# All Questions

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### How does the mathematical definition of drag reduce to Stokes or form drag?

I know that for the flow of flow of a Navier-Stokes fluid in a domain, once the velocity $\mathbf{v}$ and pressure p are known, the drag over a solid object with boundary $\partial R$ is given by ...
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### Why don't things balance after they stop spinning?

When I spin a penny, I spin it on its "edge" (circumference). So why is it that when the penny inevitably stops spinning, it never comes to rest on its edge, instead falling onto one of its faces? It ...
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### Quantum Dimer Model (QDM) hamiltonian

The Hamiltonian given by Rokhsar-Kivelson QDM is based on tensor products of the state vectors. Why is this the case?, is it because the lattice model is a mixed state? It'd be great if someone could ...
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### How was the neutron's spin measured?

In 2012 it was asked, How to measure the spin of a neutral particle. I'm not sure that the answer "Neutron spin can be measured in a Stern Gerlach setup." was really carried out. So what for ...
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### How can contact binaries persist?

This answer discusses contact binaries, which I did not even know existed. I can understand how they could exist for a short time (maybe) as gravitational waves carry off energy that causes the stars' ...
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### Light photon direction in movement

I recently watched a couple science videos on YouTube and left me with a doubt. If a spaceship goes to a really fast speed in the (horizontal) $x$-direction, what would happen if it shoots a light ...
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### Does light ever experiences acceleration? [duplicate]

Till now I have learned that light has fastest speed. But I have also noticed that wherever it travels it only experiences retardation. So I wanted to know if light ever felt acceleration naturally in ...
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