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Prove Eigenvalues of an (operator)^2 are real and positive

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Finding the expectation value of energy using wavefunc. and eigenstate

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Work to remove point charge from center of spherical conducting shell

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Water bends when charged object is near

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Spectrum of Momentum operator in the Hilbert Space L^2([-L,L])

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Confused on Voltage Calculations: Using Nodal Analysis to Find Input to Amp

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What Are the Probabilities of Measuring Each Spin State for a Spin-1 Particle?

  • Gabriel Maia
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E-field Perturbation of 2D rotor. Show Y_10 couples ground state?

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What happens when a single electron meets a junction with equal resistance?

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How Does Pulse Duration Affect Frequency Spread in a Gaussian-Enveloped Laser?

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Calculating Max Electric Current in Photoelectric Cell

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A spinning disc due to a magnetic field variation

  • Gabriel Maia
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Errors in Electrostatic Self-Energy Calculation?

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A few questions on quantum mechanic and photoelectric effects

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What Is the Tension Developed in a Current-Carrying Circular Coil?

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Pressure-energy relationship in photon gas

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Solving for Normal Modes in a Non Similar Coupled Pendulum

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Using Legendre Polynomials in Electro

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Block sliding down a moving plane whose angle of inclination changes

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Trying to interpret matrix representations of operators

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Charge moving toward a conductor. Solution makes no physical sense

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How Does a Proton's Speed Affect Coulombic Impulse on an Electron?

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Calculating Energy of Coaxial Cylinders

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Is the Given Force Field Conservative?

  • leroyjenkens
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Minimum Kinetic Energy of a Confined Particle?

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Short/Open Circuit time constant method: b1

  • kougou
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Infinite Square Well - Particle in linear combination of states

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Electric Field Inside an Electret Cylinder?

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Thermodynamical Equilibrium

  • Gabriel Maia
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Angular Momentum In Polar Coordinates

  • embphysics
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Show that a unitary operator maps one ON-basis to another

  • jhughes
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Connection and tensor-issue with the proof

  • rsaad
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Why Doesn't the Beam Split Horizontally?

  • Kidphysics
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Capacitor Fringe Field Strength on Axis

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Any ideas for unsolved topics in Mathematical Physics?

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Question about a Problem from Sakurai

  • Xyius
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Finding Electric Fields and Electrostatic Potential

  • John.Martinez
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Why eigenvalues of L_x^2 and L_z^2 identical?

  • fandango92
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Calculate new boiling point with change post-pressure change

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How Do You Calculate the Bohr Radius for a Helium Ion?

  • leroyjenkens
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Electromagnetic field equations of motion

  • smallgirl
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Calculating the Determinant of a 2x2 Matrix with Pauli Matrices

  • smallgirl
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Understanding Free Electron Kinetic Energy on a Square Lattice

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How do I develop intuition to learn how to solve problems?

  • channel1
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Simulating the Interference Pattern of Fraunhofer Diffraction

  • JimThomas
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Partial Derivatives for an Ideal Gas

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Are E and B Always Orthogonal in Electromagnetic Waves?

  • Kidphysics
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Calculating & Drawing Feynman Diagrams for $\mathscr{L}$

  • PhysicsGente
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Is the Integral of (psi_0 * d/dx psi_1) Mathematically Valid?

  • Aziza
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Work required to increase the radius of a sphere by dr

  • Burnenator
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Time dependent perturbation theory, HO subject to electric field

  • Telemachus
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Thermodynamics-Find final pressure of a piece of lead

  • Kelsi_Jade
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Why Does Griffith's Derivation of the Quantum SHO Use This Method?

  • Aziza
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Can Non-Inertial Frames Alter Light Speed?

  • EinsteinPK
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Understanding the Math Behind Homework Equations

  • PhysicsGente
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How to Calculate the Potential Energy of Two Protons?

  • ChowPuppy
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Solving a Problem with Integrals in R3

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Harmonic Oscillator Problem: Consideration & Solutions

  • mattmatt
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What is the Eigenvalue for a Harmonic Oscillator?

  • Habeebe
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Density of energy from the stress-energy tensor

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Fermi Energy level with respect to band gap energy

  • Matt1234
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What is band bending and how does it relate to Fermi Energy?

  • member 422733
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Muzzle Vel. Calc: Proj. Problem (vx)

  • vanitymdl
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What Is the Fourier Transform of Propagators in QFT?

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Statistical mechanics/Thermodynamics two spin-1/2 subsystem

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Initial momentum amplitude to wave function

  • Kidphysics
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Relation between units of attenuation

  • ParoxysmX
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Triangle wavefunction - position uncertainty and probability amplitude

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Laurent Series Expansion of Electrostatic Potential

  • Mattkwish
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Reaction between photon and proton

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Solve Quantum Mechanics: Probability of Spin-1/2 Particle

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Saw-tooth Wave and Fourier Series amplitude of oscillation

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Wavelength for highest radiation per unit wavelength

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Solving Viscosity Problems in an Auto Lift

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Is Any Work Done When Expanding Gas in a Rigid Container?

  • zulfiqar6
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Possibly the simplest quantum physics question EVER

  • Hertz
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Quantum uncertainty after passing through a slit

  • md.xavier
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Quantum: why can't you square every operator?

  • Aziza
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Lorentz Invariance of Propagator for Complex Scalar Field

  • eudo
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What Was the Energy of the Incoming Photon?

  • jacksonb62
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Trace of the Stress-Energy Tensor Zero?

  • fluidistic
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Are \(\overline{E_0}\), \(\overline{D_0}\), and \(\hat{k}\) Coplanar?

  • hover
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Finding the constants in an Electric Field Equation

  • CanIExplore
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Can You Determine \(a_0\) in Fourier Series by Plugging \(n=0\) into \(a_n\)?

  • jbrussell93
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Convention of Work in Thermodynamics

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Thermodynamics: Entropy of 2 large Einstein Solids

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Classical mechanics ~ Potential energy and periodic movement

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Deriving potential distribution between concentric spherical electrode

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How to Calculate Q, W, ΔU, and ΔH for Ideal Gas Compression Processes?

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Electrodynamics Potential from charged sphere. I am lost :/

  • pence
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Transformation of a vector operator

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Collisions Of Two Asteroids in the Main Asteroid Belt.

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Maxwells equations from variational principle

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Initial velocity required for a certain displacement

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Kinetic Energy operator is hermitian

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Biot-Savarts law: Off-axis radial field

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