# All Questions

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### Einstein and the existence of Black Holes

I have seen some papers claiming that Einstein said there is no Black Hole in the real world, here is a phrase from Einstein himself, see this arXiv preprint: The basic result of study is the ...
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### Why is the diffusion capacitance greater than the depletion capacitance in a p-n junction?

In a p-n junction the total capacitance is the sum of depletion capacitance and diffusion capacitance and it is mentioned that the diffusion capacitance is almost a million times greater than the ...
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### Question on spin-orbit interaction

When you study the spin-orbit interaction in quantum mechanics, even for a simple hydrogen atom, you find only the electric field in the nucleus reference system, while in the electron reference ...
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### The best way in which a man can pull a train

I have chosen this example as a paradoxical limit, but my question really regards the optimization, distribution and outcome of force when you try to pull a weight: how can you optimize your ...
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### Why photon has a wave nature? [duplicate]

Wave theory does not account for the photon model, which was developed only to explain quantum effects like photoelectric effect. Then why do we talk about a photon's reflection and rarefaction, as ...
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### Can an arrangement of particles be duplicated precisly?

Is it possible to teleport or clone someone or something? After watching this TED talk by Max Tegmark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzCvlFRISIM I find myself wondering if it is then possible to ...
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### How can light travel at speed of light? [duplicate]

I am well aware that the speed of light is a universal constant at which nothing but light can travel. But why? Why can even light travel at such a speed? Our maths tell us that anything with rest ...
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### Can someone explain effects of time dilation on expansion of universe [duplicate]

I'm not a physics guy, but this is something I have always wondered about. If a clock flown by an object of high mass runs slower, what is the effect of this in regards to the density of the universe. ...
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### World-sheet energy-momentum tensor and OPE

On p43 of Polchinski's book, it says that under the world-sheet translation $\sigma^a\rightarrow\sigma^a+\epsilon v^a$, $X^\mu\rightarrow X^\mu-\epsilon v^a\partial_a X^\mu$. And $$j^a=iv^b T_{ab},$$ ...
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### What exactly happens to an exposed human body in space?

I know that space is a vacuum, has no air, and is very, very cold. From what I have seen in movies and TV shows when a space suit is exposed the oxygen will escape like a visible gas and the person ...
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### How cold would a bowling ball near absolute zero make a room?

If a bowling ball at absolute zero suddenly appeared in my room, how cold would the room get? Would I die? My initial estimation is that it one bowling ball at 0K (i.e., 300K below room temperature) ...
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### Minkowski spacetime vs Euclidian space

Two questions marked in bold: What is the magnitude of a Minkowski spacetime four velocity? I'm deducing that it is c for all observers, but I'd like it confirmed. In Euclidian space, a velocity ...
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### Convention about delta x in Waves Interference

They seem to adopt a convention that delta x must always be positive. Otherwise, there is no way to know what the phase difference of the sources actually means. Does a 90° difference mean that ...
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### Supergravity solution, metric for the total space, and connection

In supergravity solutions, one sometimes encounters the case where the manifold may be a bundle over some base space, and one has to write down the explicit metric regarding such bundle. I would like ...
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### Reflected waves and phase changes

If a wave passes from a lightweight string to a higher density string, we say that the reflected wave has a pi phase change. Can we say that it has minus pi phase change? If yes, why would that not ...
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### Would equations for a spinning top be an (x,y,z) vector [duplicate]

I am following the equations on this page, and for torque it is $mgr\sin\theta$, but I am curious about $r$. I am working on a game and I want to correctly model the top, and am curious if $r$ should ...
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### Finding interaction Hamiltonian for nano particles

I am studying Quantum electrodynamics (QED) and the core part of this theory is the light-matter interaction (quantized light and matter). I referred many papers and books (Molecular quantum ...
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### How does escape velocity relate to energy and speed?

I have several confusions regarding escape velocity. I am sure I am missing something(s) obvious or maybe I am taught wrong. Lets say we throw an object of any mass at exactly escape velocity of ...
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### Tachyonic field

i'm working on a paper about symmetron cosmology. symmetron is a scalar field that by its symmetry breaking can explain the dark energy. the action is: ans A , V are assumed to be: where M ...
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### Sun reaching zenith at a particular latitude

I need to find when the sun reaches the Zenith at a given latitude. What I've done so far: $L=23.5 \cdot \sin(\frac{2\pi}{365.25}\cdot D)$ Here L is the latitude (<23.5) and D is number of days ...
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### Would days be longer as the polar ice caps melt? [duplicate]

I got question in my mind striking for several days but not able to prove it, suppose polar ice on earth melt, would the days be longer? My friend said it was due to moment of inertia of the earth ...
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### Coulomb's Law- Why the Coulomb's law is valid only for point and static charges?

Why the coulomb's law is valid only for point and static charges? Is there is any definite reason?