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Eigenfunction of a spin-orbit coupling Hamiltonian

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Why Do Hoop Stresses Become Infinite at Specific Angles in a Plate with a Hole?

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Trapping Supercooled Atoms with Light Trap Optics

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Understanding the Gravitational Force Integral

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How Does Mixing Ideal Gases in a Thermally Insulated Cylinder Affect Pressure?

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Can Audio Cancellation Occur in Space?

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Electrostatic Energy in the Hydrogen Atom

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Green's function differential equation

  • AwesomeTrains
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Bohr frequency of an expectation value?

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Sakurai Modern Quantum Mechanics (Second Edition) Eq. 1.7.15

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Special Relativity- Photon/Mirror Collision

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Conservation of momentum and lost energy

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Q-value and kinetic energy of alpha particle in alpha decay.

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Why is velocity in body fixed frame equals to angular veloc?

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Why Is a 200 lb Object Falling 200 ft Only Reaching ~23 m/s?

  • Kamiden
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Change in entropy of a capacitor

  • alexiaphysics
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How Far Can Water Spray from a Pipe Hole at a 45 Degree Angle?

  • gerry7
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Canonical partition function for N ideal gasses

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Find the magnetic field in vacuum given an electric field

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Finding 2D Fermion Gas U/N with Temperature & Area

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Validity of Equipartition Theorem

  • LizardWizard
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Correct way to write pi buckingham theorem

  • foo9008
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Linearly Chirped Fiber Bragg Grating group delay

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Lagrangian Mechanics - Kepler problem, Conservation

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Rayleigh–Ritz method - Yukawa coulomb potential

  • AwesomeTrains
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Calculating the Residue of ##\frac{1}{(x^4+1)^2}## at Double Poles

  • Physgeek64
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Cylindrical symmetric magnetic field

  • Maike
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Finding the geodesic equation from a given line element

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Deriving Newtonian law of gravitation

  • TimeRip496
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What Is the Correct Approach to Integrate the Wigner Function for Fock States?

  • Muthumanimaran
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Orbital Perturbations: Solving for Equations of Motion in Elliptical Orbits

  • Konchock Dawa
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Solving functions for S in a q-q* Hamilton-Jacobi diffeq

  • dynamicskillingme
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Calculating Lifetimes in a Three-Level System with Einstein A & B Coefficients?

  • bananabandana
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Are Products of Dirac Delta Functions Well-Defined?

  • Muthumanimaran
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Equation of motion for isotropic harmonic oscillator

  • JulienB
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Derivation of Sudarshan-Glauber P function

  • Muthumanimaran
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Breit Wigner Curve: Finding Reaction Rate from FWHM

  • Robsta
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ND Pertubation theory: Second order correction

  • Schwarzschild90
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How Does Time Evolution Affect Quantum Operator Matrix Elements?

  • bananabandana
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Infinitesimal Lorentz transformations

  • Amentia
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Perturbation matrix: free electron model on a square lattice

  • Fek
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Lagrangian Mechanics: Find Lagrangian & Hamiltonian of Pendulum

  • Zamarripa
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Electrostatic Interaction Energy of a Rod and a Ring

  • PhDeezNutz
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Percentage error in Maxwellian distribution.

  • debjit625
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Point Transformations in the Lagrangian

  • dynamicskillingme
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Mean value of energy <E> for a QM state?

  • helpmeprepls
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Finding a matrix representation of a Hamiltonian.

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Gauge Transformations: Can G(t,q) be Expressed Differently?

  • dynamicskillingme
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Fourier Series in cylindrical coordinate

  • baby_1
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Show that (du/dv)t=T(dp/dT)v-p - please explain

  • ConstantinL
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How Does Hamilton's Principle Lead to Lagrange's Equations?

  • lampCable
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Angular momentum in cartesian coordinates (Lagrangian)

  • JulienB
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A discrete equivalent of the Poisson coefficient

  • pizzicato
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Show that killing vector field satisfies....

  • Augbrah
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Lagrangian mechanics: Bar connected to a spring

  • Christoffelsymbol100
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L, m quantum numbers of 3D oscillator

  • yunseok
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Why Is There No d → s + Z^0 Interaction in the Standard Model?

  • Poirot
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Solving Method of Images Problem for Induced Charge

  • VMP
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Minimisation Problem (Euler-Lagrange equation)

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Riemann tensor given the space/metric

  • Whitehole
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Reasons which give support for quark substructure of p and n

  • Poirot
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Pauli Equation - Simple operator algebra question

  • karkas
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Derivation of rotation formula in a general coordinate system

  • ShayanJ
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How can the surface tension of a spherical balloon affect its radius over time?

  • member 428835
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Discrete Lagrangian Homework: Minimize S, Find EoM's & Discrete Trajectory

  • Christoffelsymbol100
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What Is a Straight World-Line?

  • Amentia
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Weak Decay of Nucleus: 3-Momentum Analysis

  • Poirot
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What Is the Role of Color Charge in Strong Interactions?

  • Poirot
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Covariant derivative of vector fields on the sphere

  • Whitehole
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Ball of gas experiences rapid increase in pressure....

  • Poirot
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How to Modify Fourier's Heat Conduction Equation for a Finite Body?

  • debjit625
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Maxwell's Equations from EM field tensor

  • Amentia
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Spring Pendulum - Lagrangian Mechanics

  • bigguccisosa
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Predicting spin and parity of excited states from shell mode

  • pondzo
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Short Aerial: Find the scalar potential (retarded sources)

  • Poirot
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How Does a Rotating Disk Generate Torque in a Magnetic Field?

  • facenian
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Determining Gamma Ray energy from spectrum

  • snc
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Lead is compressed reversibly with T const, find dS

  • Kara386
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Determine half life from gamma radiation

  • alivedude
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Proving Brewster's Angle Without Fresnel Equations?

  • Poirot
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Help with Doppler shift galaxy question

  • failingTP
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Similarity Transformation Involving Operators

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Conservation of energy and momentum in planetary motion

  • FranzDiCoccio
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Index notation: Find F_(μν) given F^(μν)?

  • Poirot
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Lagrangian of a centrifugal regulator

  • dynamicskillingme
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How do you compare the amplitudes of different frequencies?

  • Tristan Sguigna
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Is the following semiconductor n-type or p-type?

  • sa1988
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Parallel transportation of a vector along a closed triangle

  • Manu_
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How to Prove Vector Identity Using Levi-Civita Notation?

  • hellomynameisscottt
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Eigenvalues of a spin-orbit Hamiltonian

  • IanBerkman
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Adiabatic expansion of infinite square well

  • Cracker Jack
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Solid State Physics - Modes of Oscillation of Atom

  • MightyDogg
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Vector Potential: Infinite Wire and Infinite Solenoid

  • DrPapper
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Why does the polarization point inwards for this problem?

  • NucEngMajor
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Proving B.(Gradient . B) - B X (Gradient X B)=Del{i}B{i}B{j}

  • hellomynameisscottt
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Always calculating Fermi energy incorrectly

  • sa1988
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