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Join in expert discussion on atomic and condensed matter. Methods for atoms, molecules, condensed matter. This includes the structure of the atom, its energy states, and its interactions.

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Program for painting electron orbitals

May 23, 2005 · Replies 4 · Jun 1, 2005

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Undergrad Water, more interesting than it looks

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Graduate Can I use a lookup table to determine helium diffusion through silicon?

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Graduate On projected Density of States

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Graduate Is Carbon 60 the Most Optimal Molecule for 3D Space?

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Graduate What happens during Bose-Einstein condensation of helium atoms?

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Undergrad Absolute Zero : What keeps Helium from becoming solid?

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Graduate Magnetic Hysterisis and Irreversible Losses

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Graduate What is particle-particle or particle-hole susceptibility

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High School Can Wood Melt in Space? Find Out the Surprising Answer Here

May 11, 2005 · Replies 8 · May 17, 2005

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High School Understanding Glass: Is it a Solid or Liquid?

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Graduate What is the theory behind Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) technique?

May 14, 2005 · Replies 1 · May 15, 2005

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Graduate A thermodynamic approach to spontaneous emission

May 13, 2005 · Replies 1 · May 15, 2005

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Graduate Why do all experimental realizations of BEC use alkali metal gases?

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Undergrad How does the presence of ferrous material affect a compass's accuracy?

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Graduate Why Does an Excited Electron Decay to the Ground State?

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Graduate Fluctuating crystal structure at constant temperature

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High School What Are Electron Pairs and How Do They Form?

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Undergrad Probability of Hand Going Through Table?

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Undergrad Explaining Dispersion Relation for Free Electron - Jayse

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Undergrad Interested in nanotubes and nanotechnology

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Graduate How is position information obtained in an MRI scan?

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Undergrad What Happens to Pressure and Temperature When Compressing Air?

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High School Particle System Source Code for Water Molecules under Heat - Beginner Friendly

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Undergrad D Orbitals: Are There 5 or 6 Valid Solutions?

Mar 25, 2005 · Replies 4 · Apr 29, 2005

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Undergrad Isotopes: Detailed Info on Emissions, Energy, & Half-Life

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High School Why are radioactive substances harmful?

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Graduate Bloch Functions: Explaining the Bloch-Floquet Theorem

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Graduate Why is the Scattering Factor Small for Back Reflection in Hydrogen?

Apr 24, 2005 · Replies 6 · Apr 25, 2005

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Graduate Locating Li (2+) Energy Levels - eV

Apr 23, 2005 · Replies 4 · Apr 25, 2005

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High School Is There a Liquid Thinner than Water?

Apr 20, 2005 · Replies 12 · Apr 22, 2005

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Graduate Why Do Journals Use Inconsistent Magnetic Units?

Apr 10, 2005 · Replies 8 · Apr 15, 2005

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Graduate What is the significance of the Higgs Boson in particle physics?

Apr 14, 2005 · Replies 3 · Apr 15, 2005

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Graduate Temperature dependency of the Larmor Frequency for protons in NMR

Apr 5, 2005 · Replies 8 · Apr 14, 2005

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Undergrad Free software to make energy level diagrams?

Apr 11, 2005 · Replies 1 · Apr 12, 2005

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Undergrad Photonic Crystals: Basics & Beyond for Solid State Physics

Apr 11, 2005 · Replies 2 · Apr 11, 2005

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Graduate Molecular Spacing of Common Items in Femtometers

Mar 2, 2005 · Replies 6 · Apr 7, 2005

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Graduate Atomic Spin: Origin in Nucleus & Impact of Electrons

Apr 4, 2005 · Replies 10 · Apr 5, 2005

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Undergrad Can a Silver Oxide Coating Start a Fire with Sunlight?

Mar 26, 2005 · Replies 3 · Apr 4, 2005

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Undergrad Maximizing Expansion: Understanding Heat's Impact on Gas Expansion Rates

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Undergrad Perfect Ratio for Solidifying Water: Liquid Nitro vs Water | Simplified Equation

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Graduate Excite Inner Shell Electrons: Can It Be Done?

