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Where does the epsilon in Gauss's law come from

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Degenerate Perturbation Theory (Particle in 3D box)

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Solving Wave Pulse Intensity at w=w0

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Breakdown in parallel plate capacitor with dielectric

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An attempt frequency for a harmonic oscillator?

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Eigenfunctions and dirac notation for a quantum mechanical system.

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Numerical Integration Homework: Solve & Plot Earth's Orbit in 1 Year

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Serious problem with centripetal force

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Characteristic function for Z = X² + Y² with Gaussian variables

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Hydrogen wave function in terms of m_z after m_y measurement

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Solve 2 Jupiter-Size Planets Homework Problem

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Thermodynamics Efficiency Of Adiabatic Compressor

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Water-waves: Group vs phase velocity

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Simple harmonic motion of a charged particle in a rod

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Eletric potential created by a homogenously charged disc

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Rod attached to rotating vertical shaft

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What is the spring constant of wood and how can it be determined?

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Diffraction grating with slits out of phase

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The original mass of a gas in a leaky cylinder

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Stuck on this dimensional analysis question.

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Friction in a contact between a pulley and a string

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A simple equality of Generalized Lorentz Operators

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Solving the time dependant schrodinger eqn in dirac (bra ket) notation

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Electric field around a current carrying wire.

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How Does Work Done on a Car Relate to Its Kinetic Energy and Speed?

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Units of the Thermal de Broglie wavelength?

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Runge-Kutta Method for a double pendulum

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Laurent expansion for a complex function with 3 singularites

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What is the residue of cot(z) at z=0?

  • Dixanadu
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No 2D momentum average for a particle in a box?

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How Do I Safely Power My Induction Motor for a Class Project?

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Determine the energies of the three lowest energy states.

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Hydrogen atom eigenstate: proving orthogonality of states

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Fraunhofer diffraction for a small obstracle

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Probability of measuring E in a Hydrogen atom, and expectation values

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Prove perpendicularity of E field and direction of EM wave

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Testing to see if the vector field could be a magnetic field.

  • Michael 37
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Hydrogen Atom Matrix Elements Related to Transition Probability

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Measuring Hair Thickness (Young slits)

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How Can Inflatable Balloons Enable Mars Exploration?

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Do Moving Charges Create or Induce Magnetic Fields?

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Showing there are no eigenvectors of the annhilation operator

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What are the energies of the photons in a meson decay?

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Help Solving Renormalization Group Equations

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Potential and field of a thing circular ring

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Quantum, Spin, Orbital Angular momentum, operators

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Finding Quantum numbers from wavefunction

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Fraction of incident flux that escapes from a star

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Special Relativity: Photoproduction of Mesons?

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Quantum mechanics, free particle normalization question

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Thermal Physics adiabatic and isothermal compressibilty

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Thermal Physics problem: Van der Waals

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How Do You Solve a Rotating Mass on a Spring Using Lagrangian Mechanics?

  • Levi Tate
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Help on reading ephemeris in HJD(TT)

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Working with Bra and Ket vector notation

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Simple Harmonic Oscillator and Damping

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Flux that reaches a certain radius in a star

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How to Find Density of States for Quantum Gas in D Dimensions?

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Find Center of Mass for Semicircular Wire

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Right Ascension and Declination

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What is the Physical Meaning of Voltage on a Spherical Grain?

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Simplified thermonuclear fusion and approximate lifetime of Sun

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Dispersion Relation for EM Waves: Skin Depths in Good and Poor Conductors

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Energy of different energy levels of hydrogen atom

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Probability of Helium Atom Speed >1000 m/s @ 300K

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What Are the Wave Functions for Singlet and Triplet States of H2?

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Interference of two plane waves in any point of space

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Moire pattern and interference of plane EM waves

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E and V for 2 rings of line charge, radius R separated by R

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Moment of Inertia (Triangular Prism)

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Measuring sum of two components of spin angular momentum

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Find light bulb surface temp from temperature measurements

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Metric for non-inertial coordinate system

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How Do You Calculate Angular Acceleration in a Pivoting Rod Problem?

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Diffraction grating experiment

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How to Find the Electric Field on the XY-Plane from a Line Charge?

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Operator which is written in k space

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Magnetic vector potential of finite wire

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Causal contact from opposite sides of Universe?

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Measuring the Electron's Momentum Through a Slot

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Cylinder w/Piston: Final Temp & Vol Answered in Terms of Nk, T0, V0

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Solutions of Heisenberg Equations of Motion for Angular Momenta

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Calculate the commutator [p x , x[SUP]n[/SUP]]

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Bound state of a square well, no allowed bound state mean?

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How to Calculate Degenerate Energy Levels in an Infinite Square Well?

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Fields & Potential Homework Solutions

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Number of States in a 1D Simple Harmonic Oscillator

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How to quantify fringing fields around a finite width plate electrode?

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Probability that the electron is found at a distance greater than r

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Calculating energy from the Lagrangian

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Compton scattering - energy of the scattered photon

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How Do You Normalize and Transform a Piecewise Wavefunction?

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Fluid flow around a sphere, what's the net force?

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Van der Waals Equation and specific heat

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Helmholtz free energy of simple solid

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Temperature of Phase Transition at Zero Pressure?

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What Is the Maximum Vertical Acceleration of a Pendulum?

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Compton scattering, formulae question

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