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Hi I'm reading through a Quantum Mechanics textbook called Quantum Mechanics by Book by Alastair I. M. Rae and in the opening chapter it talks about the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and talks about how a measurement of position of a particle causes an uncertainty from the momentum due to the...

The wikipedia article mentions that the model allows for "phase transitions" but doesn't specify what it means by this? What is a phase transition in the context of an ising spin glass? Is it when the mathematical model of a magnet, changes from solid to liquid? In this paper...

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I understand the experiment and the trigonometry involved except for one statement. Why is BP-AP=BD in this diagram http://www.citycollegiate.com/interference2.htm How do you know this/ work it out. Many thanks

Oh dear I feel super dumb now :O Thank you though :)

I understand the derivation of the equation Force=power/velocity, but I'm not sure I quite understand the physical interpretation of this. If you had a constant force acting on a particle in a vacuum, then it would gain velocity and as it did so the power would have to go down for the force to...

Yo all! I'm a third year electrical and electronic engineering student and I'm specialising in nanotechnology which means I've started learning quantum mechanics. I'm sure I will have things I won't understand and will need help with and I'm also looking forward to seeing if I can help people...