Apr 3, 2005 · Replies 2 · Apr 4, 2005

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Undergrad High Voltage and Ozone: Process Overview

Apr 2, 2005 · Replies 1 · Apr 3, 2005

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Graduate What is the meaning of 'pseudo-spin wave' in solid state physics?

Mar 29, 2005 · Replies 7 · Mar 31, 2005

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Undergrad What Happens to Free Electrons in a Single-Ended Wire?

Jan 16, 2005 · Replies 9 · Mar 29, 2005

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Graduate SC in CuO Layers: Evidence & Experiments

Mar 27, 2005 · Replies 5 · Mar 28, 2005

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Graduate A question about an explanation of the electrical resistance of perfect lattice

Mar 22, 2005 · Replies 9 · Mar 27, 2005

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Undergrad Are there any particle simulators out there to download

Mar 24, 2005 · Replies 4 · Mar 25, 2005

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Undergrad Ghostly Interactions: Real World Effects?

Mar 11, 2005 · Replies 11 · Mar 15, 2005

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Graduate Validity of hrydrogen model for Diamond semiconductors

Mar 14, 2005 · Replies 2 · Mar 15, 2005

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Graduate Impact of concepts on Atomic Theory

Feb 28, 2005 · Replies 10 · Mar 14, 2005

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High School Atomic & Nucleonic Radius of Iron | Vince

Mar 13, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 13, 2005

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Undergrad Omposition of planetary atmospheres

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Undergrad Practical application for germanium sample

Mar 11, 2005 · Replies 7 · Mar 12, 2005

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High School What Are Non-Thermal Methods for Liquids to Evaporate?

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Graduate Interplanar Distance: Obtain Expression w/ Lattice Parameter

Mar 1, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 3, 2005

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Graduate Symmetry, groups and gauge theories in the standard model

Mar 2, 2005 · Replies 25 · Mar 3, 2005

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Graduate Help: How to interpret energy band?

Feb 21, 2005 · Replies 14 · Mar 2, 2005

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Graduate What Is the New Chemical Bond Discovered Through Computer Simulation?

Feb 24, 2005 · Replies 13 · Feb 26, 2005

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Graduate Debay radius and the existence of metals

Feb 23, 2005 · Replies 2 · Feb 23, 2005

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Graduate Can Hybrid Atoms with Matter and Antimatter Nuclei Truly Exist?

Jan 17, 2005 · Replies 8 · Feb 22, 2005

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Graduate What Are the Key Theories Behind Quantum Conduction Experiments?

Feb 9, 2005 · Replies 5 · Feb 15, 2005

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Graduate Tetrahedrally adapted d-orbitals?

Feb 4, 2005 · Replies 6 · Feb 14, 2005

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High School Atoms vs Elements: Explaining the Difference

Jan 18, 2005 · Replies 6 · Feb 14, 2005

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Graduate What is the explanation behind the V-I curve of High Tc superconductors?

Feb 10, 2005 · Replies 16 · Feb 12, 2005

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Undergrad Carbon Vapor and Gaseous Carbon

Feb 12, 2005 · Replies 1 · Feb 12, 2005

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Graduate Atomic Derivation of the characteristic impedance of the vacuum

Feb 2, 2005 · Replies 4 · Feb 9, 2005

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Graduate What is Functional Density Theory and where can I learn more about it?

Feb 3, 2005 · Replies 2 · Feb 4, 2005

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High School Where Can I Find Spectral Lines for the Bohr Atom?

Feb 3, 2005 · Replies 2 · Feb 4, 2005

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Graduate Hydrogen-Boron Plasma Toroid Fusion

Nov 17, 2004 · Replies 4 · Feb 3, 2005

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Undergrad Atoms: Destruction & Transformation

Jan 27, 2005 · Replies 3 · Jan 29, 2005

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Undergrad What's in the space between atoms, or between nuclei and electrons?

Jan 29, 2005 · Replies 2 · Jan 29, 2005

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Undergrad Is Cold Plasma a Reality in Physics?

