Field Definition and 1000 Threads
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Electric Field acting on a point charge
I believe I have all parameters set up correctly to evaluate part A of this problem but I am unsure of the bounds. I can't integrate from 0 to R because that part of this sheet has a hole there. I need to integrate from R to the other end of the sheet. Im not sure how I would figure out the...- guyvsdcsniper
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- Charge Electric Electric field Field Point Point charge
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Electric field lines of H2O molecule
I wanted to post my work so far to see if I am on the right path toward the correct answer so far. I have attached a ss of the actual problem and my work in the attachments- guyvsdcsniper
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- Electric Electric field Electric field lines Field Field lines Lines Molecule
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Electric Field as a function of r, evaluating bounds
Im having trouble understanding the wording to this problem. When it says "from r=0 to r=infinity". My Qenc would zero out. I guess it makes sense that from infinitely far away you wouldn't "feel' the electric field but considering this question leads to 4 other questions I don't think I am...- guyvsdcsniper
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- Bounds Electric Electric field Field Function
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A Numerically solving Scalar field coupled to Friedman equation
I am a research student of MS PHYSICS. I have to numerically solve Friedman equation coupled to scalar field(phi). It is given in research paper of Sean Carroll, Mark Trodden and Hoffman entitled as ""can the dark energy equation of state parameter w be less than-1?""... -
Electric field due to three point charges
I've calculated the intensity for every point charge which are EA = 6.741 x 10¹³ NC¯¹ EB = 4.494 x 10¹¹ NC¯¹ EC = 6.741 x 10¹³ NC¯¹ and I am pretty sure about this far but I am struggling to calculate the X-axis intensity and Y-axis intensity to find the entire approximate intensity with the...- emmanual
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- Charges Electric Electric field Electrostatic charges Field Point Point charges Vector
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A Electron EM Field as Local Gauge Variation of Electron Matter Field
The EM field seems to be required for for local gauge symmetry of the electron matter field under local phase variation. Following is a description (not my verbiage): There is a symmetry in physics which we might call the Local Phase Symmetry in quantum mechanics. In this symmetry we change...- CSnowden
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- Electron Em Field Gauge Local Matter Variation
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- Forum: Quantum Physics
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Gravitational Field and Potential at certain point
The removed mass is ##\frac{1}{8}M## My idea is to find ##g## from large sphere then minus it with ##g## from small sphere (because of the removed mass): ##g## at A = $$\frac{GM}{R^3}\left(\frac{1}{2}R\right)-\frac{G\left(\frac{1}{8}M\right)}{R^2}$$ Is this correct? Thanks- songoku
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- Field Gravitational Gravitational field Point Potential
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Work done on dipole and potential energy in uniform electric field
I encountered a problem regarding the appropriate sign needed to be taken for the work done on a dipole when it rotates in a uniform electric field and would appreciate some help. The torque on a dipole can be defined as τ=PEsinθ The work done on a dipole to move it from an angle ##\theta_0##...- ShaunPereira
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- Dipole Electric Electric field Electrostatics Energy Field Potential Potential energy Uniform Work Work done
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Calculating the circulation of the Field F along the borders of this region
Greetings The exercice consist of calulating the circuitation of the Field F along a the borders of the region omega my problem was how they found that y goes from 0 to h ( for 0 it´s clear but the mystery for me is h) Thank you!- Amaelle
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- Circulation Field
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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Creating a magnetic field near a pipe
I want to wrap no. 16 copper wire around 1" copper pipe to create a mag field. At 120v / 1 amp AC, how many turns will I need to get about 5 milligauss near the pipe?- soaring
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- Field Magnetic Magnetic field Pipe
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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Showing that the gradient of a scalar field is a covariant vector
In a general coordinate system ##\{x^1,..., x^n\}##, the Covariant Gradient of a scalar field ##f:\mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}## is given by (using Einstein's notation) ## \nabla f=\frac{\partial f}{\partial x^{i}} g^{i j} \mathbf{e}_{j} ## I'm trying to prove that this covariant...- AndersF
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- Covariant Covariant derivative Field Gradient Scalar Scalar field Tensor Tensor algebra Tensor calculus Vector
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I Relation between electric & magnetic fields in terms of field strength
Hi. A electromagnetic wave consists of an electric and a magnetic component. I believe that the electric field strength is measured in volts per meter. The magnetic field I think is measured in Tesla. Let's imagine that I measure the electic field strength of two different radio stations and...- richard9678
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- Electric Field Field strength Fields Magnetic Magnetic fields Relation Strength Terms
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- Forum: Electromagnetism
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I Hamiltonian of a particle in a magnetic field
I've just started Quantum mechanics by McIntyre and have understood the following about operators which the author wrote till chapter 2: Each observable has an operator Operators act on kets to produce another kets. Only eigenvalues of an operator are possible values of a measurement. Now...- Kashmir
