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Can anybody please suggest some references (preferably review articles or lecture notes etc, freely available online) for learning linear and nonlinear sigma models and their applications in particle physics?

is there any good reference on EIT? with some emphasis on the actual mathematical calculations

Hi, I am currently working through Griffith's textbook on quantum mechanics. I was just wondering if there are any animations or videos that work along with griffiths and clarify certain concepts. Thanks.

I have a yes or no question for you guys. I was recently notified that I did not receive a scholarship. Is it proper form to let my reference writers know that I did not receive the award? I did send thank you emails back in January when the application was submitted. I suppose I'm hesitant...

I'm writing up a report on an experiment I did involving liquid nitrogen. I need to state the boiling point of liquid nitrogen (77.36K) in the report, as I've used it in calculations, but I don't know if I should get a reference for it or not. I did use a reference (Wikipedia and Google...

Hi guys, I'm looking for some references where dispersion relations, say for photons, are explicitely written out in a generic medium. In other words, the dispersion relation for particles not propagating in the vacuum is a different one than the standard vacuum one E^2 = p^2 + m^2 and I'm...

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Hi, i'm an Applied Physics student (2nd year). Could you please tell me a book to study thermodynamics from? I've studied from Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory, and Statistical Thermodynamics by Sears - Salinger and it is pretty good. Has anyone "tested" : 1) An Introduction to Thermal Physics by...

Hi, I have a particle physics exam tomorrow morning (in a few hours from now, in my time zone). I'm trying to figure out the whole reasoning behind pion-nucleon scattering. Please bear with me.. We write the scattering matrix as S = 1 - iT where T is given by T = f + i g...

I was thinking in special relativity and how does the energy look from one reference to another, if i consider a body making a circular motion in reference R1, with an angular velocity w1,and a stationary body in reference R2, R1 see that the body in R2 is rotating with an angular velocity...

Hi, I am taking a methods of applied mathematics course in Spring 2010 semester. The previous semester proved to be a bit overwhelming and the professor used a textbook that I found inadequate in fully understanding the material. The course content will follow this syllabus with some...

Let's suppose that I am the Captain at a space dock sitting in interstellar space. My crew decides to go on a trip in our ship, so they board and set off at .9c. t = t0 / sqrt( 1 - v^2/c^2 ), t0 = 1, v = .9c, therefore t = 1 / sqrt( .19 ) = 2.3 (approximately) So as they speed off, 1...

It's thesis season and I'm beginning the head ache of trying to get all of my hundreds of references organized. I'm finding that this is taking a serious amount of time not to mention being a major pain. Is there some software or something that is available to aid with these kind of things or...

I am having my thesis on electrohydrodynamics aka EHD given by my lecture/mentor and I don't know where to start I am now a Mech Eng. student but I am still new to this EHD things. My mentor is not right here know and the most probebly I need help from you guys here. I am trying to look for...

In http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covariant_formulation_of_classical_electromagnetism It is written: \mathcal{L} \, = \, \mathcal{L}_{\mathrm{field}} + \mathcal{L}_{\mathrm{int}} = - \frac{1}{4 \mu_0} F^{\alpha \beta} F_{\alpha \beta} + A_{\alpha} J^{\alpha} \,. a personal...

Hey all, I am currently in a 300 level physics class, Concepts of Modern Physics, and as a semester project we are required to research a topic and do a presentation. I chose QCD because I have done some reading on it and it seemed the most interesting on the list. Although, i would like to...

there are a few things i don't get when it comes to light moving at c from all frames of reference... i mean it makes sense to me in some cases: like if an observer on the Earth sees a missle going one way at half the speed of light, and a spaceship going the other way at the speed of light, the...

Was wondering if anyone has any good references on exo planets, how their data is listed, a compilation of any relevant information. Much appreciated. :bugeye:

I'm looking into galaxy rotation curves and I was wondering where I can find a good (preferentially recent) overview of measured galaxy rotation curves (refereed journal article, good website, arxiv ..). Further I was wondering how far out (from the galaxy center) one can measure rotation...

