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Why does the mass attenuation coefficient have a negative gradient?
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Does H = XX+YY spontaneously break symmetry in 1D?
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Diffraction of red LED light picture with spots
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Interpreting Electron Density Definition
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How Does Neutron Scattering Reveal Anomalies in Phonon Dispersion Curves?
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Proving direct band gap property of a semiconductor
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The limiting sphere in crystallography
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How Can MATLAB Simulate Semiconductor vs. Insulator Band Theory?
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Materials and x-ray diffraction
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Orthogonality of Wannier functions
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Haldane Model: Does edge current exist for a filled band?
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Why use mercury to verify isotope effect in superconducting?
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Is there an easy review about topological insulator?
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Second order correlation function for non ideal laser
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How to calculate complex permittivity from complex conductivity
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Photoelectron to electron hole pair doubts
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Reflection/Absorption in Drude Metals
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Mastering DFT: Calculating Band Structures for Heterostructures
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Seebeck Effect: Duration of Voltage Production?
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Electronic Structure of Ribbons
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Generate electrical energy from vibrating transformers
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Understanding C=(2*C5): Elements and Meaning
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If n is infinity, wavelength is equal to what?
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Mechnical properties of a materials
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How can I calculate binodal line T-V with simulation result?
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What Are the Individual Densities of Deuterium (D2) and Tritium (T2) Gases?
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Correlation length from intensity profile
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Refractive index for magnetic material
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Need to find dense liquid at room temperature
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Hydrogen, Deuterium, and Tritium Ionization Spectra
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How choose k-points for 5*5*4 slab for band gap calculations
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Ionization & photoelectrons in x-ray solid state detectors
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Relation between electronic band structure and Fermi energy
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Does the magnetic field decrease in a Zeeman slower as atoms slow down?
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Van der Pauw measurment- source unit
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What is the Quantization Scheme in Frohlich's Electron-Phonon Interaction Paper?
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What is the statistical weight factor (in Pathria)?
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Can someone explain peierls distortion/transition to me?
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What determines if a reaction is exotermic or endotermic?
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Optical microscopy image analysis
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Trying to verify my program's output
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How Can the Gross-Pitaevskii Equation Model BECs at Finite Temperatures?
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Singularity of atomic particle characteristics.
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Can one sum the polarizability of atoms?
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Deep sea changing properties of steel/iron?
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What happens to neutrons in plasma state?
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What is the relationship between C1h and C1v point groups in crystallography?
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What do the atomic orbitals of Helium look like?
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Visualising a system with graphene
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Calculating the Surface area of a molecule
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What is an approximate amplitude of a phonon?
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Temperature dependence of relaxation time T1 vs T2
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Band Theory of Solids: Electron Conduction & Current
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Is a Bloch wave periodic in reciprocal space?
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Understanding the Construction of a Kroger-Vink Diagram for Doped Materials
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XRD peak position near 32 degree
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What is an oscillating molecular dipole defined as?
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How does band structure lead to metals/insulators?
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Comparison Between Two Results
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Superconductivity and zero resistance
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Structure Factor Explained: Scattered Rays, Zero Values & Wave Vector
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Studying vibration modes of ice X
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Are atoms truly unlimited sources of energy?
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Is ionization potential a function of internuclear distance?
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Is Einstein's relation D = ukT always true?
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Advancements in Kilogram Measurement through Silicon and Watt Balance Technology
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Chirality and charge - Could someone please check this
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Question: how to calculate the energy of crystal
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Oxides in semiconductor technology.
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Probability Distribution in Ensembles: Explained
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Non-uniqueness of the k-vector in Bloch state
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What determines the energy levels in the conduction band of solids?
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Are \(\Delta n = 0\) Transitions Allowed in Hydrogen Atom Selection Rules?
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Why do the energy levels in electronic band structures start at negative values?
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L = 0 (s) orbital potentials V(r) as n increases - why are...
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Find Sheer stress that produced slip
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Optical Model Analysis: Easy Prog. for Alpha-Particle & Heavy Ion Scat.
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Josephson Effect Class Presentation
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...review article on atom optics - need recommendation.
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Instability of a 1D material due to Fermi surface nesting
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Effective Mass of Electron in Polyethylene
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Lasers can be used to ionize air....
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Can Water Exist in Bose-Einstein Condensate Form?
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How are the direction of primitive vectors determined in BCC crystal structures?
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GAMESS computing and quantum chemistry
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Critical system in condensed matter physics
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Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
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Topological Insulator: A Zero-Gap Material With SOC?
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Simulation Inhomogeneous Compound Semiconductor Thin Films
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What does it mean for a surface to be "decorated"?
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Is Wien's Law Applicable to All Materials and Conditions?
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Understanding Valley Quantum Number in Si and Ge Band Structures
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BEC Paper Q: Eigenvectors & Eigenvalues of Operator
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QM explanation of electron conduction in crystal
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Phonon dispersion Points/Modes question
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Dispersion Energy in Semi Conductors: What Is It?
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Is band structure in semiconductors symmetrical with respect to k?
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Donor Impurities and the Forbidden region
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Solid State Question: A Confusing Integral in Ashcroft
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Proposed Rearrangement of Periodic Table
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