Picture Definition and 402 Threads

  1. Andre

    Have you seen these stunning spring pictures?

    I was shooting some macro pix in the park today. Actually I was targetting this lichen in that pic: and this one: But it's more about the new life: Feel free to share your spring pictures.
  2. C

    Forming a Mental Image in Physics: Picture or Movie?

    hey, When people say you should form a mental image when doing physics, does that mean forming a picture(snapshot)in your head or an actual movie of what's happening in your head?
  3. E

    Heisenberg's & Schrodinger's Picture

    Is the Heisenberg's picture really equivalent to Schrodinger's ? It may seem so at a first glance & both produce the same results.But space & time are treated equally in Heisenberg's formulation : the operators are time dependent.In Schrodinger's formulation, states are...
  4. J

    Picturing Galaxies: How We Capture Outer Space

    How was we able to take the pictures of galaxies?
  5. P

    What's the classical picture of phi^4 scalar field theory?

    I know that the classical picture of QED is Coulomb interaction, magnetic interaction etc. But what does the classical phi^4 theory look like? In particular, do particles attract or repel each other in this theory? P.S. I'm surprised that my field theory books never discuss this. (At least in...
  6. H

    Program that can steganograph a picture (BMP)?

    can anyone write a program that can steganograph a picture (BMP)? or any seggestion?
  7. B

    Where do the spokes appear unblurred in a photograph of a rolling wheel?

    Homework Statement A wheel with spokes rolls without slipping on the ground. You take a picture with a stationary camera from the side of the wheel. Because the wheel is moving and the camera has a nonzero exposure time, the spokes are usually blurred. At what points in the picture do the...
  8. K

    Trouble w/ electron in a television picture tube. Hints please

    Homework Statement An electron is accelerated horizontally from rest in a television picture tube by a potential difference of 25,000 V. It then passes between two horizontal plates 6.5 cm long and 1.3 cm apart that have a potential difference of 250 V, as shown below. At what angle θ will the...
  9. M

    Calculating the current of a circuit- resistance and volatge known, see picture

    Homework Statement What current flows through the resistors R(1) = 1Ω, R(2) = 2 Ω and R(3) = 3 Ω, if the driving voltages are V(1) = 1V and V(2) = 2V? Picture: http://item.slide.com/r/1/151/i/lvtwIwH-0j8A8o-XAKDtPRQO1eHAb4Ik/ Homework Equations V= RI → I= V/ R The Attempt at a...
  10. E

    Taking picture in atto second? Yes we did.

    Hello everybody! I wonder what is the latest developments in nano level photography. It was about four years ago when I heard picture were taken in atto second. It was a great achievment for mankind. It was like a challenge to catch speed of light. Did we go further down to zepto(10^-21m) level...
  11. G

    The Modern Picture of Evolution

    I know there have been debates on the roles of punctuated equilibrium, phyletic gradualism, and punctuated gradualism. It would seem to me intuitively that evolution would be a dynamic process combining mechanisms, but of course intuition can be misleading. Is there a mainstream...
  12. W

    An amusement park ride question, picture included

    Homework Statement An amusement park ride consists of a rotating circular platform 8.07m in diameter from which 10kg seats are suspended at the end of 2.87m massless chains. When the system rotates, it makes an angle of 37.3° with the vertical. a) What is the speed of each seat? b)...
  13. S

    LaTeX How can I insert an image in a LaTeX document?

    Homework Statement I have a picture in the pictures folder, saved as pic.gif and i want to put this into my latex text, how do i do this? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution To be honest i have no idea.
  14. M

    3rd Law: Weight vs Tension (picture)

    1. In case a in the figure block A is accelerated across a frictionless table by a hanging a 10N weight (1.02kg). In case b, block A is accelerated across a frictionless table by a steady 10N tension in the string. The string is massless, and the pulley is massless and frictionless. Is A's...
  15. JasonRox

    Preventing Picture Clearing in VB.Net Program on PictureBox

    Hey guys, Working on a program. My program mostly takes place on a Picture Box where a user can click the picture in different areas and different images and sentences and words come up. Hence, I used the following often... g = PictureBox1.CreateGraphics() g.DrawString("Hello...
  16. M

    Drawing a picture using math equations

    Hello everyone, I have an assignemnt where I have to use various transformed equations to draw a picture. I will be doing things like restricting the domain to control lengths. I was wondering if there were any computer programs that would plot equations and give me equations for lines so i...
  17. C

    Tension problem involving picture frame

    Homework Statement A picture frame hung against a wall is suspended by two wires attached to its upper corners. If the two wires make the same angle with the vertical, what must this angle be if the tension in each wire is equal to 0.75 of the weight of the frame? (Neglect any friction...
  18. G

    What is the QFT picture of forces?