Jan 13, 2005 · Replies 18 · Jan 27, 2005

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Monuments of atomic structures

Jan 23, 2005 · Replies 1 · Jan 24, 2005

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Undergrad Electrons, Photons Neutrons ,,

Jan 23, 2005 · Replies 4 · Jan 24, 2005

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Graduate What is the explanation for this discrepancy?

Jan 19, 2005 · Replies 1 · Jan 20, 2005

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Graduate Does Binding Energy Explain Mass Changes in Electron-Proton Systems?

Jan 16, 2005 · Replies 1 · Jan 18, 2005

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High School Solidity: Illusory Nature of Electron Bonding

Jan 16, 2005 · Replies 3 · Jan 16, 2005

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High School Using an LRC Circuit in Plasma: Get Answers Here

Jan 15, 2005 · Replies 2 · Jan 16, 2005

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High School Charge Questions: Electrons, Protons, Neutrons, etc.

Jan 13, 2005 · Replies 9 · Jan 16, 2005

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Graduate Ly : localized modes in linear chain and localization effects

Jan 12, 2005 · Replies 6 · Jan 14, 2005

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Graduate Sound Velocity Dependent on Temperature

Jan 10, 2005 · Replies 3 · Jan 13, 2005

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Graduate What speed do subatomic particles travel around the nucleus?

Dec 30, 2004 · Replies 18 · Jan 13, 2005

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Graduate Matter and antimatter must interchangible

Jan 4, 2005 · Replies 36 · Jan 12, 2005

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High School Why do atoms need 8 valence electrons?

Jan 5, 2005 · Replies 5 · Jan 12, 2005

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Graduate What is the role of vortices in superfluids

Dec 30, 2004 · Replies 2 · Jan 11, 2005

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Graduate Controlling Plasma Motion with Magnetic Fields

Dec 23, 2004 · Replies 5 · Jan 7, 2005

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Undergrad Learn Fusion Basics: Theory & Cold Fusion Energy

Dec 21, 2004 · Replies 8 · Jan 7, 2005

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Graduate How Can Alternative Units Systems Enhance Your Understanding of Physics?

Jan 1, 2005 · Replies 14 · Jan 5, 2005

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Undergrad Electrons in Atoms: Do They Have a Current?

Dec 23, 2004 · Replies 5 · Dec 28, 2004

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Undergrad Electromag. & Circuitcan't picture

Dec 25, 2004 · Replies 4 · Dec 27, 2004

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Graduate Understanding Metastable Matter: How Can Compounds Form?

Dec 2, 2004 · Replies 2 · Dec 25, 2004

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High School Purpose of Neutrons and other q's

Dec 15, 2004 · Replies 9 · Dec 23, 2004

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Undergrad Radioactive Element Decay: Predicting Substance Amounts

Dec 22, 2004 · Replies 2 · Dec 22, 2004

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Graduate Why Does Iron Have the Highest Average Binding Energy?

Dec 13, 2004 · Replies 3 · Dec 22, 2004

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Undergrad Final Valence Question, I hope.

Dec 10, 2004 · Replies 28 · Dec 21, 2004

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Graduate Breakthrough in quantum properties understanding

Dec 19, 2004 · Replies 2 · Dec 19, 2004

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High School What Are the Components Inside an Atom?

Dec 19, 2004 · Replies 2 · Dec 19, 2004

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Graduate BCS Theory Questions - Seeking Explanation & Resources

Dec 16, 2004 · Replies 5 · Dec 17, 2004

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Graduate Books recommendations about Infrared Spectroscopy of Solids

Dec 16, 2004 · Replies 2 · Dec 16, 2004

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Atomic and Condensed Matter

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Atomic and condensed matter physics are two closely related branches of physics. Atomic physics focuses on the study of atoms, investigating their structure, behavior, and interactions with electromagnetic radiation.

It delves into phenomena such as atomic spectra, quantum states, and atomic transitions. Condensed matter physics, on the other hand, extends these principles to study the properties and behaviors of solid and liquid matter in bulk, dealing with materials like metals, semiconductors, and liquids.

This field explores concepts such as phase transitions, crystal structures, and electronic properties of condensed phases. Both atomic and condensed matter physics contribute significantly to our understanding of the fundamental properties of matter and find applications in various technological advancements and material science.

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