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- Field Hamiltonian Magnetic Magnetic field Particle
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- Forum: Quantum Physics
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I Exact dynamics of spin in varying magnetic field
Consider an uncharged particle with spin one-half moving with speed ##v## in a region with magnetic field ##\textbf{B}=B\textbf{e}_z##. In a certain length ##L## of the particle's path, there is an additional, weak magnetic field ##\textbf{B}_\perp=B_\perp \textbf{e}_x##. Assuming the electron...- KDPhysics
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- Dynamics Field Magnetic Magnetic field Spin
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- Forum: Quantum Physics
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The electric field from its electric potential: semicircle
According to theory I should be able to get the Electric Field (E) from its pOtential (V) by doing the grad (V) so E = -grad(V), however, V is contant V = k*lambda* pi which results having E =0, but this is not right. What I am missing?? see figure below The answer should be Ex = 2*k*lambda / r...- iochoa2016
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- Electric Electric field Electric potential Field Potential
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Find electric field inside a material
From the second equation I get that, ##\vec D =\frac{q}{4\pi \vec r^2}\hat r## From first equation I get that ##\vec E = \frac{q}{4\pi \vec r^2 \epsilon}=\frac{q}{4\pi \vec r^2 K \epsilon_0}## But I saw that the answer is ##\vec E=\frac{\vec E_0}{K}## While writing the comment my mind said...- Istiak
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- Electric Electric field Electrostatics Field Material Permittivity
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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I Dielectric breakdown voltage of air vs. Electric field in thunderstorm
The dielectric strength of air (ie the maximum electric field that the material can withstand under ideal conditions without undergoing electrical breakdown and becoming electrically conductive) is 3 000 kV ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dielectric_strength#Break_down_field_strength ). In...- ilovepudding
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- Air Dielectric Dielectric breakdown Electric Electric field Field Voltage
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- Forum: Electromagnetism
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Calculating coordinates of intercepts from field of view to target
Say we are working in a 2D plane, with a camera and a ball flying past as shown. Camera at bottom, ball flying from left to right Given that I have the X/Y coordinates of the camera, as well as the coordinates of the ball at any given time during the 'flight', how am I supposed to calculate the...- jisbon
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- Coordinates Field Field of view
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- Forum: Precalculus Mathematics Homework Help
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Find the equation of this magnetic field
When I try following numbers from internet then I don't get an expected answer. ## \mu_0 = 1.25663706 × 10-6 m kg s^{-2} A^{-2}## ##q =1.60217662 × 10^{-19} coulombs ## ##r=2.82x10^{-15} m## Velocity of that electron is given in question ##\vec v= 2 \times 10^6 \\ \mathrm{ms^{-1}}##Since...- Istiak
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- Electron Field Magnetic Magnetic field Velocity
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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I Modeling the concentration of gas constituents in a Force Field
Say there is a gas made up of two gas molecules: Molecule A and Molecule B. Molecule A has a mass: ma and mole fraction: na. Molecule B has a mass: mb and mole fraction: nb. The gas is at thermal equilibrium and has a constant temperature throughout itself (T) everywhere. It is placed in a...- Anon42
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- Concentration Diffusion Equilibrium Field Force Gas Modeling Statistics
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- Forum: Thermodynamics
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Engineering Helmholtz pair, magnetic field in 3D
As far as I can tell, the shape looks like a cuboid with 8 arms pointing in all directions.- Sebobo
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- 3d Field Helmholtz Magnetic Magnetic field Pair
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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Current vs Current Density vs Magnetic Field
If I want to carry 10 A through an 8 AWG wire, I understand that there will be a specific magnetic field around the wire which will decrease as I move outward from the wire radially. Let's consider the center of that wire as coordinates (x,y)=(0,0). An object located at (0,10) would see a...- newengr
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- Current Current density Density Field Magnetic Magnetic field
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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Potential difference between two points in an electric field
So I have been given a uniform electric field ##\vec{E}=20 V/m## in the direction as show in the image. I have been told to calculate the potential difference ##VC - VA##. According to the teacher (on YouTube) the potential difference ##VC - VA = -10\sqrt{2}V##. But I say it's ##-20 V## as...- NoahCygnus
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- Difference Electric Electric field Field Points Potential Potential difference
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I Is quantum gravity still an immensely popular field?
I was just wondering how much work is being done in the field of quantum gravity nowdays. Is there still a huge volume of research published on the topic? Are we closer to a "solution" nowdays than we were a few years ago? And also, what exactly would constitute a solution to such problem?- MacMac
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- Field Gravity Loop quantum gravity Quantum Quantum gravity String theory
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- Forum: Beyond the Standard Models
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How does fringing of electric field help with boundary conditions?
