# All Questions

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### Are Feynman's Hamiltonian computers unitary?

In this paper, Feynman gave the idea of creating a time-independent Hamiltonian from a quantum circuit. Is there anyway to say that these Hamiltonians will always be Hermitian? Moreover, will these ...
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### Is something like cosmic refraction possible?

From what I understand, these papers postulate the speed of light is dependent upon the properties of the quantum vacuum. The quantum vacuum as the origin of the speed of light Special theory of ...
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### Binary Star system with one star stationary?

Can a Binary Star system be possible where in one star is stationary and the other star revolves around it? (Just like a planet revolving a star. i.e planets in the system and the star revolving ...
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### Noether Charge For Scalar Fields Under Lorentz Transformations

The conserved charge associated with the Lorentz transfomation of a scalar field is given by $Q^{\alpha\beta}=\int d^3x\frac{1}{2}(x^\alpha T^{0\beta}-x^\beta T^{0\alpha})$. The quantities $Q^{ij}$ is ...
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### Do black holes have a characteristic size?

First off, I know that a black hole can theoretically exist at any size, and I know about the Schwarzschild radius, etc. Snowflakes could also exit at just about any size, and they of course vary ...
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### Are Thomas Breuer's subjective decoherence and Scott Aaronson's freebits with Knightian freedom the same things in essence?

In his remarkable works (1,2 and their recent development 3) Thomas Breuer proves by diagonalization the phenomenon that the observer cannot distinguish all phase space states of a system where he is ...
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### Does the time for communication between moving objects solely account for each object to perceive the other object's clock to more slowly tick? [duplicate]

In "The Elegant Universe," two individuals, George and Gracie, are noted to be moving relative to one another in space and wearing clocks. They sync their clocks upon passing each other. Each observes ...
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### Finding the appropriate source term for 2D Pressure Driven Flow in a Square Channel

I'm trying to solve the equation: $$\frac{\partial^2 v_z(x,y)}{\partial x^2} + \frac{\partial^2 v_z(x,y)}{\partial y^2} = \frac{\Delta P}{\mu \Delta X}$$ This flow is supposed to be flowing in a ...
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### Many world interpretation on test

Is there any experiment conducted to prove Many world interpretation of Quantum mechanics? If it can't be proved why we should take MWI seriously? Recently I read some papers of Max Tegmark who is an ...
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### How to implement wedge product and form in quantum mechanics?

For example use p-form for p identical fermion system? The Maxwell equations can be rewritten as a single function using forms plus an intrinsic equation showing the Faraday tensor is a two form. ...
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### What arguments are in favour of an atomic structure to space-time?

The atomic theory as first theorised by Democritus has been successfully applied to matter and to energy (quanta). Space-time is still generally seen as a continuum. What arguments are there (if any) ...
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### Are there any non-interpretational arguments in favour of Everett's Many-Worlds?

As far as I understand Everett's Many-Worlds Interpretation, he makes the case for a realist theory of QM at the enormous cost of many-worlds. Are there any arguments in favour of Everett's ...
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### Modeling with First Order Equations [closed]

A ball with mass 015kg is thrown upward with initial velocity 20m/s from the roof of a building 30m high. There is air resistance of magnitude v^2/1325 directed opposite to the velocity , where the ...
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### Mass of dark matter

The Alcubierre warp equation specifies that negative mass is required for said "warp drive" to function properly. Could dark matter provide the negative mass that's required?
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### Heat Sink considerations for thermionic generators

I recently read an article describing thermionic generation. I am considering building a TG for a science fair experiment. I was thinking about surrounding my heat source with a spherical emitter and ...
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### The difference between $\mathcal{N}=2$ short multiplets and BPS states

I have some questions about the construction of $\mathcal{N}=2$ supermultiplets for chiral matter. I know that the supermultiplet should not include spin one states since they are always in the ...
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### How does a canvas water bag cool water?

I was reading about this water bottle by Botl that behaves like a canvas water bags to keep water cool. I found out that this idea is an old idea and cars would drive with water bags in front as shown ...
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### How to estimate a person's mass from a sensor? [closed]

I'm trying to estimate the person's weight from some available sensors and I have an accelerometer, a gyrometer and a magnetometer. The triaxial accelerometer is fixed in a band in the person's ...
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### Bloch states at the zone boundary

How do I show that in 1D the Bloch states at the zone boundary $\left(k=\pm\frac{\pi}{a}\right)$ form standing waves? How is it clear, that there is a high- and a low energy state for a finite ...
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### What happens when electron degeneracy pressure is being overcome (right before an object turns into a black hole)?

