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Introductory quantum mechanics (particle in a box)

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Mean Current of Photomultiplier at anode

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Photomultiplier Tube - Gain and Secondary Emission

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Pressure on charged spherical shell, alternative solution

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Question related to Zeroth law of thermodynamics

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Free, Massless Boson Propagator in Two Dimensions?

  • physicus
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Number of weighted vacuum Feynman diagrams

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On length contraction (Special Relativity)

  • physikamateur
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How can I find the momentum squared operator?

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Equilibrium configuration

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Bound charges - are they real or mathematical?

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A charge inside a non conducting spherical shell uniformly charged

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Identical spin 1/2 particles in a box.

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Quantum mechanics, vectorrepresentation

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Reduce Melting Temp. by applying Pressure

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Finding the freezing point of water at high pressures

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How Do You Differentiate e^(A*t) When A is a Constant Operator?

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Normalizing etc. Wavefunction of hydrogen atom

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Spring-mass system in an excited box

  • PhMichael
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How Do You Calculate Critical Density?

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Poisson brackets for a particle in a magnetic field

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Conformal group, infinitesimal transformation

  • physicus
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Where does energy come from - electric polarization

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Proper acceleration of cyclotron particle.

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How to find the amplitudes and polarisation of travelling waves

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Finding the Correct Equation for Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle

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Why the chamber for the Millikan Oil Drop experiment is so large?

  • alyosha17
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Finding hamiltonian for spring/pulley problem

  • Ned Stark
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Why is the first term thrown away in the derivation of Ampere's Law?

  • aaaa202
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Solving Pressure Problems in Advanced Physics

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Why is the time integral of the Lagrangian minimal?

  • ShamelessGit
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Magnet Field of a Solenoid: Understanding the Derivation Step by Step

  • zezima1
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Explanation of quality factors for a circuit

  • batm
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Deriving the meaning of the Ricci Tensor

  • jstrunk
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Is the Decay of Δ⁺ to p⁺ and π⁰ Possible?

  • nonequilibrium
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Topological sigma model, Euler Lagrange equations

  • physicus
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How Do Ket Vectors Change When Working With Bra Tensor Products?

  • QITStudent
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Thermodynamics which equation is correct

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What Do Expectation Values Tell Us About Quantum State Probabilities?

  • jaobyccdee
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Cubical block on a cylinder challenging problem

  • david456103
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Ricci scalar curvature of metric with exponential factors

  • chinared
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What Am I Doing Wrong in Deriving Ampere's Law?

  • dingo_d
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Possible outcomes of angular momentum state

  • EricTheWizard
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Thermal equilibrium - Entropy driven

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Water flow down a porous channel (Navier-Stokes/Fluid dynamics)

  • tome101
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Can Humans Detect Spherical Aberration?

  • ChrisScience
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Units for Einstein coefficients in stimulated emission?

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Deceleration parameter and critical densities

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Half-Harmonic Oscillator to Full-Harmonic Potential

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Special relativity - particle collisions

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Normalizing the spherical harmonics

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What Happens When Measuring Lz on a Non-Eigenstate Wavefunction?

  • Kentaxel
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Are Lorentz Transformations Empirical Laws?

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Vibrating String: Interpreting ∂u/∂x(L,t)=0 Boundary Condition

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Conservation laws in nuclear decay and reactions

  • QuantumTalos
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How Do Swimsuits Influence Laminar Flow and Reduce Drag?

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How Did the (2π)^2 Term Arise in the Casimir Force Derivation?

  • kenkhoo
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Finding Multipole Expansion for Azimuthally Symmetric Charge Distribution

  • fluidistic
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Finite difference method for even potential in QM

  • Nemanja989
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Curl of the dipole moment vector - why is it not always zero

  • zezima1
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Find the energy of an ideal dipole in an electric field

  • zezima1
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Potential Energy of Oscillating surface

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Why doesn't a metal sheet shield the magnetic field between two wires?

  • sspitz
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Reading through Jackson: Gauss Theorem

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Finite Quantum Well: Wave Function when E>V{0}?

  • KingBigness
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Mass of a composite particle using relativity.

  • lukeharvey
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Klein-Gordon for a massless particle

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Method of image for charge and conductor

  • zezima1
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Polarizing an insulator/dieelectric

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How to Solve Vibrations of a Rectangular Membrane with a Hole?

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How to read a specific type of dimensional analysis

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Irradiances of polarized and unpolarized beams

  • mogul28
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Field of the parallel plate capacitor

  • adashiu
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Show that transformation is Canonical

  • Gunthi
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Light Emitting Diode (LED) Driving 10km Waveguide

  • mogul28
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Physics equvalent of this collection

  • Mechdude
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Cube with equal charges at all vertices

  • mateomy
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Gaussian Beam in a Symmetric Confocal Resonator.

  • mogul28
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The time evolution operator (QM) Algebraic properties

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Transformation of Angles (Relativity)

  • Phyrrus
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Charge conjugation for Dirac particles (error in problem?)

  • nonequilibrium
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Prove some relations but going round in circles

  • Gregg
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How Do Strangely Aligned Capacitor Plates Affect Distance Calculations?

  • mateomy
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Electric Potential of Uniformly Charged Cone

  • dimaspivak
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Does the Vibrational Quantum Number Decrease with Increasing Wavelength?

  • Inertigratus
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Foucault Pendulum: Force & Motion Analysis

  • Gregg
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Degeneracy of hydrogen energy levels

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How to Integrate the Maxwell Speed Distribution for Argon on Mars?

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Electric field undergoing discontinuity

  • zezima1
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Old exam question about potential and thermodynamics

  • PatF
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Work and Energy Loss; Electrostatics

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Understanding Energy Density of Photon Gas

  • Gregg
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Normalization Constant for Gaussian

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Mathematica/Graphing Question for Muon Lifetime Laboratory

  • krishnas
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Am I Calculating the Riemann Tensor Correctly?

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Binding energy of 2p electron in Lithium

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Solving an Object Falling with Non-Linear Power Series ODEs

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Estimate the lifetime of the excited state that produced this line.

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