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Given Ohm's law, how can current increase if voltage increases, given fixed resistance?

According to Ohm's law, V=IR (voltage equals current times resistance). So if the voltage increases, then the current increases provided that the resistance remains constant. I know that Voltage or ...
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Charge density within radius r from the nucleus

The probability of finding an electron within radius $r_b$ for Hydrogen near the center ($r_b<< a_0$) is approximately equal to zero (according to 1s orbital curve). Does this imply that the ...
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What causes damage, kinetic energy or momentum?

Let's assume we have 2 bullets. The first bullet has $450$ $J$ of KE and $3$ $kg.m/s$ of momentum, while the second bullet has $250$ $J$ of KE and $5$ $kg.m/s$. Now if they are both shot at ballistic ...
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Uniqueness of representing POVM using projective measurement

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1.What are the differences between Adams-Moulton and BDF methods. Which one is better and which one computes the solution faster? I think Adams-Moulton is a better method as it can get to the ...
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Why don't free electrons fall from metals if shaken?

This is a question we were asked at a physics lecture.
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Line integral calculates work, even though the force from the vector field doesn't cause the movement?

I'm afraid the title here was unclear, so I'll attempt to make things a bit more clear. I am conceptually confused about the physical meaning of line integrals over a vector field, so I'll pick an ...
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How to explain that initial speed is zero?

I was trying to discuss about free-fall with a friend, who is not scientifically literate. The first hurdle came quickly and unexpectedly as I was trying to demonstrate that the speed of free-fall is ...
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Time evolution operator of a periodic Hamiltonian

Suppose we have a Hamiltonian $H(t)$ with periodicity $T$. The time evolution operator in a full period is $$U_1=\cal{T}e^{-i\int_0^T H(t)\mathrm{d}t}$$, where $\cal{T}$ is time ordering operator; ...
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A force is exerted on a body, kinetic energy increases but no work is done by the force. Why?

After reading the article, I was totally perplexed . I was reading the External forces and internal energy transfers in Principles of Physics by Resnick,Halliday,Walker. It goes like that An ...
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Hartree-Fock MFT & Large-N MFT

My question may be similar to the one in this post, but the motivation for me to raise this one is that, in strongly correlated systems, physicists sometimes seem to prefer the "large-$N$" MFT to the ...
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Find force of friction on an object under influence of tension by another object

I conducted an experiment using video analyses software, and found the accleration of a box on a table being pulled by a string attached to a pulley on the edge of the table attached to the weight ...
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How can you determine the direction of the polarizing axis of a single polarizer?

How can you determine the direction of the polarizing axis of a single polarizer?
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How to understand “always create before we annihilate, not the other way around”?

On the book QFT in a Nutshell by A.Zee page 61 writes Always create before we annihilate, not the other way around. —Anonymous But in this Phys.SE question we are doing it the other way ...
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Proof of the Burns-Schlueter Theorem

In a multiple lens system, when the image of the first lens lies behind the second lens, you treat the second lens as a lens of its negative focal length. That is, a converging lens becomes a ...
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Forces Create Angular Acceleration And “Straight” Acceleration - But How Much Of Each?

Let me set up the following problem for a rectangle floating in space: We know its dimensions. We know its mass. There's a force pushing it for a known amount of time - we know the angle & ...
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Calculating distance to a binary as well as star pair in cluster, based on reference star data of related spectral class

The problem at hand consists of calculating the absolute magnitude $M_V$ for a B0V type star, then the distance to a binary system with one star A1V and one B0V type star, and finally a star pair ...
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How to calculate a Mooney-Rivlin material

Well, I'm working on a fsi (fluid-solid/structure interaction) model. I've got ready the fluid part, now I need to get ready the solid part. Since I'm working with tissues, I need to use an ...
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What is the meaning of pre-tension for a stiff membrane?

On one hand, I know that the tighter a drum head is stretched, the higher its natural frequencies. This relation is given by: $$f_{ij}=\frac{k_{ij}}{2\pi R}\sqrt{\frac{T_0}{h\rho}}$$ where $k_{ij}$ ...
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General Relativistic Boltzmann Equation Verification

Let $(M,g)$ be a (pseudo)Riemannian manifold. Define on $TM$ the symplectic 2-form $\omega=dx^\mu\wedge dp_\mu$ and use $g$ to define the pull back $\omega_g=dx^\mu\wedge d(g_{\mu\nu}p^\nu)$. Define ...
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Can an axisymmetric solution produce antisymmetric eigenfunctions?

I'm solving a vibrating membrane. In order to simplify my calculations, it's tempting to assume axisymmetric behaviour. If I solve an axisymmetric problem, am I going to lose all the antisymmetric ...
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Non-Perturbative feynman diagrams?

The wikipedia page for Feynman Diagrams claims that Thinking of Feynman diagrams as a perturbation series, nonperturbative effects like tunneling do not show up, because any effect that goes to ...
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Cluster of Black Holes around a Central Point [duplicate]

Within the Star Wars Extended Universe, there is a science base on a small object within a near impenetrable sphere of Black Holes. These Black Holes remain in roughly the same position and, according ...
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Magnet arcs assemly

Is it possible to join multiple Neodymium magnet arcs (shown blow), which are radially magnetized, to create a cylindrical ring unity that is also radially magnetized? If it is not possible, how to ...
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Numerical Error Propagation

I'm doing the common experiment of determining $g$ by means of a simple pendulum, and I've decided to do so by measuring the period of the pendulum at variable lengths. I've had no problems ...
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Conservative force as a potencial energy gradient

A conservative force $\vec{F}$ is apparently defined as the gradient of a potential energy $U$: $$\vec{F} = -\nabla\ U$$ I am curious if this definition was originally used to describe a ...
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Fusion reactors why does size matter?

I've been following articles about fusion recently, and with the ITER project mostly. I have noticed that their view point is they need to build a large scale reactor in order to achieve their goals. ...
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Why do tires need to be inflated when the temperature changes?

Why do you need to add air to your tires when the temperature drops? The temperature inside and outside of the tire is the same (let's assume that you aren't currently driving, and your car has been ...
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One way mirrored hollow sphere [closed]

Imagine a one way mirror, where from one side it appears to be glass, but from the other side, it appears to be a mirror. Now, fold that sheet into a hollow sphere, so the inside is mirror (and I'm ...
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How to calculate the centerline velocity inside a pipe?

Well, I was reading about fluid-solid/structure interaction models for make a simulation in COMSOL, and in few papers about it [1] I find an expression about the centerline velocity. I understand the ...
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Limit Of Temperature [duplicate]

The last couple of days i have been thinking about temperature and heat and i thought : What happens to temperature if i continually supply a particle with energy? Then i thought at sometime i ...