# All Questions

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### Row of pivoted magnets and energy scale

This question is about a system involving a horizontal row of length L of equally spaced pivotable magnets, each with a pole at either end. These magnets will often be referred to as units. So each ...
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I have a question about the Lagrangian-formalism; they state that the holonomic constraints are expressed as: $$f_\alpha(x_1,y_1,z_1,...,x_n,y_n,z_n,t) = 0$$ where $\alpha = 1,...,L$ They state ...
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### Pressure in Bernoulli's equation

! I've been reading an introductory physics textbook. It has a chapter on fluids which I'm finding quite confusing. Specifically, I don't understand the meaning of the pressure terms $P_0$ and $P_1$ ...
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### Current to cancel Earth's magnetic field

I'm making a lab report where I've used a Helmholtz coil and a magnet to find Earth's magnetic field intensity in the area by relating the frequency of oscillation of the magnet when a certain current ...
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### Dirac electron polarity?

according to Spin of an electron Dirac said the electron has Two possible spins if i'm correct. Do Electrons have polarity? measurable by its Dirac spin or probabilistically by its quantum states?
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### Connection between quantum physics and consciousness

Can someone explain the quantum physics-consciousness connection? In the double slit or quantum eraser experiments, the system behaves as a whole, with some apparent time independent traits. Invoking ...
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### Why are L4 and L5 lagrangian points stable?

This diagram from wikipedia shows the gravitational potential energy of the sun-earth two body system, and demonstrates clearly the semi-stability of the L1, L2, and L3 lagrangian points. The blue ...
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I have to do a calculation (problem 5 of chapter 12 in Wald) verifying the super-radiance of electromagnetic waves incident on Kerr black holes and have a few preliminary questions. As background: ...
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### How can the derivative of this trace be constrained?

I am studying for my exam on relativity and I am going through some problems sets including ones where I was not very successful in so I want to know how to do this problem. (Convergence of ...
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### Fitting a circuit scheme to a simpler model

I have to simulate the electric field within a gas filled discharge gap generated by a radio frequency voltage generator. The circuit, provided to me by the experimenters somewhat far away, is given ...
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If the waves in an MRI can go through our body, why is it that light with its magnetic fields gets stopped at our skin?
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### Dirac magnetic monopoles and quark fractional electric charge quantization

When applying the Dirac quantization rule for electric and magnetic charge, I assume one is considering unit electric charges such as electrons. How does the Dirac quantization rule apply for the ...
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### Reference for stellar figures

Could anybody suggest a reference for the present stellar models? In particular, I would appreciate references containing the core temperatures and pressures of neutron stars...
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### Why does the Sun feel hotter through a window?

I have this big window in my room that the Sun shines through every morning. When I wake up I usually notice that the Sunlight coming through my window feels hot. Much hotter than it normally does ...
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### Scaling in Vlasov equations

This question is in reference to the paper, http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.7182 What exactly is the argument being made on page 6 and 7? One deduces that the function $\Delta$ has to be such that, ...
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### Properties of gravity

If all objects in the solar system suddenly went cold to the core, including the Sun, would it gravity play any different role? I guess what i am trying to ask, is there any relation between energy ...
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### Why does this screwdriver roll in a curved trajectory?

I am trying my level best to give this screwdriver a horizontal push only, but it is going in a circular path. I thought of uneven friction due to non-uniform normal reaction...what do you think? I ...
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### How long will a water drop exist until it evaporates based on ambient conditions? [closed]

How long will a water drop exist until it evaporates based on ambient conditions? I am looking for a simple equation or table that would tell me how long a water drop may exist until it evaporates ...
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### Effect of slits and a lens

We have a screen with two slits (Young style) separated by a distance $d$, one of them receives a planar wave of $600nm$, the other receives a planar wave of $400nm$. Behind the slits there's a screen ...
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### Average force and pressure in a 3D box due to quantum non-interacting particles

A gas of non-interacting quantum particles occupies a box with lengths $L_1, L_2, L_3$. Calculate its energy and thus the average force and pressure exerted by the gas on the walls of the box. I have ...
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### What is the smoking gun signature of string theory?

What is the smoking gun signature of string theory? Suppose we have a complete and consistent model of quantum gravity with a zero or negative cosmological constant, but all we are given is its ...
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### Vaporizing ethanol from liquid

What is going on here http://youtu.be/LQFmKPA-iAg Is ethanol leaving the liquid? If so, why? Does the pressure add energy to the ethanol molecules causing them to gasify and move rapidly near border ...
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### Density and statistical models for visible air dust

If a laser beam is looked at from the side versus a dark background, a sparkling effect can be seen caused by dust particles in the air hit by the beam. Is there any simple model or coarse ...
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### How close do two wavelengths of light need to be to produce a metamer?

Suppose I have two wavelengths of light ($r_1$, $r_2$) coming from a source. These rays are then reflected specularly on a surface. What is the minimum distance required for the two wave trains of ...
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### Voltage in a circuit

Suppose I have a following circuit: I do not understand, why the potential difference between the points $c$ and $d$ is equal to the potential difference between the points $b$ and $a$? That is, ...
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### How would you swim in inviscid water?

The viscosity of water creates drag on swimmer's body so its effect is to slow down the swimmer. However the viscosity seems to be essential for pushing the water backwards by the swimmer's arms and ...
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### Water pressure on slanted wall

Water pressure is simply $pgh/2$ for a vertical wall parallel to the depth of the water at exactly the half the water's depth. Suppose the wall is tapered (angled) slightly at around 2 degrees from ...
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### reflection at speed of light when both mirror and viewer is travelling at the speed of light [duplicate]

consider me sitting on the top of a train which is travelling close to the speed of light, will I be able to see my image on a mirror which I'm holding in my hand??
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### What is an anapolar moment?

I just read this: Anapolar Dark Matter I'm not sure i've heard the term 'anapolar' before, so i google and i found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toroidal_moment This confuses me, my ...
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### Relationship between current, voltage, magnetic field in a torus

I'm trying to find the relation between current density $\boldsymbol{j}$, voltage $v$, and magnetic field $\boldsymbol{B}$ for the time-harmonic approximation in a cylindrically-symmetric coil (a ...
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### How do Kolmogorov scales work in shear thinning fluis?

My understanding of Kolmogorov scales doesn't really go beyond this poem: Big whirls have little whirls that feed on their velocity, and little whirls have lesser whirls and so on to viscosity. ...
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### What is the theoretical limit for farthest we can see back in time and distance?

13.2 billion years ago the universe was rather small, having started only half a billion years ago. Today, with the help of Hubble Space Telescope, we are able to capture the light of galaxies emitted ...
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### The Hamiltonian for clocks?

I am rather a theoretician and looking for a formalism to represent biological clocks by Hermitian operators. The simplest thought model I am looking for is a formal representation of a clock (for ...
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### How fast is Earth moving through the universe?

As the galaxy is moving and the solar system orbiting the galaxy and the Earth orbiting the sun. So how fast is each object moving and what is the fastest we move at? Do we even know how fast the ...

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