Recent content by eemaestro

I just heard about the Casimir effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_effect Is this for real? Or is it just speculation? If it's real, then how in the name of science does it fit into the four fundamental forces?! http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/forces/funfor.html I...

After reading the thread "how many watts does the human body use?" I calculated that my body requires 86 W of energy on average throughout the day. However, I am wondering how much excess energy my body radiates as waste heat (and blackbody radiation) ? Obviously this depends on a lot...

Yes, the voltage at X is 5.3V. Subtract 0.7V from 5.3V and it's still more than 2V. So the 8V battery is charging the 2V battery through the diode, which if forward-biased. I'm not sure I understand your last question. Please clarify.

I thought in classical physics, only four forces account for all mechanics: 1 gravitational attraction 2 electromagnetic force 3 nuclear strong force 4 nuclear weak force There is also a Lorentz force on a charged particle moving through a magnetic field. How does classical EM...

Thanks, all, for your suggestions. I await the name of Byron Roe's book, if you still have it. Thanks for the particle data group website. It will give me something to read while I wait the books. I sure hope these particles square with quantum mechanics. Alan

Standard Model help requested... Hi all, I hope this is the appropriate forum for asking about the Standard Model of particle physics. My formal education covered only chemistry, semiconductor physics, classical physics, special relativity, and introductory quantum mechanics. So my...