Hello, I have found several overviews on the classical perihelion drift calculation from the planets perturbations. However, I could not identify what the best reference would be. I am -of course- interrested by those calculations that garantee a precision compatible with the discussion...

If you follow this link you will find the master journal list at the bottom of the page. There is a search engine that allows one to search by a number of different criteria. This is a list of acceptable references when citing scientific theories and published papers. If a journal is not...

Hello Everyone, I'm new to this forum, I've to say here is one of the greatest physics communities in the net and I'm really glad I have the opportuninty to use the huge amount of information presented here. By the way, I have a question about Electromagnetics: Consider two stationary...

I am looking for references to systems/designs/mechanisms that can help make the opening/closing efforts of large Hatches/Lids near effortless. Not looking for powered systems - more like energy storage/release mechanisms. Preferably very compact designs. Appreciate it if somebody can help...

Dear Sirs, I would like to ask you if there is some reference where one can find a step-by-step demostration of Maxwell's Velocity distribution in a gas at temperature T. Thank you DaTario

Does anyone have any good English language references (textbook references or journal articles) for linear Born rigid motion, preferably at an elementary level (i.e. just SR, no tensors). Most of what I could find (I had the opportunity to visit a good library the other day) seemed to be more...

Hi, I am looking for books which discuss Mechanics at the same level as "Analytical Mechanics" by Fowles & Cassiday. If you know of any can you please help. Thank you.

Since another thread was killed without any good reason, here I give some references concerning the ideas I was talking about: http://streaming.ictp.trieste.it/preprints/P/90/268.pdf#search=%22Barut%20self%20field%20account%20of%20atomic%20transitions%22 (for barut) and...

We have an LQG group in NUS (National University of Singapore). Here's our website: http://sps.nus.edu.sg/~wongjian/lqg.html Please contribute any material suitable for fresh graduates!

Complex Schrodinger Equation, references?? hopefully i can explain what i am looking for well enough for somebody to understand. I am interested in finding any references for work that has been done on solving the schrodinger equation in C^n rather than in R^n, as in on the complex plane with...

I have various classical mechanics books but none covers this subject. Even Goldstein doesn't. Can someone suggest a book or online resource on the subject?

There is a thread about references in every forum, so i will start by posting this. Feel free to add to this list with reputable sources. www.historychannel.com - why not, its the history channel! http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html - looks good to me www.loc.gov -...

Does anyone, by chance, happen to have some good, practical references in the design and preparation of piping systems for use in pure oxygen service? My ASTM references are about as close to worthless as it can get. Thanks.

...I'm currently studying R. Aris, "Vectors, Tensors, and the Basic Eqns. of Fluid Mechanics." What are some of the other classic references for the mechanics of continuous media?

Does anyone know good online references about functional derivatives? Most of the documents contain only the definition, but I would like some more complete material containing, for example, rules for differentiate composite functionals and other details.

Hi, A questions regarding trigonometric (or inverse) functions. I just can't get it right. Q1: A picture 2 m high is hung on the wall with its bottom 6 m above the observer's eye level. How far should the viewer stand for the picture to subtend the largest possible vertical angle with the...

I want to study the Kaluza-Klain's theory about general relativity in 5 dimensions. Could anyone give me some references to this subject? Thanks.

I'm looking for some excellent references on Feynman diagrams, from an overview of the basics to a description of the relation between the diagrams and the heavy duty mathematics that they represent. Any information would be appreciated.

A train moves along the tracks at a constant speed u. A woman on the train throws a ball of mass m straight ahead with a speed v with repsect to herself. What is the kinetic energey gain of the ball as measured by a person on the train? By a person standing by the railroad track? How much...

hello all. i am new to this forum and i would like some references about quantum physics. i know basic few principles and postulates and some stuff about qt. electrodynamics, but i would like to expand my knowledge. i use arxiv.org for all my physics research, but most of the things regarding...