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berkeman replied to the thread Undergrad Extreme Negative Polarization (peer reviewed Astrophysical Journal).@Julian_M -- It seems from your recent thread starts that you are obsessed with proving that 3I/ATLAS is an alien-made object. That... -
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berkeman reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Undergrad Help me understand indeterminism in standard quantum mechanics with
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That role is interpretation dependent. In some interpretations, such as the MWI, there is no actual randomness anywhere; everything is... -
I think I've told this one before, but I had a bottle of deionised water that said on it "do not dilute".
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berkeman reacted to Bystander's post in the thread There should be another prefix in the science forums with
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I'm working on a trip to France this summer and might be able to fit in a visit to Cern. If anyone has been there and has any advice, I...
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berkeman replied to the thread Software Developer with Passion for Physics.It's time to close this New Member Introduction thread. Please remember what you have been told about the PF rules with respect to...
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berkeman reacted to A.T.'s post in the thread Undergrad Extreme Negative Polarization (peer reviewed Astrophysical Journal) with Like.
It's explained in the paper you linked: Polarized sunglasses do not generate polarization by scattering, so you cannot apply the above...
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berkeman replied to the thread Undergrad Can nested solenoids trap particles?.Sorry, that does not help; it is not the sketch that I asked for. What are you trying to accomplish?
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berkeman replied to the thread Undergrad Can nested solenoids trap particles?.Could you add to your sketch in post #3 to show the path of a negatively charged particle around the loop? I'm having trouble...
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berkeman replied to the thread Undergrad Can nested solenoids trap particles?.Huh, interesting. I need to do more reading, but their system of direct energy extraction is interesting. I wonder how fast they are...
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berkeman reacted to phyzguy's post in the thread Undergrad Can nested solenoids trap particles? with Informative.
Oh yes. Helion energy is banking on it. They started construction on a power plant in July, 2025. Whether they will succeed is...
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Welcome to Physics Forums @Adina C, I'm a bit confused by the question and a bit confused by the input file. The number of histories...
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berkeman reacted to Steve4Physics's post in the thread Questions about a parallel plate capacitor apparatus for lab experiments with Like.
@DDesulgon, you might find the following link useful - it describes an experiment with the sort of capacitor similar to the one you...
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berkeman reacted to renormalize's post in the thread Undergrad Spectrometer of James Webb Space Telescope with Like.
Alas no, my familiarity with the literature of comets is too meager to offer suggestions. Yes, exactly as is explained in the last...
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berkeman replied to the thread Undergrad Can nested solenoids trap particles?.Interesting. But are folks still looking at it? It seems like the references are a bit old with no new work being done on it.