Please be kind to help- Shreya
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- Electric Electric field Field
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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I Unruh Effect (1+1)D: Understanding Equation 5.68
Hi all, I am trying to work through the Unruh Effect for the (1+1)-dimensional massive scalar field case and came across the paper I attached. However, I am trying to derive equation 5.68, but am greatly struggling with the prefactor on the left hand side. When comparing the left hand side to...- thatboi
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- Field Scalar Scalar field
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- Forum: Special and General Relativity
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A Can Membrane Field Theory Elucidate M-Theory?
Hey guys, I just wanted to know if you think that a membrane field theory could ellucidate the non-perturbative framework of M-theory? Let me specify and explain what I mean by that: String field theory was intoduced to study the non-perturbative regime of string theory and some achievements in...- Julius H
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- Field Field theory M-theory Membrane Theory
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- Forum: Beyond the Standard Models
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I Quantization of the electromagnetic field
Hi everyone, It is about the quantization of the electromagnetic field. The expression of field E and B are defined with: -the annihilation a- and creation a+ operators, and the frequency ω. So my question is: how does these fields must be expressed if they where "static"? I mean, how the...- Konte
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- Electromagnetic Electromagnetic field Field Quantization
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- Forum: Quantum Physics
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Microsoft Access lookup and calc on date field
Having exceeded the limits of Excel to track the names, rank, attributes, etc. of a list of ship's crew, I have tried to use Access. First up... I'm not a database expert. So, I'm muddling along with help from YouTube, but either I can't frame a correct search for this problem or it's not...- Melbourne Guy
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- Field
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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I Determine Scaling Dimension of Field Theory
It is given that a theory is invariant under the length scaling:\begin{align*} x &\rightarrow \lambda x \\ \phi(x) &\rightarrow \lambda^{-D} \phi(\lambda^{-1} x) \end{align*}for some ##D## to be determined. The action of a real scalar field is here:\begin{align*} S = \int d^4 x...- ergospherical
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- Dimension Field Scaling
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- Forum: Special and General Relativity
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A Covariant Derivative of Stress Energy Tensor of Scalar Field on Shell
Hi all, I am currently trying to prove formula 21 from the attached paper. My work is as follows: If anyone can point out where I went wrong I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks.- thatboi
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- Covariant Covariant derivative Derivative Energy Field General relativity Scalar Scalar field Shell Stress Stress energy tensor Tensor
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- Forum: Special and General Relativity
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I Coord. Time Vector Field: Schwarzschild vs Gullstrand-Painleve
Hi, I was reading this insight schwarzschild-geometry-part-1 about the transformation employed to rescale the Schwarzschild coordinate time ##t## to reflect the proper time ##T## of radially infalling objects (Gullstrand-Painleve coordinate time ##T##). As far as I understand it, the vector...- cianfa72
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- Coordinate Coordinate chart Field Schwarzschild Schwarzschild geometry Spacetime curvature Spacetime metric Time Vector Vector field
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- Forum: Special and General Relativity
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Is Galois Theory a Powerful Tool for Understanding Field Extensions?
Proof of 84i): We assume that ##E/F## is a field extension. For each ##i##, ##F(\alpha_i)## is the smallest subfield of ##E## containing ##F## and ##\alpha_i##. Let ##F'## be a subfield of ##E## containing ##F## and ##\alpha_1, \dots, \alpha_n##. Then ##F'## containing ##F(\alpha_i)## for all...- fishturtle1
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- Extension Field
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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I What's the underlying frame of the Einstein's Field Equation?
Hello all, I have a question on a pivotal concept of GR that I've never managed to fully grasp. In what coordinate system is the Einstein's Field Equation set up and solved? I've always assumed it's an Euclidean 4D space, whose metric is irrelevant because we are dealing with scalar...- Pyter
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- Einstein field equation Field Frame General relativity
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- Forum: Special and General Relativity
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Why Doesn't the E*A Equation Work for Electric Flux in This Case?