    According to QFT, how do two masses attract? Is the action instantaneous? How is momentum/energy conserved? Is the action non-local?
  19. T

    Introductory Vector Equation Illustrated by a Moving River - Picture Included

    Introductory Vector Equation Illustrated by a Moving River -- Picture Included Homework Statement A swimmer wants to cross a river, from point A to point B, as shown in the figure. The distance (from A to C) is 100 , the distance (from C to B) is 75 , and the speed of the current in the...
  20. E

    Tricky Physics Problem - Picture Included -

    Homework Statement The problems asks: According to the above sketch, find accelartion (a1) of mass1? Note that the cables and pulleys are ideal (massless and frictionless). Everything started at rest until the pulleys lock were realsed. m1, m2, m3 have all different masses...
  21. S

    Calculation of diffraction picture (partially coherent illumination)

    Hello, I need to calculate diffraction picture produced by source generating partially coherent illumination. I read Born and Wolf, Goodman and still I do not have complete understanding. Suppose we have source with size d, simple object (let's take opaque rectangle) and detector. According...
  22. J

    Picture of Our Galaxy: How We Captured It

    How have we taken the picture of our own galaxy? All the milkyway pictures look like taken from outside the galaxy.
  23. S

    Naive picture of understanding Spin-Orbit Coupling

    I was trying to explain the origin of spin-orbit coupling to a beginning student and I used the following naive analogy: An electron orbiting around the nucleus "sees" the nucleus rotating about itself (the electron) in its own (electron's) reference frame, thus this is like a current loop...
  24. M

    Electro-statics Picture included (got most of it done, numbers not working out)

    Homework Statement http://classes.uleth.ca/200503/phys2000a/private/ass02sol_files/image002.gif With \theta = 27 degrees, d = .015m, q2 = 6.4 *10^-19, q3 = q4 = -4.8 *10^-19. Problem states: Find the distance D between the origin and particle 2 if the net force on 1 due to the others is...
  25. M

    How to describe this Picture in words.

    Homework Statement I have this solution as domain of f,wheref(x,y)=1/(x+y2) Please describe this picture in words for me...PLZ Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I can't figure it out..
  26. I

    This picture first made me laugh then think

    http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/3503/philosoraptor7.png thoughts?
  27. R

    A mental picture of entanglement?

    please do not laugh. i am only curious and want to learn. I read article about entanglement in scientific American for the first time just a few months ago. it was called "lights, camera, entanglement". then i read something about electron spin and how counterparts spin in exact opposite...
  28. K

    Building a Picture Frame Music Player with an iPod

    Hello I'm a visual artist and I'm trying to make a project were I need to add a sound to a photograph hang to a wall in a picture frame.The source of the sound it will be a ipod (unless someone has a better idea)I need to build a device to make the music from the ipod place in the narrow place...
  29. S

    Picture of H1N1 and what are those appendages used for?

    I think it's quite an accomplishment to obtain a picture (from LiveScience) of a new viral infection. I can tell the virus has a set of "arms" attached all around it's outer coat. I assume this is for gaining entry into the cell membrane. Not sure though. Can someone explain what the purpose...
  30. T

    How Does Wave Propagation Affect Rope Tension and Displacement?

    http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu347/TwinGemini14/showme5.gif Consider a triangular wave pulse shown traveling to the right on a rope with a speed v. Its height is h. The total length of the pulse is 3L, as shown in the figure. The vertical displacement is much exaggerated. The solid line...
  31. T

    How Does a Wave Pulse Affect Rope Stretching?

    http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu347/TwinGemini14/showme3.gif The top picture to the right is the picture of the rope before the wave pulse arrives, and the bottom picture to the right is a picture of the rope after the wave pulse has arrived. Notice that the rope has to stretch in...
  32. P

    Distance between lense and film to get a focused picture

    Homework Statement Esperanza uses a 35-mm camera with a standard lens of focal length 50.0 mm to take a photo of her son Carlos, who is 1.3 m tall and standing 4.0 m away. What must be the distance between the lens and the film to get a properly focused picture? this answer is 50.6 mm...
  33. L

    Can someone explain the inclined plane picture to me?

