# All Questions

78 views

### Antiparticles as “holes” of the quantum fields? [duplicate]

If particles are simply regions of space where certain quantum fields have non-zero divergence, are anti-particles simply the corresponding regions of opposite divergence? This seems like the ...
99 views

### Where does either Bohr or Heisenberg mention the idea of the wave function collapsing?

Could someone reference a paragraph written either by Heisenberg or Bohr where they mention the idea of the wave function collapsing?
636 views

### Entropy of a two-level system

Consider a two-level system with energies and degeneracies $\epsilon_0 = 0, g_0=1$ and $\epsilon_1 = \epsilon, g_1=4$. I can show that the temperature at which both levels are equally populated is ...
97 views

### Quantum uncertainty of a singularity: A Black Hole Problem

A black hole in GR seems to have a sharply defined radius. Of zero, that is since all the mass has been compressed into the infinitely dense center point. However, shouldn't the fuzziness of quantum ...
409 views

341 views

### Is WKB really applicable for the ground state?

It seems that WKB is applicable for a given $E$ if and only if $\hbar$ is sufficiently small. Or in other words, WKB is applicable if and only if the quantum number is large enough. Is this ...
293 views

### Problem deriving displacement from accelerations

I have a problem deriving displacement from an accelerometer; I want a time series of displacement so I used numerical integration twice; I based my code on the trapezium rule and so did something ...
326 views

### Why did the Homestake experiment only detect solar neutrinos?

The Homestake experiment was designed to detect solar neutrinos. In order to shield it from the background, it was set up in a deep underground mine. It was found that the only one third of expected ...
66 views

### minimum possible absolute temperature in the universe? [duplicate]

Sorry guys i went wrong in my previous question , actually my question is what is the minimum possible absolute temperature in the universe of what ever substance...?
244 views

### How is Magnetic force on a current carrying conductor $Blb$

I was reading an answer about torque acting on a rectangular current carrying loop kept in a uniform magnitude field B. Force acting on each sides is $F_1$, $F_2$, $F_3$, $F_4$. It's written here : ...
65 views

### Is It Possible To Have Temperature Below Absolute Scale? [duplicate]

Guys I have a doubt Is it possible to maintain the temperature of any Substance Below the Absolute Scale?
63 views

### Uniformly charged sphere's electric field

I am facing this topic for the umpteenth time in my college career and, of course, every teacher has explained it in a different way. In this course, to find the expression of the electric field of a ...
370 views

### Relationship between frequency and amplitude of mechanical waves

Can two mechanical waves carry same energy whose frequencies are different?(assuming same medium but having different amplitudes
113 views

### Static geodesics in GR

Can we find static geodesics of the type $$x^{\nu}=x_0^{\nu}+\delta_0^{\nu}\tau$$ in some space-time other than Minkowski's?
135 views

### Do the effects of special relativity occur instantaneously?

Imagine a second earth one lightyear away from our earth. Now imagine a bunch of scientists with a plane and some atomic clocks who are living on this second earth and who perform the Hafele-Keating ...
665 views

### Average Velocity of a body moving in a circle with constant speed $v$ [closed]

A Body is moving with constant speed $v$ along a circle of radius $R$. Find the average velocity of the body from time $t = 0$ to $t= \frac{R}{3V}$. My attempt at the question: Let distance ...
310 views

2k views

### Where does the number “380,000 years for electrons to be trapped in orbits around nuclei” come from?

How does this number get calculated? About 380,000 years after the Big Bang the temperature of the universe fell to the point where nuclei could combine with electrons to create neutral atoms. ...
72 views

### Is there a standard resource that lists all understood particle-particle relationships?

I am just starting to dig a little deeper into particle interactions, and just have an introductory college physics background (no quantum mechanics). But I am interested in the conditions of the ...
241 views

### What exactly is meant by “observed” when talking about the wave-particle duality?

When talking about the wave-particle duality, teachers and books say that when you send a single photon through a slit, it makes a wave pattern. But if you send that particle through the slit and "you ...
172 views

### Spin-½ and beyond: Measuring spin components other than ± ħ / 2: How to formulate the probability function?

It is my understanding that in quantum mechanics (for 1/2 spin particles) the probability function that describes the direction of a particle's spin state is proportional to the overlap of the ...
7k views

### Why do liquids boil when their vapor pressure equals the ambient pressure?

Given that the boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at which the vapor pressure is equal to the ambient (surrounding) pressure, what significance does a liquid's vapor pressure have in the ...