Electric Flux = E*A = 5*6(0.05)^2. when i look up at other sources they use Electric flux = q/ (8.854*10^-12 [this is e]) equation but I am confused on why the E*A equation don't work. The answer is 0.02Nm^2/C- bluesteels
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- Electric Electric field Field Gauss Gauss' law Law Physic
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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B Field distribution in semiconductors
Hello for everyone. I have a question according the field distribution in the semiconductor while the field effect. According to logic, the field is scrreened due to the field of the polarized carriers like electrons and holes. I know about the Debiye length. And that the field on the infinity...- FrankygoestoHD
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- Distribution Field Semiconductors
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- Forum: Atomic and Condensed Matter
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Electric field due to a charged infinite conducting plate
As shown in figure below, the electric field E will be normal to the cylinder's cross sectional A even for distant points since the charge is distributed evenly all over the charged surface and also the surface is very large resulting in a symmetry. So the derived formula should also apply to...- vcsharp2003
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- Charged Conducting Conducting plate Electric Electric field Field Infinite Plate
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Total Momentum Operator for Klein Gordon Field
As $$\hat{P_i} = \int d^3x T^0_i,$$ and $$T_i^0=\frac{\partial\mathcal{L}}{\partial(\partial_0 \phi)}\partial_i\phi-\delta_i^0\mathcal{L}=\frac{\partial\mathcal{L}}{\partial(\partial_0 \phi)}\partial_i\phi=\pi\partial_i\phi.$$ Therefore, $$\hat{P_i} = \int d^3x \pi\partial_i\phi.$$ However...- Samama Fahim
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- Field Field operators Field theory Klein Klein gordon field Momentum Operator Tensor algebra
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- Forum: Advanced Physics Homework Help
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Fourier transform radial component of magnetic field
Hello everybody! I have a question concerning the Fourier transformation: So far I have experimentially measured the magnetic field of a quadrupole but as the hall effect sensor had a fixed orientation I did two series, one for the x, one for y component of the magnetic field, I have 50 values...- Swordwhale
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- Component Field Fourier Fourier transform Magnetic Magnetic field Radial Transform
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Repeated root in field of char 0
Proof: We will first show ##\gcd(p(x), p'(x)) = 1##. Define ##d(x) = \gcd(p(x), p'(x))##. Then we can find ##q(x) \in F[x]## such that ##p(x) = d(x)q(x)##. But ##p(x)## is irreducible which means ##d(x)## is constant or ##q(x)## is constant. If ##q(x)## is constant, then ##\deg d(x) = \deg...- fishturtle1
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- Field Root
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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Trajectory of a charged particle in the magnetic field (variable)
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- Charged Charged particle Electron Field Magnetic Magnetic field Particle Trajectory Variable Variable acceleration Variable force
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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I Non-relativistic limit of Klein Gordon field
From Wikipedia: Which should be conceptually similar of what happen in the non-relativistic limit of the Dirac equations when you see that the solutions decouple. Do you have any reference that I can look up where the derivation for the KG field is performed? Thanks in advance!- dRic2
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- Field Klein Klein gordon field Limit
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- Forum: Quantum Physics
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I Perfect conductor in rotating magnetic field
Hello all, what would happen to a perfectly conducting cylinder immersed in a rotating magnetic field, with the rotation axis parallel to that of the cylinder? I guess the cylinder would start to rotate with the field? Right? Thank you- johnfulgor
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- Conductor Field Magnetic Magnetic field Magnetic field and forces Rotating
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- Forum: Electromagnetism
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How to observe if a vector field has curl or not?
These are the vector fields. I really have no idea how to see if there is a curl or not. I have been looking at the rotation of the vector fields. The fields d and e seem to have some rotation or circular paths, but I read online that curl is not about the rotation of the vector field itself...- appletree123
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- Curl Field Vector Vector field
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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I Electric field due to polarized object
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- Dielectrics Electric Electric field Field Polarization
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- Forum: Classical Physics
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Engineering Find the electric field intensity due to a point, line, and plane
Question: My attempt: Could someone please confirm my answer?- falyusuf
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- Electric Electric field Electric field intensity Field Intensity Line Plane Point
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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I Differential k-form vs (0,k) tensor field
Hi, I would like to ask for a clarification about the difference between a differential k-form and a generic (0,k) tensor field. Take for instance a (non simple) differential 2-form defined on a 2D differential manifold with coordinates ##\{x^{\mu}\}##. It can be assigned as linear combination...- cianfa72
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- Calculus on manifolds Differential Field Form Tensor Tensor analysis
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- Forum: Differential Geometry
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I What's the field strength and pattern rules for bar magnets attached?
The attached probem tricked me because the answer is apparently D and not A. Presumably because the magnetic field is weaker with 2 bar magnets joined N/S compared to a single bar magnet. So this seems to be a gap in my knowledge as to the resulting strengths of magnets joined together. Are...- pkc111
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- Field Field strength Magnets Rules Strength
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- Forum: Classical Physics
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Admissions Including High Energy Theory as a field of interest in my SOP?
Hi, I'm a current senior in college, and am applying to grad. schools for fall 2022. I'm interested in high energy theory, and I have had some research experience in ads/cft correspondence, kaluza-klein theory, computational particle physics. However, I'm not certain as to which particular topic...- blue123
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- Energy Field High energy Interest Statement of purpose Theory
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- Forum: STEM Academic Advising
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Engineering Calculating the charge if the electric field density = 0
Question: Relevant Equations: My attempt: Could someone please confirm my solution?- falyusuf
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- Charge Density Electric Electric field Field
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help