# All Questions

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### Eigenvalue of Optical waveguide [closed]

Consider you have a slab waveguide having n1=3.5 and n2=1.45. The value of critical angel is 24.5 degree approx. Similarly effective refractive index will be in between 1.45 and 3.5. How can we find ...
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### What is the secondary electron cutoff in ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy?

While the fasted emitted electrons comes from the fermi level of the material in UPS measurement, where does the slowest, which is called secondary electron cut-off orginate from? I really can't ...
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### Can you suggest me some good resource for learning Mathematica for physics? [closed]

I am into HEP. I know nothing in Mathematica and have to start from basics. HEP requires a lot of computation for Feynman diagrams etc could you please suggest some good resource to start learning ...
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### Periodic sequence with exponentially increasing period?

I have to develop a physical model for a certain type of biological oscillation that can be built upon periodic sequences. From earlier questions I know that any periodic sequence (containing $0$s ...
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### A quantum particle which is almost at rest but whose position is random!

Assume a particle is given by a quantum state which is constructed in such a way that it is equally probable to find it anywhere in an fixed interval $(0,L)$ but has arbitrarily low velocity. The ...
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### How do we calculate the speed of an air bubble rising in water?

We all know that an gas bubble expands as it rises through a liquid due to decreasing pressure.But at what speed does it rise? if we make a bubble of unit volume filled with a gas of given density at ...
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### Direction of the induced electric field

Assuming there is a time varying magnetic field (B), how to determine the direction of the induced electric field due to B. and to which parameters does it depend? P.S. determining the electric field ...
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### Would a pendulum swing indefinitely in a frictionless vacuum?

I am attempting to settle a friendly bet. Would a pendulum swing indefinitely in a hypothetical vacuum (i.e. no air resistance) having a hypothetical frictionless bearing (i.e. no energy lost due to ...
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### Gravity is an intrinsic property of every atoms? [closed]

If gravity is the force of attraction between masses, does this force is an intrinsic property of every atoms? Is there any possibility of some other particles within atom which is yet to be ...
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### Fundamentals of Quantum Electrodynamics

In quantum electrodynamics, the classical Hamiltonian is obtained from the classical electromagnetic Lagrangian. Then the classical electric and magnetic fields are promoted to operators, as is the ...
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### How can we describe the electrons of multi-electron atoms (i.e. not Hydrogen) when equations/analytic solutions only exist for Hydrogen?

I've been digging into emission spectra of different elements and found that such things as the Rydberg equation, Bohr's model, and quantum mechanics can only fully describe the single electron in the ...
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### If the multiverse theory is true, can there be a Universe where there are different laws of physics?

This is probably a very difficult question. But my question is essentially this, if there are other Universes can different laws of physics exist in those Universes and if so, can't there be a ...
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### Is the thought on this problem on LC circuits correct?

I have the following problem and I want to know if my thought is correct: In one $LC$ circuit, on which $C=4,0\mu F$, the maximum potential difference across the capacitor during the oscilations is ...
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### What physical significance has the Heisenberg Group?

I read that the canonical commutation relation between momentum and position can be seen as the Lie Algebra of the Heisenberg group. While I get why the commutation relations of momentum and momentum, ...
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### Feynman diagram for $\overline{K}\,\!^0$ antimeson production on the quark-level

I've recently stumbled upon a physics problem concerning $\overline{K}\,\!^0$ antimeson production. In this particular example, colliding a $\pi^-$ meson with a stationary proton yields a $K^0$ meson ...
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### When a moving body collides with a stationary body, far from its centre, how do you calculate the resulting spin

Imagine you had a long heavy rod in space with no significant gravity acting upon it. And a projectile is flying towards it, perpendicular to the orientation of the rod, with the impact some between ...
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### Is there a relation between the magnetic field force of the earth and the gravitational force between the earth and other bodies? [closed]

According to Newton's Universal Law of gravitation, we can say that a huge body of mass will attract another body of mass within a short range, however, if both bodies are for instance magnetic, ...
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### SHS Interferometer and diffraction limit

I'm currently researching Spatial Heterodyned Spectrometers (SHS) and I'm a bit at a loss understanding the influence of the diffraction limit. I'll be measuring a diffuse visible light source with ...
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### What sort of thermodynamic process is this?

I have to calculate the work done in this thermodynamic cycle: LINK. But the bottom bit of the cycle is something I've never seen before. I guess the curve in $pV$ space is given by \left( V- ...