# All Questions

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### How does relativity explain gravity, without assuming gravity [duplicate]

I have seen the "objects pull down on space-time" explanations, but they assume a "pull down" force themselves. Could anyone explain the space-time explanation without assuming gravity in the first ...
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### Does the slip-stick phenomenon have any application?

The slip-stick phenomenon is present all around us, be it the noise of car breaks or in earthquakes. But does it have any real-life application?
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### Computing $\Delta m$ in $\beta^-$ decay

$\require{mhchem}$What is the energy $Q$ released when $\ce{^131_53I}$ decays and $\ce{^131_54 Xe}$ is formed? The atomic mass of $\ce{I}$ is $130.906118~u$ and the atomic mass of $\ce{Xe}$ is ...
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### How does gravity effects both time and light if they have no mass [duplicate]

I've been reading about how black holes can effect both time and light with gravity. So I was wondering, doesn't something have to have mass to be effected by gravity? And if so, does this mean both ...
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### Does a charged or rotating black hole change the genus of spacetime?

For a Reissner–Nordström or Kerr black hole there is an analytic continuation through the event horizon and back out. Assuming this is physically meaningful (various site members hereabouts think ...
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### Derivative of $\epsilon$ in lennard jones equation

I just want to calculate the derivative of epsilon for the following Lennard Jones equation: LJ = $4\sqrt{\epsilon_{ii} \epsilon_{jj}}$ $[(\sigma/ r)^{12}-(\sigma/r)^{6}]$ with respect to ...
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### What is the “relative permeability” of Neodymium?

I am currently interested in finding a high "relative permeable" material to put into the core of a solenoid. However many sources quote Neodymium's recoil realtive permeability ($\mu_{rec}$) to be ...
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### fast quantum random number generator + limited decoherence rate => Schrödinger cat state?

Suppose that fast quantum random number generator (QRNG, https://qrng.physik.hu-berlin.de/) is placed in a subsystem which has limited interaction with the rest of the world. What would happen if ...
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### Finding Clebsh-Gordan coefficient [closed]

Two electrons , their angular quantum number =1 . Find the inner product of < 2 0 | 00 > ?
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### $\nabla ^2\psi$ equals $\psi -$ average value of $\psi$ at neighboring points

Let $\psi (x,y,z)$ be a scalar field. I found the following statement in Morse & Feshbach Methods of Theoretical Physics: The limiting value of the difference between $\psi$ at a point and the ...
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### Basic energy calculation for N identical spin system

We have a system that has N identical spins $n_i$, and each spin can be in state 1 or 0. The overall energy for the system is $\epsilon\sum_{i=1}^{N}n_i$. My understanding: There is only one ...
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### Relative Velocity problem

I was solving many problems on relative velocity and observed that when the question asks, "what is the minimum time taken by the boat/man to cross the river.?" so the solution says that he ...
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### Kinetic energy when $F(t)$ graph is given

The very basic problem here is that the point where this graph ends is ambiguous. I mean, what is the corresponding $y$-value for the point whose $x$-valu is $4.5s$? Then I think we should find the ...
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### Which gets you first when you are falling into a black hole, the black hole singularity or the cosmic background radiation?

If you look up while you are falling into a black hole you see the universe blue shifted, that is, you see the universe moving quickly forward in time compared to your local time. Since this effect ...
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### Finding electric power generated using heat transfer

I'm working through an example I have been given to study. Suppose I have a 2m X 4m photovoltaic panel on my roof that is irradiated with a solar flux of $G_s = 700W/m^2$. Given: $\alpha_s = 0.83$ ...
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### Inertial Frames of Reference - Inertial vs. Accelerated Frames

According to Robert Resnick's book "Introduction to Special Relativity", a line states the following as the definition of an inertial frame of reference: "We define an inertial system as a frame of ...
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### Isothermal Gas Expansion, a Reversible or Irreversible process?

