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Graduate Meaning of Zeros of Partition function
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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?
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Graduate Question about the Landau gauge
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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?
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Undergrad Understanding Line Spectra: Evidence of Atomic Energy Levels
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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
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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?
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Undergrad Constants in Lenard Jones Potential
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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
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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?
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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?
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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?
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Graduate Can Spins Flip in an EPR Experiment?
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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
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Graduate Fermi energy level in terms of Na and Nd the concentration of dopant?
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Graduate Al and Ti Alloy Formation with Flux
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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
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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?
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Undergrad Normal Mode Analysis: Basics & Applications
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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?
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Graduate Vibrations of CH4: Finding A1 Coordinates
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Graduate Solution to Ellipsometry Analysis Exercise
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Graduate Bismuth Bulk-electronic structure
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Graduate Nanowire and thin film magnetisme
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Graduate Why are strongly-correlated systems treated with equilibrium conditions?
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Graduate Cooper Pairs: Non-Ideal Gas Behavior & BEC Comparisons
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Graduate Electron-Electron Correlations
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Graduate FBM Information: Theory, Algorithms, and Resources | Help Needed
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Graduate Why theory of energy bands works?
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Undergrad Crystal Lattice/crystaline structure
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Graduate Why do superconductors superconduct current?
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