Recent content by kliide

Thanks all. jpr0 rephrased my question perfectly and DrChinese's answer registered on my brain. Dense answered my question with this: "The difference is that the slits merely limit the potential paths of the photon, while an observation captures the path actually taken." Wherein I can see...

Thanks for the quick reply. After some mulling over your response, I think I asked the wrong question, but it's been sorted out now and I appreciate the help.

I found a layman's explanation of the wave characteristics of subatomic particles in the form of a "Dr.Quantum" video from "What the Bleep do we know?". Aside from the parapsychological junk in the last 2/3rds of the movie, the explanations of quantum properties seemed mostly accurate and...

There's been a lot of clutter in this thread due to my "thinking out loud"..so I'll put up a final post that hopefully provides a clear question for someone to consider. Apologies for the garbarge above. Here's the revised question again: The setup: There is a 1 kilogram orb, attached...

Another attempt at rephrasing my question. Thanks for the reply. Well, for one..I never said there WAS a centrifugal force. I guess I had difficulty describing the motion of the tether balls outwards from the axis of rotation..I guess I could have said, uh, impelled? What's the proper verb...

question fixed (?) Ok, I can see why no one will reply to this post. The question is really cluttered. Also, right after posting the question, I think I kind of figured it out. I guess putting the question out there really is half the battle :) 1st, there's no 3 dimensional diagrams of...

Hi, first post. I'm a math/physics, uh, underachiever and I'm looking for more resources on Centrifuges. I apologize in advance for the inaccuracy of my use of physics terminology. I'm interested in finding a formula that calculates both the amount of force and angle of force of tangential...