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    Rookie Energy Query: Mass Outflow in Supernovas

    Ah, I see, so E2 - (Pc)2 = constant for any inertial frame, but the energy and momentum can be different!
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    Rookie Energy Query: Mass Outflow in Supernovas

    I am a little unsure about something, take this example for instance: In a supernova event, a star ejects X amount of mass at a relativistic speed, say 0.5c. What's the total energy of this outflow in the reference frame in which the star's at rest. Now would I be correct to assume that...
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    Thermodynamics: Reversible Compression of Solid Volume V

    Ah ha! The entropy doesn't increase, I see. Thanks!
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    Thermodynamics: Reversible Compression of Solid Volume V

    Hi, this concerns thermodymanics. A block of volume V is reversibly compressed from pressure P1 to pressure P2 isothermally at temperature T. It goes on to ask about the heat expelled, but that's not my question. It is a solid, obviously not an ideal gas, so I'm sure the internal energy...
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    An Insight into Polar Co-ordinate Velocity

    Homework Statement Derive the equations for the velocity and acceleration vectors of a particle in polar coordinates. 2. The attempt at a solution r = xi + yj where x = rCos\Theta, y = rSin\Theta r = r(Cos\Thetai + Sin\Thetaj) v = \frac{d}{dt}r v = \frac{d}{dt}[r(Cos\Thetai +...
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    Astronomy Question: Maximum latitude

    Well I'm glad you do care! Yes, I see, seems to be more trigonometry work than anything else, thanks.
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    Astronomy Question: Maximum latitude

    1. Taking the latitude of Dublin as 53.3 degrees North, and the tilt of the Earth's axis and the lunar orbit to be 23.5 and 5 degrees respectively, what is the maximum altitude of the Moon as seen from Dublin? What is the maximum altitude as seen from the North pole? 2. Homework Equations...
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    Would it Feel as if Time Stopped If I Became Light?

    Okay. I've read this entire thread from start to finish, and maybe its just because I don't know that much relativity, but I get what yer man is saying, who posted the original question. Can someone just answer me this, in layman's terms. If I was traveling at 99.999% the speed of light time...
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    How many of you guys actually like mathematics?

    i really don't like the maths behind it, all maths is is our way of getting to grips with it, the real physics is in the phenomenom in question.
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    Medical Nootropics to improve cognitive power

    Hi, just wondering does anyone know anything about these? For those who don't know, they're drugs (legal, they come under the category of "suppliements") that are supposed to improve cognitive power, such as memory and such. I'm just a little skeptical about it?
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