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    Are phonon's actually a real particle, or is it a trick of QM?

    Thanks for your replies A.Neumaier and ZZ, both very enlightening. Now the only trouble I have is with the Fourier transforms to go from real space to reciprocal space, but that's going to be coming up in the lectures, so I shall wait and see if I can learn it that way. Thanks again, Richard
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    Are phonon's actually a real particle, or is it a trick of QM?

    Hi, a brief question from a confused undergrad, I'm about to start a section of a QM course that deals with the QM nature of condensed matter and think I should get a good idea on this before I start it. I fully understand the wave-particle duality of photon's and electrons and the like, but...
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    Craft Beers, Microbreweries and Homebrewing

    Down here in Australia, it's quite hard to get the best of the American craft beer, but what I have noticed most about the few American beers that I have had is the amazing qualities of the hops grown in the US. I was lucky enough to taste Brewdog's Citra single hop IPA from the IPA is Dead...
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