I was wondering about hydrostatic equilibrium (the balance of radially inward and outward forces) in large (i.e. above the Chandrasekhar limit) stars. It is often said that when the gravitational ...
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### Is there a better approximation of drag (other than quadratic drag)?

This is a student inquiry sparked by sheer curiosity. Wikipedia states the drag equation, $F = 1/2v^2pC_dA_c$. (p = mass density of fluid/gas, v = velocity, c_d = drag coefficient, a_c = cross ...
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### Why is it difficult to construct the Ramond-Ramond sector in Berkovits' SFT?

I've been trying to get familiar with string field theory (SFT) and I've stumbled upon the statement that the Ramond-Ramond (RR) sector of Nathan's SFT has not been constructed yet. Why is that?
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### A question about relativistic spin operator

The question comes from Ryder's Quantum Field Theory, 2nd edition. The author was looking for relativistic spin operator. It was concluded that it cannot be $J^2:=\mathrm{J} \cdot \mathrm{J}$, where ...
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### Compare Dynamics of Cosmic Ray Neutron Radiation

Examining cosmic ray neutron radiation near ground by neutron monitors for example (http://www.nmdb.eu), different stations show similar dynamics in the signal. At one station, I like to "substract" ...
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### Why must allowable physical laws have reversibility?

I'm watching Susskind's video lectures and he says in the first lecture on classical mechanics that for a physical law to be allowable in classical mechanics it must be reversible, in the sense that ...
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### Hawking evaporation is due to NEGATIVE mass?

So I have seen an animation about Stephen Hawking (after his recent study state universes claim) that Hawking evaporation is due to negative mass; But how is this possible? I mean, there is no such ...
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### How to think about antiparticles in KG equation?

I am a beginner to study QFT and have a problem. I know, in Dirac equation, thanking to the Pauli exclusion principle and believing that the vacuume is the state that all the negative energy states ...
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### What is the difference between atomic limit and hard core boson limit?

In Bose-Hubbard model, we neglect the hopping term in atomic limit (U>>t) and the dominant interaction term result in a Mott Insulator phase. In hard core boson limit ($U \rightarrow \infty$), there ...
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### How to calculate the total angular momentum (J) values

How can I calculate the values of $J$ (total angular momentum) for a particular term, for instance, ${}^3P$?
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### where does the energy of water droplet go?

My experiment: I took a string (3 mm diameter and wet) and a water source (1 drops per 2 seconds). Then I attached the string to the water source. The string was then tied to ground Observation : ...
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### What causes multiple colored patches on a wet road?

I was going to school (after a rainy hour) when I saw some patches of shiny colours lying on road. Some small children surrounded that area and thought that it's a rainbow falling on the Earth. (For ...
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### Probability of forming mesons vs baryons

When a heavy quark hadronizes it has some probability of forming a meson vs forming a baryon. I suspect there is a well known branching ratio for each type of hadron. Does anyone know what the ...
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### Isospin and Energy

I would to know if there is a correlation between isospin and energy. Consider for example the $\eta$ meson ($I =0$) and the pions($I=1$). The $\eta$ turns out to be much heavier then the pions ...
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### Twin paradox with two intertial frames in general relativity

I assume the twin paradox from special relativity is well known. I wish to focus on the apparent symmetry of the problem: both observer seems to move away from each other, and then come back. Yet, the ...
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### Theoretical reasons for charge quantization

I'm aware of Millikan's oil drop experiment and I've read that quarks have fractional eletric charge, but I was wondering if there's any theoretical argument that makes us believe charge is quantized. ...
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### Which electron gets which energy level?

Electrons sit in different energy levels of an atom, the farther the higher energy is. Every electrons have the same structure, they can gain energy from environment, electrons which gained energy ...
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### Why is general relativity considered to be a gauge theory? [duplicate]

I have studied the first five chapters of Carroll's book (up to the Schwarzschild solution). I see similarities to the Yang-Mill theories such as the covariant derivative to account for curvature in ...