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Graduate Irreducible representation of C3v

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Undergrad Superconductivity: Zero Resistance & Its Effects

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Graduate How do quantum fluctuations drive phase transitions at absolute zero?

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Graduate Effective Mass & Its Effects on Crystalline Structures

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Graduate Do Different Quantum Numbers Allow Energy Bands to Overlap?

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Undergrad Some questions about ion trap?

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Graduate Application of quantum field theory to condensed matter physics

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Graduate Periodic Table for solid state physicists

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Graduate How Does Flux and Voltage Quantization Occur in Superconductors?

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Undergrad How can we explaine the adhesion force?

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Graduate Meaning of Zeros of Partition function

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Undergrad Temperature and Electrical Potential

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Graduate Superconductivity emerging between spacially separated phases?

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Graduate What Is the Origin of Born Repulsion in Atoms?

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Undergrad Is Full Ionization Necessary for Nuclear Fusion?

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Graduate What Are Energy Bands in Solids and Their Relation to Excited Electrons?

  • gareth
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Graduate Question about the Landau gauge

  • lion8172
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Graduate Calculate Gamma for Ultra-Relativistic Gas: kT >> m_{p}c^{2}

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Undergrad Calculating c/a ratio for h.c.p

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Graduate Resistivity Q: Hall Conductance or Longitudinal Resistivity?

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Undergrad What Are Beginner-Friendly Resources on the Lorentz Oscillator Model?

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Graduate What drives spin alignment in some materials?

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Graduate Do Electrons in an Empty Space Still Obey the Exclusion Principle?

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Graduate Why & How do Electrons Behave in Crystaline Structures?

  • zrs_12
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Undergrad Understanding Line Spectra: Evidence of Atomic Energy Levels

  • Air
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Graduate Complex Dielectric Constant Question

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Graduate Characteristics of Superconductors

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APS March Meeting 2008, New Orleans

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Graduate Calculating Point Defect Energies in Iron Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations

  • nuclear85
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Undergrad Calc Lattice Constant of Solid Manganese

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Graduate S-wave and d-wave superconductivity

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Graduate Metamaterials and Left-handed Materials

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Undergrad Understanding Holes in Semiconductors: Positive or Negative Charge?

  • Air
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Undergrad Constants in Lenard Jones Potential

  • Tanja
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics: Expression for electron density

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Graduate Electron Density vs Electron Density Difference

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Graduate Elastic Anisotropy vs Crystal packing

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Undergrad Zero Resistance? Non-Physicist Asks About Superconductivity

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Undergrad Where to find the surface free energy value?

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Graduate How to calculate pseudopotentials?

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Undergrad Calculating Density of SiO2 in the Periodic Table

  • physicist888
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Graduate Geometry Optimization of Crystals

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Graduate PhD Project Proposal in ACTFEL Devices

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Graduate Modeling Electrons: Non-Interacting vs. Coloumbic Interactions

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Undergrad Factors Determining Zeeman Splitting in Solid State Physics

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Undergrad Optimizing Material Strength: Fact or Fiction?

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Graduate Puzzles about the ''groud state manifold''

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Graduate Diffusion Coefficient Calculation | Nitrogen in FCC Iron

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Graduate 2-dimensional valley degeneracy

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Graduate How Does Group Theory Aid in Predicting Vibrational Modes in Spectroscopy?

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Graduate Is the Temperature Distribution in Molecular Simulation Uniform?

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Graduate Synthetic Diamonds: Patent 5437243 Conversion w/ Supercritical Current?

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Undergrad Why are electron and hole currents zero at thermal equilibrium?

  • Tony
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Graduate What is the purpose of an inversion layer in a MOS device?

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Graduate How Can I Calculate Crystallite Size from XRD Patterns?

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Undergrad Molecular Spectra: Solving Astronomy Problems

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Graduate What Does Doping Away from Half Filling Mean in Solid State Physics?

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Graduate Vibration & Phonons in Solids: Notes & Resources

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Undergrad What Are the Bandgap Values for GaAs and Si?

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Graduate GaP Band Structure: Find Paper & Reference

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Graduate What is the potential impact of warm dense matter (WDM) on astrophysics?

  • jal
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Graduate Conductivity of a semiconductor charged with externally added electrons

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Graduate BCS theory in thermo field dynamics

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Graduate Relaxation times as a function of temperature in NMR

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Graduate Fermi level pinning in doped semiconductors

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Graduate Understanding the Exchange-Correlation Term in Density Functional Theory

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High School How can materials become stronger through the introduction of weak bonds?

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Graduate Carbon at very low temperatures

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Graduate What Is Hopping Energy in Quantum Physics?

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Graduate Calculation of Conduction Electron Population for Semi Conductor

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Graduate How Does Composition Affect the Density of States in GaP(x)N(1-x)?

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Undergrad How to calculate 2D packing fractions?

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High School Problems with Bohrs atomic model

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Undergrad Do conductors have electron holes?

  • Physicsissuef
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Graduate Can Spins Flip in an EPR Experiment?

  • Albex
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Graduate Unveiling the Significance of BCS Theory: Celebrating 50 Years at CERN

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Graduate Does any lattice or lattice shape has a periodic boundary condition?

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Undergrad Solid state lasers (LEDs), gas lasers, and liquid lasers(?)

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Graduate Generation and recombination in stationary state

  • LydiaAC
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Graduate Fermi energy level in terms of Na and Nd the concentration of dopant?

  • physicist888
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Graduate Al and Ti Alloy Formation with Flux

  • physicist888
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High School What is the Electron Cloud and Why is it So Mysterious?

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High School The ability of water falling to attract air pollutants

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Graduate Longlasting radiation catastrophe

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Graduate What are the best Solid State Physics books to read?

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Graduate Band diagram in real space vs reciprocal space

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Undergrad Electron Configuration After Photoelectric Effect

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Undergrad Understanding the Beer-Lambert Law: Questions on Absorbance and Concentration

  • NLO
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Graduate What Is D-Wave Superconductivity?

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Undergrad Diffusion Theory: Exploring Particle Motion

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Undergrad Relative Atomic Mass 1u: Mass of Carbon-12 Atom & Oxygen-16 Atom

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Graduate Electrical applications for nano particles

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High School Comparing Magnetic Matter: Ferromagnetic vs Others

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Graduate Does Higher Spatial Frequency and Sigma Improve Optical System Resolution?

  • physicist888
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Undergrad Normal Mode Analysis: Basics & Applications

  • Rajini
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Graduate How to simulate Molecular dynamics

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Graduate Can Metamaterials Manipulate Light and Time in Revolutionary Ways?

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Graduate A route to room-temperature superconductivity?

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Graduate How to Calculate Mu* for Superconducting Systems Using McMillan Formula?

  • angel 42
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Graduate Vibrations of CH4: Finding A1 Coordinates

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