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Given a wave function, predict the result

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Representation of vectors in a new basis using Dirac notation?

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Quantum Mechanics - Question about the Finite Square Well

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Calculate reaction heat from quantum mechanics

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Using dimensional analysis to create dimensionless equation

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Eigenvalue of an hamiltonian with spin

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Temperature of a spinning and non spinning asteroid

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Solution strategy for linearized gravity problem

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Instantaneous doubling of the Infinite Square Well Width

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Can this neutrino be detected via a CC weak interaction?

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Question related to Schrodinger equation

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Moment of inertia of a collinear system of particles

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Decay rate of a particle into three particles

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Partial Derivatives of U w.r.t. T and ##\mu## at Fixed N

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Hamiltonian in terms of creation/annihilation operators

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Find product kinetic energies in (α,γ) reaction

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Shortest possible damping time in Optical Molasses

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Charge/current density inside rectangular wave guide?

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How Does an Extra Factor of i Affect Quantum Probability Calculations?

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Calculate the volume integral of divergence over a sphere

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Atomic Physics - Orbital Angular Momentum Probability

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Probability Density in an infinite 1D square well

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Proof of trace theorems for gamma matrices

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Showing Levi-Civita properties in 4 dimensions

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Calculating Planck's integral for finite range of wavelength

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Proving a Hamiltonian satisfies Hamilton's equations

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Proper usage of Einstein sum notation

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Is first Brillouin zone the same as Wigner-Seitz cell?

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How to Derive the General Solution for the Hydrogen Radial Equation?

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Lagrangian Mechanics: Solving Homework Problem on Two Cylinders

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The Kirchhoff diffraction formula with small wavelength

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Consider Compton scattering of a photon by a moving electron

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Lagrangian Dynamics Homework: Find Missing Term

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Heat equation integral - Fourier Series coefficient is zero

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Why wave function is probability of particle existence

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Show that if H is a hermitian operator, U is unitary

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Helmholtz and Gibbs free energy for an adiabatic process

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Noether's Theorem & Conservation of Angular Momentum

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What Path Should a Mass Take for Shortest Descent Time Under Gravity?

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What happens at the lambda point of superfluid Helium?

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Correct option for n dependence of free energy f per unit

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Electrostatics Method of image

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Field lines of a electric charge immersed in two dielectrics

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Boltzmann Partition Function of H_2

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Condition for condensation from adiabatic expansion

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Non-radial null geodesics in Eddington-Finkelstein coordinates

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Schwarzschild metric with angular momentum

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Is the Time of Matter-Radiation Equality Correctly Represented?

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Proof of expectation value for a dynamic observable

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Proving Completeness of Continuous Basis Vectors

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Complex amplitude reflectance of a spherical mirror

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Expectation values as a phase space average of Wigner functions

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Bra ket notation for magnitude of two vectors

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Operator in three level system -- Eigenvalues/Eigenvectors

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Derivation: Entropy of Vaporisation using Redlich-Kwong EoS

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Electric field due to a spherical charged shell (direct integration)

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Vector differential displacement - Magnetic vector potential

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What Is the Binding Energy of the Second Electron in a Hydrogen Ion?

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A Problem with Lippmann-Schwinger Equation

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Metric outside a weakly gravitating body (MTW Ex 19.1)

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Find the energy of a photon after this annihilation process

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Can I Solve This Mechanics Problem Without Any Help?

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Fourier transform of periodic potential in crystal lattice

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The significance of each term in Planck's Radiation Formula

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Issue calculating the velocity of pions from K-meson decay

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Quick question about hydrogen atom perturbation

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Finding the power from the electric field amplitude

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Differential operator acting on scalar fields

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Stat mech: Fermi-Dirac distribution

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Orthogonality of Gravitational Wave Polarizations

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Find the Riemannian curvature tensor component

  • Tom Weaver
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Transition probability in first-order time-dependent perturbation theory

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Find angular momentum outcomes and their probabilities

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Is Gibbs Energy Truly Equivalent to Work?

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Is This the Correct Approach to Derive Wien's Displacement Law?

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Solving Distance of Starch Particles in Fluid w/Stoke's Law

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What Does the Number 1 Next to Nabla Symbol Mean?

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Why Do Cross-Terms Average to Zero for Incoherent Radiation?

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Is the Lagrange Equation Valid for All Holonomic Systems?

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Show that the wave function is normalized

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Connecting Vector Calculus to Maxwell's Equations

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How Do You Calculate the Temperature Distribution in a Star?

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How to Derive PdV=RdT/(1-δ) from the Polytropic Process Constant Equation?

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Laser Beam Diameter which Minimizes Volume?

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Cosmology - determining if a model universe would recollapse

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Verifying a macroscopic Maxwell equation

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Expectation values and commutation relations

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Rapidly changing Hamiltonian and an observable

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Transmission for double delta-potential vs single delta

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Hamiltonian operator affecting observable

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Occupancies in sub bands of a quantum well

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Friedmann equation - show Big Bang happened given conditions

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Decay Widths of Neutral Vector Mesons

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A quick question about the Fermi-Dirac distribution

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