgirl
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Proof that the parity operator is hermitian

  • Brad Barker
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How does Zee derive the Green's function in Quantum Field Theory on p. 31?

  • jdstokes
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Solving Mechanics Question: Show Energy of Motion in x-z Plane

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How Do You Calculate the Volume of a Tetrahedron Using Integrals?

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How do you calculate experimental uncertainty using the Gaussian formula?

  • raintrek
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Are P Orbital Wavefunctions Orthonormal in the L=1 Subspace?

  • physgirl
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How do you find the time-dependent wavefunction for a particle on a ring?

  • physgirl
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How Long Until You Hit the Black Hole?

  • wackypete
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Linear Combos of Y; eigenfunction of L_x

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At What Distance Does the Sun Become Invisible to the Human Eye?

  • UMich1344
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How Do S^{\mu\nu} Matrices Form a Lorentz Algebra Representation?

  • vputz
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QFT in a nutshell: From field to particle

  • jdstokes
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Velocity of shopping cart with given energy/work input

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Solving a Vector Space Problem: (a,b,1) Not a Vector Space

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Calculating Expectation Value of Particle in Square Potential Well

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What is the method for finding motion in a central potential field?

  • neworder1
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Expectation value using ladder operators

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How Do You Solve the Hamiltonian for a Two-Electron Ferromagnet?

  • vputz
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How Can I Solve the Equation for a Pendulum with Large Amplitude?

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N Impulse on Particle A: Speed of A

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What Are the Decay Dynamics of a Radioactive Substance Over Time?

  • FinSanity
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What Are the Mean Lifetime and Branching Ratios for an F- Particle?

  • genloz
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Strong, weak, electromagnetic interactions

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Is the Transition Allowed for Δl = 0 in Electric Dipole Selection Rules?

  • CoreyJKelly
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Get Expert Help with [x,l^2] Differential Solution | File Attached

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How many W mesons required for D+ decay?

  • genloz
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How to Calculate Acceleration Components of a Block on a Wedge?

  • mjkr1988
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Allowed Reactions: Process 1-5 Explained

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Find Sam's speed at the bottom using work and energy

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