Recent content by dschmidt12

I know that electrons do not exist in orbitals, but instead in probability density clouds around the atom. I know that these electrons are quantized and can only have certain energies in the atom. I also know that it is due to the Heisenberg Uncertainty principle that these atoms do not crash...

I've never really understood how a bound neutron can have a kinetic energy and potential energy associated with it. Further, I'm not sure that I quite understand what the potential energy of a free neutron means. I know that these questions might be rather elementary, but when I stopped to think...

Ah, thanks, I believe that I understand that now. :)

Yes, I did mean gravitational assist; I'm sorry for being so ambiguous. :) I believe that I understand the concept now, however, I just wanted to make sure that my understanding of the matter was correct. In the case of Jupiter and the probe, during the gravitational force that Jupiter exerts on...

I know that I have learned this at some point in my past and that I am probably just blanking on the explanation, but I have been having some trouble remembering just how orbital energy is transferred via gravitational encounters (for example, between stars in a binary system). Physically, how...

I'm sorry, I meant to write not zero...my mistake; that makes a big difference. :)

I am in a linear algebra and differential equations course and have recently been learning how to find a basis for a nullspace, row space, or column space. However, I am EXTREMELY confused by a solution to a question in my textbook. The question asks to find the basis for the null space of a...

Thank you so much for all your help! I think I'm starting to understand all this, although I still feel that I have some remaining questions... So, since the resistor has a potential difference, it also has an electric field associated with it. But this electric field is different than the...

I'm in an elementary E&M physics class and thought I understood voltage and current pretty well until we got to resistance. I have a few questions concerning the effect of resistance on current that I hope somebody will be able to answer...I know I am missing something fundamental in my thought...