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Selection rules electrostatic field

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Magnetic moment of proton and electron of H-atom in ground state L=0

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When Is Measured Value of Observable A Always the Same?

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[Quantum Mechanics] Quantum Fisher Information for a Pure State

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Materials Science - Derivation of Kapustinskii equation

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Magnetic Pendulum Mathematica Simulation

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Electromagnetic decay inside materials.

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Expectation value of P for an infinite-square well

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Units problem with my Hamilton's equations

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Entropy change for non-thermally-isolated system

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What Temperatures Contribute to Air's Heat Capacity Due to Vibration?

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Calculating the Bose-Einstein Condensation Temperature

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Is whole Carbon 13 atom (not just the nucleus) a fermion or boson?

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Rigid body (mass sliding over a cone)

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How Does Feynman Normalize CII in the Ammonia Molecule States?

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Finding components of 2s2p configuration using LS coupling

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Time average of SHO kinetic energy = (1/2)E

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Fourier Series of modulus[t] - example of this?

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Is this a canonical transformation?

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What Is a Rydberg Series in Spectroscopy?

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Deriving the Yang-Mills-Higgs Equations of Motion

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Small oscillations, strange springs

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How to prove invariance of I in this system?

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Magnetic Susceptibility experiment using Faraday method

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N-point function calculation from a generating function

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Hamiltonian, generating function, canonical transformation

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Special relativity issue - doppler

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Examining Matter Dominance in FRW Universe: Solution

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Finding a generating function for a canonical transformation

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Statistical mechanics: multiplicity

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Poynting Vector - Finding stored energy per unit length of a solenoid

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Understanding the Basic Operator Equation for Quantum Mechanics

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Show that a transformation is canonical

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How Do Fiber Optic Current Sensors Work in Substations?

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Quick clarification on how this change of variables for QHO came about

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3 Photons going through 3 Polarizers

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Power of Wavefront Penetrating Dielectric Material

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Quantum Mechanics Square Well Potential Problem

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Spectrum of 6V 15W Tungsten Microscope Lamp

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Angular size of comoving horizon at last scattering

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Surface Currents: Finding Magnetic Field w/ Biot-Savart?

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What is the commutator between S_{z}^{n} and S_{y}?

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Canonical transformations, generating function

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How to Find the Trace of ABA^-1 in Component Form?

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Predicting Damages to System Elements: A Binomial or Poisson Approach?

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General relativity. Bianchi identities

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Solving the Schrodinger Equation for A and l

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Small oscillations+normal modes of a horrible spring system

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Is ∣E,l,m⟩ Always a Tensor Product in Hilbert Space?

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Fourier transform to solve diff equation

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The change of mass with respect to time of a rain drop falling though a cloud

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How much energy is required to produce the electron-positron pair

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Wavelength Change and Refractive index in a Conductor

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Small oscillations+normal modes of a system

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Characteristic vibration frequencies of a system

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Lagrange multipliers in a simple pendulum

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Is the potential in this quadrupole setup correct?

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Basic Thermodynamics: Gas expansion against a vacuum

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Hilbert Space and Tensor Product Questions.

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Do p and σz Commute?

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A harmonic oscillator problem

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Quantum Mechanics - quick question about probability

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Is There an Error in My Bernoulli's Equation Application for Fluid Dynamics?

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Free particle has a Gaussian wave packet wave function.

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Is the Force Operator in Quantum Mechanics Always Time-Independent?

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Lagrangian problem (rigid body+particle)

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Particle in a 3D box (Quantum)

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Lagrangian hamiltonian mech COC Goldstein 8.27

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Finding degeneracy of N Quantum Harmonic Oscillator

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Solve Laplace Eq. in 1D: Head & Darcy Vel.

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Beads on a hoop that cause elevation

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The Dirac equation and its conjugate

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Lagrangian Mechanics for two springs (revisited)

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Disc with weights tilting freely under gravity: equations of motion

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Why Use z Instead of r for Dipole Moment Calculation?

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Thermal Neutron Capture from 55Mn to 56Mn

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Physical equivalence of Lagrangian under addition of dF/dt

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Heat equation, Fourier cosine transform

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Solve Geodesic Problem: Show ku^β = u^α∇αu^β

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Characteristic Function of Joint Gaussian Distribution

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Time dependent wave function normalization

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What Is the Mutual Inductance in a Spark Plug?

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Finding Angular & Linear Momentum of EM Fields

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Mass of fuel burned in car over distance with changing mass

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Derivation of Heat Conduction in Spherical Co-Ordinates

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Missing something pretty simple in counting energy levels?

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Driven Damped Oscillator problem

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Are You on the Right Track with Separation of Variables for PDEs?

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Heisenberg Uncertainty principle in 3D

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