# All Questions

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### Yang and Mills' (and others') justification for local gauge invariance

In most physics textbooks, local gauge invariance is simply postulated---you start with a global symmetry, e.g. the global phase, then allow it to depend on the spacetime point, make the necessary ...
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### QFT: What does “finiteness” mean?

As above: what is the definition of a QFT to be "finite"? That all UV corrections are finite and there are no divergences at all? That there are divergences, but these divergences can be absorbed ...
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### Synthesis of Fe-based superconductors

Polycrystal cuprate superconductors are generally prepared by solid state reactions: Starting reagents are in powder form, they are mixed to each other and placed into furnace on high temperature ...
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### What does it mean to “bin” in a spectroscopy context

In the following online article http://www.star.le.ac.uk/~sav2/stats/a.html I see the word "bin" used, in relation to x-ray spectroscopy, both as a verb and as a noun (people both "bin" things and ...
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### What laws of physics apply when a flow of air is divided?

The question is rather simple, but I'm not sure if there is a simple answer to it. Let`s say I've got a flow of air (5 bar, 25 l/min) running through a 6mm hose. Then this flow hits a branch dividing ...
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### Are there any well-known large body objects moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light relative to earth?

Introduction I've been reading a book called PsychoPhysics, part of the "Illuminati God Series" by Mike Hockney (a pseudonym). Without getting into too much detail, they basically believe that the ...
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### interaction of permanet magnetic field with electromagnetic field

I am working on non contact breaking system for a rotating permanent magnet in an electromagnetic field.so I would like to know if the interaction between the magnetic field and an electromagnet will ...
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### How to compare dimension of this with velocity [closed]

Prove that the dimensions of $\large \sqrt{\frac{1}{με}}$ are that of the velocity?
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### What does the free body diagram for mass 1 look like?

In this situation: Enough tension is applied towards the right on $m_2$ so that $m_1$ starts sliding backwards. I am confused about what the free body diagram for $m_1$ looks like. Here is my ...
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### How to mathematically model a realistic aperture illumination?

I want to know a mathematical expression that I can use to model a realistic aperture illumination to produce the primary beam of an antenna so that the radial distribution of this aperture ...
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### Dark matter = neutral matter? [duplicate]

Could dark matter be a neutral form of matter between antimatter and matter, much like how neutrons are neutrally charged particles that keep protons and electrons stable within an atom?
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### Quantum mechanics successive measurements (incompatible observables) [closed]

I started a "principles of quantum mechanics" course this year, and already have a problem with successive measurements (using Dirac notation). The question is about incompatible observables A and B. ...
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### Mechanical equivalent to electric circuits

Could one build a mechanical equivalent to electric circuits ? I'm considering mechanical waves (like shock waves) travelling through a medium here. I'm aware that due to the high loss and practical ...
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### Can mercury evaporate if it's covered by water?

I was recently watching a video about elemental mercury and how it's cleaned up in water (fish tanks), and it was mentioned how mercury can be toxic in vapor form. My question is, if I were to drop a ...