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Ashcroft and Mermin 16.1b: collision integral and equilibrium

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Legendre polynomials, Hypergeometric function

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Quantum energy of a particle in 2 dim space

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Where does the delta function go in the Klein-Gordon equation solution?

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What is the coefficient of drag on a flat surface?

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MATLAB Code: Stationary Schrodinger EQ, E Spec, Eigenvalues

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Determining Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors in a Coupled 2-Particle System

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Quantum energy of a particle in a 2 dimensional space

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Hamilton Jacobi equation for time dependent potential

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Quantum Zeno Effect and Evolution Operator Properties

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How would you calculate how deep an object would go in water?

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Ground state and 1st excited state energy of 3 Fermions

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Wave function in a hydrogen atom : normalization

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Calculating the decay rate for h -> phi phi process

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Approximations with the Finite Square Well

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What is the dynamic viscosity of air?

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Doping semiconductors compounded from various element groups

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Proof of allowed and forbidden electron state transition.

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Bound surface charge on a linear dielectric half-cylinder

  • Daniel Sellers
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Dodelson Cosmology 6.8 Inflation Klein Gordon Equation

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Calculating Clebsch–Gordan coefficients

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Deriving the MTW version of the Einstein-Hilbert density

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Expressing the density matrix in matrix form

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How to prove that electric field propagates like a wave?

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Equilibrium height of an air parcel

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Divergence of the amplitude for a Feynman diagram

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QED Lagrangian in terms of left- and right-handed spinors

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Expectation value of x² using integration by parts

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Prove formula for the product of two exponential operators

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Anti-commutation of Dirac Spinor and Gamma-5

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Massless theories can be conformally invariant

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Isospin Doublet Derivation Using Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients

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What Is the Precession Radius of a Spinning Stick with Given Parameters?

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What is the Effect of the Number Operator on a Given Wavefunction?

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Find the spinor-state for a given expectation value

  • Markus Kahn
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How Does Radioactive Decay Affect Current in a Spherical Capacitor Circuit?

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The GZK Bound and Cosmic Rays: Calculating Photonic Energy in Outer Space

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Solving a recursive equation of motion

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Specific proof of the Riemann tensor for FRW metric

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Wire surrounded by a linear dielectric in a uniform E field

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Is it possible to express friction force as a tensor?

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Moment of Inertia of an Ammonium Molecule

  • Rafimah
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Plotting equipotentials from an infinite series solution

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Metal sphere in an electric field

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Energy Difference with a Two Delta Function Potential

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Transmission and reflection coefficients in barrier region when E<V

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Pipe flow with precipitation at boundary

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Discrepancy in Lagrangian to Hamiltonian transformation?

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Lagrange equation of second kind - find solution's constant?

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Casimir effect with Gaussian regulator

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How to Calculate Electric Potential in a Split Metal Pipe?

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Feynman rules for ##\phi^3## theory

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Thermal Physics: Photon Statistics on Bose Particles

  • Andrew Lewis
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2D isotropic quantum harmonic oscillator: polar coordinates

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Calculating Electric Displacement in Dielectric-Filled Capacitor Slabs

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Problem 11.1 from Ashcroft and Mermin's textbook

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Expansion of the wave equation for a stationary wave

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How Do Spin Measurements Influence Particle States in Quantum Mechanics?

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Canonical invariance vs. Lorentz invariance

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Expected Energy Value of a Time Independent Wave

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Deriving Ball Movement on Northern Hemisphere with Rotating Reference Frame

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Simplifying the integral of |∂Ψ/∂x|²

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How Do Three Spin-1/2 Particles Combine to Form States with Total Spin 3/2?

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Electron and hole concentration in silicon with donor doping

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Calculation of Velocity and Shear rate in rectangular channel

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Bragg diffraction form an “inclined” crystal plane

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Lagrangian Mechanics with one constraint

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Magnetic force between an unknown and known permanent magnet

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Sanity check: Using the Jones calculus for superposition

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Finding Stationary Wavefunction with a Line Potential

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How to Calculate <A> Given the Eigenvalues?

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Angular frequency of an ammonia molecule

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Self adjoint operators in spherical polar coordinates

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Gravitationally bound and Hubble time

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Einstein Velocity Addition for a Moving Charge in a Wire

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Finding the potential inside a semiconductor

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Problem finding the distribution of holes in a semiconductor

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Finding the Lagrangian Matrix for Two-Spring Systems

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Electric field of "half" an infinite charged sheet

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How Can You Decompose a 4x4 Unitary Matrix for a Quantum Circuit?

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How Does Earth's Electron Density Affect Neutrino Oscillations?

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How to Prove the Commutator Relationship for Angular Momentum Operators?

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Josephson oscillations second derivative calculation error

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How to Differentiate a Scalar Potential?

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Path of a deflected charge? Solvable ODE's?

  • Kyle Nemeth
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Eigenfunction of momentum and operators

  • Philip Land
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Showing That $\frac{d}{d_a} F_a(\hat{X}) \cdot \psi = F'(x) \psi$ at a=0

  • John Greger
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Struggling with Rankine-Hugoniot Conditions?

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Lagrangian Mechanics Question: A Yoyo radius a and b

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How is the horizon length related to the power law spectrum

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Adiabatic Reversible Compression of a Solid

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Electric Potential Distribution in a Vacuum Diode

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General Irreducible Representation of Lorentz Group

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Calculate the expectation value of V from Ehrenfest's theorem

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The number of vibrational modes g(v)dv in Debye theory

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Determine the Transition Wavelength

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Verify that this kinetic energy operator is Hermitian

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