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Nordstrom Gravity: Exploring R w/ Minkowski & Schwarzschild Metrics

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Source and sink in uniform flow: stagnation point location

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How do I derive the Covariant Derivative for Covectors? (Lower index)

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Show that geometry has local inertial frames

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Quantum Mechanics, a free particle prepared as a gaussian wavepacket

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Find lifetime of closed RD universe

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Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients for three spin-1 particles?

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Quantum mechanics- eigenvectots of a linear transformation

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How Do You Calculate Radiation Count Rate for Different Energies?

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How is the Centrifugal Force Derived from Scalar Potentials?

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From that its true that B=0"Solving Steady Temperature on a Flat Plate

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Estimating Neutrino Flux Through Your Body?

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Measuring the physical quantity corresponding to an operator.

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Deriving invariant mass formula with 4-momenta

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Trouble with normalizing a wave function

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Amount of CO2 vaporized in a phase change from liquid to solid & vapor

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How to Determine Vd in an OP AMP Circuit with Diode?

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Particle in a box, stuck at normalizing the wave function

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Time dependent wave equation trouble

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Wavefunction of infinite square well potential between -L<x<L

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Bead on a loop in a non-inertial frame

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Calculating the Potential of Tidal Force: A Mathematical Explanation

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Lumped Capitance Method (Calculating temp. + heat transfer)

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Heat Exchanger - Boiling Rate - HT Coefficient

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What Is the Wave Function of a Free Electron with 10 eV Kinetic Energy?

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Where Can I Find Detailed Information on the Theory of Tides?

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Polarization of light after being totally reflected

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Deriving Gauss law from divergence form using ∫|r|⁻³ dV

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Proving Work is Same for All Paths of a Conservative Force

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Find the kinetic energy of the alpha particle

  • Kyrios
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How Do B and Gamma Values Affect Polarization in Electromagnetic Waves?

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Maximum scattering angle for 2 body collision

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Effective potential of a particle sliding on an inclined rod

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Energy-momentum tensor identity - linearized gravity

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Deriving the density of states for waves in a blackbody

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Can Tired Light Theory Explain Redshift Without Expansion of the Universe?

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What Does ψ_0(x) = <x|0> Represent in Dirac Notation?

  • AverageHuman
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Fermion Boson Reaction: Ratio of Fermions to Bosons at T=0

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Question about Geodesic Equation Derivation using Lagrangian

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Particle Phys.; Isospin conservation for cross sections of scattering

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Green's function for Helmholtz Equation

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Partial wave scattering cross section in spherical well

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How Does Quantum Tunneling Affect Particle Transmission?

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Solving Spherical Capacitors: Find C1 &amp; C2 in Parallel

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Find Curl of B: Electric & Mag Fields in Plane Wave

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Different approximations of Compton scattering equation

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How do I Calculate V(ab) from E if A(-8,3,2) and B(5,2,3)?

  • NWNINA
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Electric Flux on the surface of a sphere

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Rolling ball and impulse (Too easy to be true?)

  • unscientific
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Expectation value of potential energy of Ideal gas

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Statistical operator of hydrogen atom

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Fourier Transform on the connected part of QFT transition prob.

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Deriving wave eqn. from Faraday & A.M.

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Can a Pure Ensemble Evolve into a Mixed Ensemble?

  • beans73
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What Is the Density Operator of an Unknown System?

  • sunrah
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Statistical Physics number of particles with spin 1/2 in a B-field

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QM, Heisenberg's motion equations, harmonic oscillator

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What is the role of zero-momentum frame in two-photon collision processes?

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Adv. Physics Homework Help Forum: Jr/Sr & Grad Level Q's

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Potential Energy to bring in sphere from infinity

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Forced Normal mode frequencies of 4 horizontal springs, 3 masses

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Magnetic Field at the center of a sphere magnet

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Normal Force of a hoop rolling down an inclined plane.

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How do you choose between W and Z bosons in Feynman diagrams?

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Callen's problem 4.6-7, thermodynamics

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Solving Rocket Launch Equations in matlab

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Relation between group velocity and phase velocity

  • unscientific
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Thickness of lead required for 200 keV x-rays?

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How Do PE and KE Interact in a Vibrating String?

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Vector Potential: -1/2 in Coulomb Gauge

  • PhysicsGente
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Show a real, smooth function of Hermitian operator is Hermitian

  • Ikaros
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Challenging commutator algebra problem in quantum mechanics

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Hamiltonian, hisenberg's eqn of motion etc

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Group Velocity in terms of Wavlength and velocity

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High viscous fluid, how fast will a object sink?

  • spitskool
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Prove that a given Lagrangian is not T-V (EM field)

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How Much Does Heating Iron Increase Its Rest Mass?

  • roopak.arya
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Reflected Intensity from layer of oil

  • unscientific
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What Are Waves in a Dispersive Medium?

  • unscientific
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How to Implement Kramers-Kronig in Mathematica for CSV Data?

  • snickersnee
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Quantum Rigid Rotor Homework: Energy Eigenstates & Degeneracy

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How Does Installing Equipment and a New Seat Affect an Aircraft's Balance?

  • mike smith1
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Consider the Electric Field E(t,x,y,z) = Acos(ky-wt)k

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Electrostatics - method of conformal mapping (from Landau)

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Lagrange equations of a spinning parabola

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Scattering from finite square barrier

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Energy released in nuclear fission problem

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Significance of n-sphere in statistical physics

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How to construct angular momentum matrix

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Sketch following displacement field

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Coulomb Gauge invariance, properties of Lambda

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QM: Problem with an assignment using bra and ket notation

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What is the Width of a Single Slit in Diffraction?

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Force between cylindrical capacitors

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Enthalpy change for ideal gas at constant external pressure

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What is the Mystery of the Magnetic Paradox?

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Infinite potential well with a step

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Change in internal energy due to adiabatic expansion of ideal gas

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