Consider the following situation. A certain quantity of ideal monatomic gas (say one mole) is confined in a cylinder by a piston and is maintained at constant temperature (say $T_0$) by thermal ...
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### How to make a fan like behavior [migrated]

I am making a game in Unity. I have an object e.g. cube. I want to release air from it like fan so that when other cubes come closer, it throws them away. What velocity,force etc I will need to do ...
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### Probability distributions [migrated]

What is the probability that a random number [0,1) will lie in [0.5,0.6]? As far as I know, there are 3 probability distributions in physics we usually use, but I am not sure when we can use ...
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### What values should the solved time-independent Schrodinger equation return? [closed]

I'm doing a project on Schrodinger's equation for my differential equations class. We solved the time independent function, and now we want to provide some examples of applying the equation by solving ...
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### Electric Field in Circular waveguide in TE mode

I know that the magnetic field inside a circular waveguide is $B_z=B_0\dfrac{\rho}{R}\left(1-\dfrac{\rho}{2R}\right)\cos{\phi}\sin{\frac{\pi z}{d}}$ How can I find the two components of the electric ...
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### Eigenvalue $a_n$

Q1: In Zetilli's book page 166 (ch. "Postulates of QM", eq. 3.1) i encountered an expression $\hat{A}|\psi\rangle = a_n|\psi_n\rangle$. I know this is an eigenvalue equation, but i have seen another ...
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### Convergence of Light on the Retina

So, I've learned about lens ray diagrams-but the problem I'm having is that when ray diagrams are drawn for a point of an image, they converge to another point, but there are two problems that I see ...
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### Is it possible to determine particles' velocities from their crossings on a ring?

2 particles are constrained to move in a ring. Both particles begin moving at $t=0$ from $p=0$, each particle moving in the opposite direction of the other. It is known that they are moving at ...
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### How large can planets or moons appear?

In many artistic impressions or movies there are pictures or scenes where the sky is filled with an enormous moon (as seen from a planet) or vice versa. I wonder if there is an upper limit to the ...
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### A Calorimetry Problem

I have a question in calorimetry from an old competitive exam. The question is: The temperature of $100$ grams of water is to be raised from $24 ^\circ$C to $90 ^\circ$C by adding steam to it. ...
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### How does tension apply torque on a pulley?

How is tension in a string able to apply torque on a string? How does string itself able to apply a force on pulley? What is happening inside the pulley? The pulley has a mass m and is a disc .
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### Deceleration of Vehicle off pavement

How would I calculate the deceleration of a vehicle (ATV), wheels locked, on dirt? How long would it take to halt? How fast is it decelerating? I used this calculator, but it seems incorrect for a ...
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### Electric potential energy after nuclear fission

We have a uranium-236 nucleus that fissions into two equal fragments, and I'm supposed to find the electrical potential energy just as the two fragments split apart. No other information is provided. ...
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### Physical representation of volume to surface area

I was looking at this XKCD what-if question (the gas mileage part), and started to wonder about the concept of unit cancellation. If we have a shape and try to figure out the ratio between the volume ...
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### Convert a 200mm linear stroke into 90 degrees motion

Can anyone help me Convert a 200 mm linear stroke into 90 degrees motion with as much mechanical advantage as possible or into two 90 degrees motions with as much mechanical advantage as possible? ...
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### Inflation and scalar spectral index

I've been reading that the results from the Planck satellite constrain a number called the "scalar spectral index" to be 0.96 rather than 1 at the 5-sigma level. This is supposed to be big news, but ...
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### If air contains oxygen and nitrogen, why won't these two elements form water? [closed]

If air contains oxygen and nitrogen, why won't these two elements form water? Shouldn't these two elements react and form water? Why do they stay seperated?
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### Doubt in problem regarding resistance a of cylinder

I've been working on some exercises and I'm in doubt if my procedure with this one is correct. We have a hollow cylinder with internal radius $r_a$, external radius $r_b$, resistivity $\rho$ and ...
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### Questions about the Jeans length

I have a couple of questions about the Jeans length. Suppose the universe has a homogeneous energy density, except there's a spherical region that is overdense. I understand that if the region is ...