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Graduate Orthogonality of Wannier functions
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Graduate Haldane Model: Does edge current exist for a filled band?
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Graduate Why use mercury to verify isotope effect in superconducting?
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Undergrad Is there an easy review about topological insulator?
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Graduate Second order correlation function for non ideal laser
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Graduate How to calculate complex permittivity from complex conductivity
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Graduate Photoelectron to electron hole pair doubts
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Graduate Reflection/Absorption in Drude Metals
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Graduate Mastering DFT: Calculating Band Structures for Heterostructures
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Undergrad Seebeck Effect: Duration of Voltage Production?
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Graduate Electronic Structure of Ribbons
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Undergrad Generate electrical energy from vibrating transformers
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Graduate Understanding C=(2*C5): Elements and Meaning
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Graduate If n is infinity, wavelength is equal to what?
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Undergrad Mechnical properties of a materials
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Graduate How can I calculate binodal line T-V with simulation result?
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Undergrad What Are the Individual Densities of Deuterium (D2) and Tritium (T2) Gases?
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Graduate Correlation length from intensity profile
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Undergrad Buy Small Superconductors Online | Explore the World of Superconductivity
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Graduate Refractive index for magnetic material
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Undergrad Need to find dense liquid at room temperature
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Undergrad Hydrogen, Deuterium, and Tritium Ionization Spectra
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Graduate How choose k-points for 5*5*4 slab for band gap calculations
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Graduate Ionization & photoelectrons in x-ray solid state detectors
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Graduate Relation between electronic band structure and Fermi energy
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Undergrad Does the magnetic field decrease in a Zeeman slower as atoms slow down?
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Undergrad Van der Pauw measurment- source unit
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Graduate What is the Quantization Scheme in Frohlich's Electron-Phonon Interaction Paper?
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Undergrad Balmer's Equation: Simpler Calculation of Hydrogen Wavelengths
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Graduate What is the statistical weight factor (in Pathria)?
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Graduate Can someone explain peierls distortion/transition to me?
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Undergrad What determines if a reaction is exotermic or endotermic?
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Undergrad Optical microscopy image analysis
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Graduate Trying to verify my program's output
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Graduate How Can the Gross-Pitaevskii Equation Model BECs at Finite Temperatures?
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Undergrad Explaining the Proton-to-Electron Ratio in the Periodic Table
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Graduate Singularity of atomic particle characteristics.
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Graduate Can one sum the polarizability of atoms?
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Undergrad Deep sea changing properties of steel/iron?
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Graduate What happens to neutrons in plasma state?
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Graduate Discovering the Secrets of Second Sound: Cooling to 2.5 mK in Superfluid 3He
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Graduate What is the relationship between C1h and C1v point groups in crystallography?
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Graduate What do the atomic orbitals of Helium look like?
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Graduate Visualising a system with graphene
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Undergrad Calculating the Surface area of a molecule
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Graduate What is an approximate amplitude of a phonon?
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Graduate Temperature dependence of relaxation time T1 vs T2
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Undergrad Understanding First Ionization Energy for Diatomic Gases
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Undergrad Band Theory of Solids: Electron Conduction & Current
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Graduate Is a Bloch wave periodic in reciprocal space?
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Graduate Understanding the Construction of a Kroger-Vink Diagram for Doped Materials
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Undergrad XRD peak position near 32 degree
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Undergrad What is an oscillating molecular dipole defined as?
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Graduate How does band structure lead to metals/insulators?
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Graduate Comparison Between Two Results
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Graduate Superconductivity and zero resistance
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Graduate Structure Factor Explained: Scattered Rays, Zero Values & Wave Vector
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Graduate Studying vibration modes of ice X
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Graduate Are atoms truly unlimited sources of energy?
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Graduate Is ionization potential a function of internuclear distance?
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Graduate Is Einstein's relation D = ukT always true?
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Graduate Advancements in Kilogram Measurement through Silicon and Watt Balance Technology
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Graduate Chirality and charge - Could someone please check this
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Graduate Question: how to calculate the energy of crystal
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Undergrad Oxides in semiconductor technology.
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Graduate Probability Distribution in Ensembles: Explained
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Graduate Non-uniqueness of the k-vector in Bloch state
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Graduate What determines the energy levels in the conduction band of solids?
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Graduate Are \(\Delta n = 0\) Transitions Allowed in Hydrogen Atom Selection Rules?
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Graduate Why do the energy levels in electronic band structures start at negative values?
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Graduate L = 0 (s) orbital potentials V(r) as n increases - why are...
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Graduate Find Sheer stress that produced slip
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Graduate What Causes the Differences in Forbidden Band Gaps Between Electrons in Metals?
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Graduate Optical Model Analysis: Easy Prog. for Alpha-Particle & Heavy Ion Scat.
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Graduate Josephson Effect Class Presentation
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Graduate ...review article on atom optics - need recommendation.
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Graduate Instability of a 1D material due to Fermi surface nesting
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Graduate Effective Mass of Electron in Polyethylene
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Graduate Lasers can be used to ionize air....
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Graduate Can Water Exist in Bose-Einstein Condensate Form?
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Graduate How are the direction of primitive vectors determined in BCC crystal structures?
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Graduate What is a phase transition in the context of an ising glass?
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Graduate GAMESS computing and quantum chemistry
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Graduate Critical system in condensed matter physics
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Graduate Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
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Graduate Topological Insulator: A Zero-Gap Material With SOC?
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Undergrad Simulation Inhomogeneous Compound Semiconductor Thin Films
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Graduate What does it mean for a surface to be "decorated"?
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Undergrad Is Wien's Law Applicable to All Materials and Conditions?
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Graduate Understanding Valley Quantum Number in Si and Ge Band Structures
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Graduate BEC Paper Q: Eigenvectors & Eigenvalues of Operator
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Graduate Are there any materials where ions are the charge carriers instead of electrons?
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Graduate QM explanation of electron conduction in crystal
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Graduate Phonon dispersion Points/Modes question
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Undergrad Dispersion Energy in Semi Conductors: What Is It?
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Graduate Is band structure in semiconductors symmetrical with respect to k?
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Undergrad Donor Impurities and the Forbidden region
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Graduate Solid State Question: A Confusing Integral in Ashcroft
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Graduate Proposed Rearrangement of Periodic Table
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Undergrad How Do Atoms Generate Flames in Combustion?
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