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Derive the relation between the P & R branches

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QM harmonic oscillator - integrating over a gaussian?

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Entropy of a System of Spin-half Non-interacting Particles

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Eigenstates of Rashba Spin-Orbit Hamiltonian

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Does this operator commute with the Hamiltonian operator?

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What is the Hamiltonian for an LC circuit?

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QM: Solving Free Particle with 3D Wave Function Using Fourier Transform

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Continuous Grey Atmosphere Model

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Electric dipole EM field using Lorentz Transformation

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How to Express Charge Q Using Creation and Annihilation Operators in QFT?

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"Protons+electrons" model vs "protons+neutrons" model

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MTW Chapter 21 Arcane Language

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FORTRAN 90 How to plot the Poincaré section?

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Interpret constraints on scattering amplitude

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Lagrange Multipliers in Classical Mechanics - exercise 1

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How Do You Calculate the Ricci Tensor for the AdS Metric in 4 Dimensions?

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Difficuilt and/or interesting problems in fluid mechanics

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Orbital/Spin angular momentum + magnetic quantum numbers

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Commutator of the Dirac Hamiltonian and gamma 5

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Variable of integration in geometric phase calculation

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Are These Spectroscopic Notations Physically Possible?

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Magnetic Moment and Spacing of Adjacent Magnetic Substates

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Are Electronic States in a 1D Atomic Chain Eigenstates of the Hamiltonian?

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Intrinsic carrier concentration where did I go wrong?

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The Dirac equation in Weyl representation

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XY plane as the interface between two media

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Black hole inside a star -- How long for it to consume the star?

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Recurrence relation for harmonic oscillator wave functions

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Find potential between 2 conc. cyl. with grounded strip

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How to express velocity gradient in cylindrical coordinates?

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General relativity- Coordinate/metric transformations

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The difference between Auger Electron Spectroscopy and XPS.

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How to Prove the Property of Tensor Invariants?

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Fock states as integrals of coherent states

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How Do You Calculate Eigenvalues for Combined Spins in Quantum Mechanics?

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QM: Purity, two-outcome measurements

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How does the differential form of Faraday's law relate to induced current?

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Angular velocity of a wheel rolling around a fixed axis

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Understanding e+e- --> W+W- Process Diagrams

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Force of magnetic attraction between hemispheres

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Finding the probability of 1s electron within a cubical volume

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Particle moving down a cone (Newtonian formulation)

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Classical mechanics question (pendulum)

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Cluster Approximation for the Two-Dimensional Ising Model

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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One-Dimensional Ising Model in Bethe Approximation

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Probabilities for two spin systems interacting in isolation

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Why Are the EOMs for a Complex Scalar Field Not Independent?

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Kinetic energy of an electron on the β spectrum?

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Time Evolution of Spin in a Magnetic Field

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Peskin complex scalar field current

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Lagrangian of system with circle and cube

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What is the Bethe Approximation for a One-Dimensional Ising Model?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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What is the Q-value of the β- decay of Ni-65?

  • richphys
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Decay Processes of 39Ca, 39Ar, and 40K

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Proper distance in Schwarzschild metric

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How are allowed and forbidden reflections calculated?

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Fluid Dynamics -- a spherical particle immersed in water

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Eigenvalues and vectors of a 4 by 4 matrix

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By energy conservation, show the 4-velocity of dust satisfies this....

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Quantum constant of motion in a magnetic field

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Lagrangian equations - ring which is sliding along a wire

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How does the Pauli Exclusion Principle in this problem?

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Number of individual states with the same occupation numbers

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Relation between heat capacities and van der Waals equation

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Method of images, charge q inside conducting sphere

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Maxwell Relation, Gibbs Free Energy, Thermal Expansion Coefficient

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Mass of Hydrogen needed to determine lifetime of proton

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Why do 2 d not decay into alpha particle and neutral pion?

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What does the superscript "d" mean in the differential?

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Surface bound charge on the outer surface of a dielectric

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Understanding functional derivative

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Lagrangian of a sphere rolling down a moving incline

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Contraction of the Bianchi identity

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Integrating a delta function of a function

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How to calculate the dipole moment of the spherical shell?

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Show that the Hydrogen wave functions are normalized

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2 degree of freedom system modeling

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Deriving the vapor pressure latent heat dependence

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Find the path of a particle given a potential function.

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Thermodynamics, isothermal irreversible

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Confused about dot product step while deriving the Liouville equation

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How Does Tensor Index Contraction Work?

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Equation of motion in harmonic oscillator hamiltonian

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Spherical Boundary condition problem

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Electrostatics Boundary condition and coordinate choice

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How does the determinant of the metric transform

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How Do You Normalize the Wavefunction Ψ(x) in Quantum Mechanics?

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Stability of a White Dwarf Against Gravitational Collapse

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Small oscillations and a time dependent electric field

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Derivation of the expansion of the potential in rectangular coordinates

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Solve coefficients for four equations in square well

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Solving for <p>, <x> and <x^2> using raising and lowering operators

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Lowering Operator Simple Harmonic Oscillator n=3

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Binder cumulant g as a function of temperature

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Virial Theorem and Simple Harmonic Oscillator

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Partition Function at a Fixed Pressure

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Finding bound state and scattering matrix of Hamiltonian

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