    Hello everyone, Right now I'm working on an inclined plane problem. "a) The worker exerts a force(F) of 86 N. How much work does he do? (b) How much work is done by gravity? (Be careful with the signs you use.) (c) The coefficient of friction is µ = 0.20. How much work is done by...
  34. E

    Determing the best distance to view a picture

    Homework Statement A large painting is 5m in height. The painting is hung on a wall so that its lower edge is 1m above the eye level of an observer. How far from the wall should the observer stand to get the best view? (Assume that the best view means that the angle subtended by the painting...
  35. J

    Quantifying a Picture: Calculating D & theta

    Homework Statement I'm supposed to quantify the picture below and show how to find D and the angle theta. http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7079/labg.jpg Homework Equations none i can think of The Attempt at a Solution I guess S and H are the same. I really can't think of a...
  36. D

    How to picture atomic/electron orbitals

    I don’t understand why the arrangement of electrons around an atom (the electron cloud) orientates itself around the nucleus in different shapes i.e, spherical, dumbbell shape, etc? I know electrons have wavelike properties but I can’t picture in my head why, after two electrons, why they...
  37. E

    Is the Cosmic Microwave Background a Picture of the Universe's Past?

    Hi, Am I right when I say that the cosmic microwave background is a picture of the radiation left from recombination but that the picture (from COBE or WMAP) that we see today is not exactly the same as it was then due to the redshifting of the radiation particles. The flucuations that we see...
  38. R

    Understanding the 4-Dimensional Universe Expansion: A Philosopher's Perspective

    I am a philosopher with little bakcground knowledge in physics. The GRB news brought me here. Thanks to the help from Marcus and DaleSwanson, now I know much better about the universe expansion. I am not as good at math as most of you here are, but my hobby is drawing a big picture whenever I...
  39. Y

    Riemann sum question, with picture

    Homework Statement http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/898/integerqj5.jpg Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution It does appear to be a Riemann sum, I figured the 1/n is probably the width of the intervals and the sum in brackets is related to the sums of the heights of the rectangles. But my...
  40. J

    How Do Electrons Behave Within an Atom?

    I find the mechanics of the atom are not clear to me. I understand that the Bohr "step" of electrons in orbit is non-applicable anymore, then there is De Broglie's wave theory, this is never built upon. I always find it just mentioned never expanded on, I'm left with basic questions, okay so do...
  41. F

    Question now has a picture to match

    http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/7782/question6jh6.png The axis of a disk with radius of 0.05m is fitted into a slot that forms an angle of 30degs with the vertical axis. The disk is at rest when it is placed in contact with a convayor belt moving at contsant speed. The coefficent of kenetic...
  42. Andre

    Rime Ice Time: Perfect Picture in Freezing Fog

    So we need a new picture and the weather is freezing fog. Hence rime ice time. The bigger waters are still open, the fog is more intense there, the place to go for new rime ice pictures. 100% crop 100% crop Now, which one to enter in the contest?
  43. J

    Interaction picture (Is there a mistake in QFT books?)

    It is often stated that the transition amplitude between eigenstates of the free-field Hamiltonian H_0 is encoded by the S-matrix, defined by \langle \mathrm{f} | U{_\mathrm{I}} (\infty,-\infty)|\mathrm{i} \rangle. where U_{\mathrm{I}} is the time-evolution operator in the interaction...
  44. Andre

    Failed Winter Photo Contest Entries

    These pictures did not make it to the contest "winter weather". more later
  45. M

    What is the Astronomy Picture of the Day?

    http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081215.html I saw this on Digg and decided to post it on here. Enjoy.
  46. L

    Can Life Magazine's Picture Archive on Google Revolutionize Historical Research?

    Now available on line through Google: http://images.google.com/hosted/life Images from the Civil War forward. They will have 107 images eventually.
  47. A

    Rates of Change (help) with picture

    hi my name is ken. i am a 11th grader taking calculus for my first year. Here are 3 problems my teacher is giving us in preparation for the upcoming test... I'm pretty clueless ! hope you guys could clear up the confusion for me. The pic: 1. So altitude is the height. What i get from...
  48. Andre

    Which Autumn Picture Should Win the Contest?

    So for the Autumn picture contest I chosed an awesome view of the Danube valley. Unfortunately the sun wasn't that bright that day. So the choice was scenery versus light. Scenery won, these were the losers:
  49. G

    What to learn to link EM wave to photon picture?

    I know undergrad QM fairly well. There they use the EM potential to introduce EM fields into the momentum. What should I study to understand the connection between EM fields and actual photon particles?
  50. S

    Hanging sign question - equillibrium (with picture)

    http://img355.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture12ri5.jpg a beam is coming vertically from the wall, and a cord is coming diagonally from the wall. they are both supporting a signhanging from the end. what is the angle of the cord? i don't even know where to begin.
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