Recent content by leila

Hi all, Was wondering if people had any ideas about what I could propose to be a 1st/2nd year (university) level lab experiment related to quantum mechanics. It would be nice to set something up that goes through the fundamental ideas of quantum mechanics. Does anyone have any...

Why do gases absorb neutrons less readily than water? Any ideas on the above question? Leila

Thank you ever so much for your help, you have cleared up a few things. I suspected the answer to Q5 :) I shall let you know how the talk goes and if there are any interesting question brought up by the department. Leila

Ok, I am giving a talk on nuclear power at the weekend, and a few questions have popped up that I am unsure about. 1. Why do we get nuclear waste exactly? 2. Why would we want to use a pebble shape for future fission reactors? 3. What issues are there with decommissioning of plants? 4. Why...

Nuclear fusion might be able to supply us power in the future, take a look at http://www.iter.org/

I am doing an experiment in the lab at the moment on laser doppler anemometry and a few questions have popped into mind, was wondering if anyone had any ideas/insights on them: Direct detection of the Doppler frequency shift using conventional prism or grating spectrometers is not usually...

Hi there, Was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction for this one? Show that the eigenfunctions of a Hermitian operator corresponding to different eigenvalues are orthogonal? Thanks

My university does offer some summer placements (one to Grenoble, France and one to the Fermilab), but they are very hard to get so I am trying to sort out some other options. In Scotland, because of the way the system works, an MPhys is 5 years, and I am 1/2 way through my 3rd year.

Hiya, I'm having trouble finding a simple proof for gamma of 1/2 = root pi? Any suggestions

St Andrews do offer quite a number of things but I really wanted to try and get away from the town. As much as I love it, all year round is a bit too much. I was at Glasgow University's physics dept the last two summers, and I am now in my 3rd year of a MPhys, so even though still only 1/2 way...

Thank you, are there any others that anybody can think of? It is very downheartening to read time after time, the words "US citizens only"

Hi there, Was wondering if anybody could direct me to universities or companies that take on physics students for summer projects. I would ideally like to get a place in the US somewhere but so many places state US residents only. Can anyone help or suggest good places to go in the...

Hi there, Was wondering about the potential barrier problem when Eo>V. I have figured out the expression for the Transmission coeffient (after a lot of algebra) and am now wondering, what happens when I vary the width of the barrier, obviously there is greater transmission when the barrier...

Ok, here is the question determine whether f(z)=(1+z)/(1-z) is analytic or otherwise. Unfortunetly I am having problems with the maths. So far I have substituted z=x+iy and got 1+x-iy/1-x-iy and if i let a=x+1 and b=1-x then that simplifies my problem to a+iy/b-iy so now i have to...

If you don't get anyone I am currently doing a physics degree if that's any help redshift71@hotmail.com