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Helicity (as related to photons and Z-bosons)
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Can equation of motion depend on the choice of metric?
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QCD Confinement: Wilson Loops & Quantum Fluctuations
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Understanding Relativistic Kinematics for Proton-Photon Collisions
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How is the Fermi coupling constant related to the muon decay lifetime?
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Decay Energy & Thermal Yield of Light Water Reactor Waste
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Questions on super gamama rays
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How Does Energy Dependence Affect Light Yield in PST Scintillators?
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What if we split the proton and destroy our world?
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Variational Technique for Derivatives of $\phi$
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Is possible some elements absorb neutrons, without any nuclear reaction?
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Cern LHC Experiments: Date of Higgs Particle Search
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Why there is more energy released in fusion than fission?
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Is covering a high radioactivity alpha source with a low Z material safer?
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Does an A mass always give the same amount of energy?
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Why are some particles more strongly ionising than others?
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Understanding Spin: Subatomic Particle Properties & Measurements
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What is the typical efficiency of a muon detector at an accelerator experiment?
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Volts/amps for an electric arc between points
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(Neutron capture) cross section
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Up/Down Quarks: How Their Charge Was Determined
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Accelerating Neutrons: Learn How to Use Experimental Neutrons
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Not back-to-back emission of decay products
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W and Z boson production and decay at e-e+ collider
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Function of Neutron: Mass, Charge, Gravity?
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Stripping Electrons: Can Plates Charge in Open Air?
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Quarks & Spin States: Why Identical?
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Pair Production: Why Can't Photon Create Positron+Electron?
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Obtaining BPS States in Interacting Field Theory
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Spin 0 Particles: Tachyon & Beyond
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Bremstrahlung Radiation: Understanding the Three Vertex Feynman Diagram
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Low Energy Neutrinos: Questions & Answers
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Size of Neutron: Is It the Same as Proton?
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First superheavy element found in nature
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Muon-Catalyzed Fusion of Metallic Hydrogen
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Are the uds particle wavefunctions correct in explaining the particle octet?
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Obtaining Dirac equation from symmetries
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What Are the Key Insights from Independent-Particle Models in 1930s Physics?
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Calculating Cross Section: Is (1-\gamma^5) Same as (1-\gamma_5)?
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Calculating Static Potential with Lattice Calculations
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Parton? quarks? what is the difference?
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Calculating Cross Sections Using Intermediate Vector Boson Theory
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K+/- Decay: Angular Momentum Explained
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The nuclear fission does not work
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What Are the Pros and Cons of Different WIMP Detection Strategies?
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Formation of elements under conditions of thermodynamic equilbrium
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Light-Front Holography: Gravitational Form Factors of Hadrons
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Calculating Cross Section with 4-Fermi Interaction
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Positron-electron annihilation
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Why most particles are spherical?
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What is the structure of the electron?
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?Ref for Cutkosky cutting rules
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Can Mini Black Holes Really Form at the LHC?
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Theoretical question - what would happen?
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Law of Impulse Preservation in Positron-Electron Annihilation
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Can Electrons and Protons Fuse to Form Neutrons?
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Producing Neutrons: Electron Capture vs Electron-Proton Collisions
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Why did Matter Beat Out Anitmatter?
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Is nuclear fusion radioactive?
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Milo Wolff: Spherical Standing Wave Structure of Matter
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Fission activity at GCSE level
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Create a Nuclear Bomb: Splitting the Uranium Atom
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Understanding Beta Particles and Their Role in Radioactivity | Diagram Included
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What happens to the extra electrons in alpha decay?
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Could Low Temperature Experiments Trigger a Vacuum Decay?
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Is there a reaction called nucleus reaction?
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Help understanding nuclear property
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Properties of Particles for research
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Effective neutron multiplication factor
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Neutron quantum numbers (NEED HELP)
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Energy reconstruction in calorimeter
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Charge Independence and Pauli Exclusion Principle
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Keeping track of CERN's development
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Why Are Higgs Branching Ratios for WW Higher Than ZZ?
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Can Electrolysis and Cold Fusion Work Together to Generate Energy?
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Can Protons Emit and Absorb Any Amount of Energy in the Continuum?
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How does deuterium interacts with neutrons?
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Understanding the Difference Between Eta Meson & Eta Prime Meson
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Discussing Predictions of the LHC: String Theory, LQG, and Beyond
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Understanding Eta & Eta Prime Mesons
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Understanding Neutron Diffusion in Nuclear Reactions
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Who introduced group theory into quantum field theory?
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Why are delta-particles so short-lived?
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Are Elementary Particles Real or Just Theoretical Constructs?
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Large Hadron Collider Black Holes
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Lifetime & Branching ratio
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Fision products, the W coincidence
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Uncovering the Mystery of Stable Superheavy Elements: Where Are They Hiding?
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Finding EQ of Motion for Systems of Particles
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Reactions of captured muons with nuclei
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How Does Asymptotic Freedom Impact Strong Interactions in QCD?
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Calculating Suitable Energies for a Muon Lifetime Experiment
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Matter-Antimatter Split Hints at Physics Breakdown
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Interaction Terms: Understanding Lagrangian Setup in 5th Dimension
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How does the binding energy per nucleon of a nucleus affect its stability?
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Derive the Lagrangian of a free nonrelativistic particle
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Why Does GEANT4 Calculate a Lower Ionization Cross-Section Than Expected?
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How is gamma radiation produced within the nucleus?
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HEP: Definition of Soft Particle & Branching Fractions in GeV
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Can magnetic resonance weaken nuclei and accelerate nuclear decay?
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