# All Questions

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### Reasoning transformer identity for currents [closed]

When looking for reasons for the Transformer Identity for Currents with a short secondary circuit $$\frac{I_2}{I_1}=\frac{N_1}{N_2}$$ I find two common answers: Both coils create the common ...
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### Are states from an unpolarized source beam distinguishable or not

I have seen this pop up twice so far in my reading of Feynman Lectures III. For example, in the first equation of section 5-8 (it may take up to a minute for the equation to load), where the beam is ...
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### Calculating electrodynamic momentum of a dumbbell (consisting of two point charges) in longitudinal motion

I'm working through a paper on momentum in electrodynamics that requires the integration below and would greatly appreciate any help. I'm pretty sure it evaluates to $2/d$ but I can't quite figure ...
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### Dielectric sphere placed in another dielectric medium with uniform external field: is there a surface charge density?

Consider a dielectric sphere placed within a dielctric medium. There is a uniform electric field $E_0$ present throughout in the medium. Would there be surface charge on the sphere?
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### Space between particles [duplicate]

I am a high school student, and I am just wondering what is the space between each particle, like what is the gap around each atom? I have found no text book cover this topic. Is it a vacuum?
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### How to specify BRDF measurement

As a person who will be using the scattering measurement results (in Zemax), I was asked to prepare the specs for the BRDF measurement. However I've never done it until now, so help would be greatly ...
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### Estimation of polarization perturbative term

I'm studying a diagrammatic approach to degenerate electron gas. Now I need to prove that the energy contribution, with an arbitrary potential, of polarization at first perturbative order given by the ...
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### Thermal expansion of two bolts

I have this question asking me about the thermal expansions of two bolts, a steel one, and a brass one. I have the equation: $\ (\delta L/L)/T = \alpha$ I don't understand how I can use this ...
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### Fluctuations in energy for macro and micro canonical ensembles

I was thinking about fluctuations in energy for a system in thermal equilibrium. I think that the Boltzmann distribution itself has an standard deviation approximately equal to the mean, as it is ...
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### Predicting Faraday's law, Changing Fields

Are there other equations that we can predict Faraday's law from? I know that each of Maxwell's equations are 'fundamental', but I feel like Gauss's law and Ampere's Law are very "nice", and for some ...
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### Understanding the concept of cross section

The cross section is a tiny area, measured in barns ($10^{-28} \mathrm{m^2}$), which relates to the probability of a reaction. But I have trouble interpreting that number. For example how can I ...
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### Infinite chain of alternating charge

The problem There is an infinite chain (1d) of alternating charges that are in a distance a from each other. That is there is one charge +q and next to it -q and so on. Now calculate how much work it ...
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### Is it possible to increase the electromagnetic repulsion between two particles?

Given the fact that the force stopping me falling through the ground is the electromagnetic repulsion between the electrons in my feet and the ground, would it be possible to increase this repulsive ...
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### Could we obtain free electrical energy from the Earth's magnetic field? [duplicate]

If there exists a natural magnetic field due to the metallic core of the earth... could we then extract and get free energy from the earth core ??
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### Questions (intuitive) about circuits and the flow of electrons

Why don't electrons accelerate in a circuit? If there is a potential difference and the electron moves in the circuit a force is exerted on it. Why does that force produce no acceleration, keeping the ...
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### Bullet entering target [duplicate]

I've been given this question: A bullet entering a target with an initial velocity of $u$ loses $\frac {u}{n}$ of its velocity after penetrating a distance $a$ into the target; how much ...
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### Abrikosov and his fluxoids (why only one ?)

In superconductivity, when we solve the ginzburg-landau equations relative to a 2 dimensional plane immersed in a magnetic field, we find that a periodic lattice of vortices is a solution. When we ...
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