# All Questions

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### How can I mathematically proof an incoherent superposition of waves?

Let $\psi = A(t)\cos(\theta_1(t))$ and $\phi = B(t)\cos(\theta_2(t))$ two independent waves which phases and amplitudes depend on the time. Then it follows that the intensity of the superposition of ...
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### Determine Charge With Electroscope?

You have three separate glass rods, and you know one is positive, one is negative and one is neutral. You also have an electroscope that is positively charged. How can you determine which rod is ...
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### How to account for inertia in kinematics?

Alright, I'm only in AP Physics and I asked my teacher and he couldn't help me... I'm making a 2D physics engine and I'm having problems when it comes to gravity between objects and I think its ...
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### What is a good book describing the major experiments in Quantum mechanics? [on hold]

I need some book suggestions on few of the major experiments done in Quantum Mechanics which are important in terms of what they imply, how they prove or disprove any theory that still exists or was ...
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### Thermionic emission, delayed emission and predissociation

In molecular photodissociation, the thermionic emission, delayed emission and predissociation are the same? Otherwise, what is the difference between them? My question is not about the solids, but I ...
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### Wave Equation Variables and Interpretation [on hold]

Consider the scalar wave function $\Psi = \exp[i(kr -\omega t)]$, where $k$ is the wave number and $r$ is the spatial coordinate. We can alternately define $k$ to be the wave-vector and $r$ to be ...
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### Quantum Entanglement Versus Inflation in the Early Universe?

Quantum entanglement is one of the most fascinating and mysterious phenomena in nature. It needs no interactions, or any sort of exchange for it to take place. It is possible, not against any rules of ...
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### Forces and acceleration on rotating objects?

Suppose you have an object undergoing uniform circular motion, with force vector pointing towards the center and another force vector tangential. Can it be said that the net force pointing in the ...
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### What is harmonic and fundamental bands in IR spectroscopy?

What is harmonic and fundamental bands in IR spectroscopy? I'm trying to find exact definitions. I guess that fundamental is $1\leftarrow 0$ transition (the most intense and energetic) and harmonic ...
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### Proving $[a_k^\dagger, a_q^\dagger]=0$

I am trying to prove the commutation relations between the creation and annihilation operators in field theory. I was already able to show that $[a_k, a_q^\dagger]=i\delta(k-q)$. I want to show that ...
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### All geodesics are inextendable?

I think the title is true, because geodesics has a tangent vector with a constant length parametrized by an affine parameter. Probably, it is easier to think about timelike or spacelike geodesics. ...
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### Is global gauge symmetry really a symmetry and local conserved current in gauge theories?

One way to define a gauge theory is that whenever the Lagrangian is invariant under some local transformations, we say these local transformations are local gauge transformations and the theory is a ...
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### How does the second law of thermodynamics follow from low entropy of early universe?

One of the explanations of the second law of thermodynamics is that it goes back to the low entropy in the early universe (How do you prove the second law of thermodynamics from statistical ...
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### Is it possible to express various nonlinear motions as straight lines in transformed spacetime?

I am trying to understand simple examples of space-time curvature. Assume for the moment that $c$ is infinite (classical curvature due to Newton's laws). Also, I will only consider 1+1-dimensional ...
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### Entropy change in irreversible heat flow

For an irreversible heat flow from an object $A$ at temperature $T_A$ and another object $B$ at temperature $T_B < T_A$ , I'd like to know how to evaluate the change in entropy using the following ...
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### Pions, parity, spin

Pions have odd parity ($P=-1$) which means their wavefunction is anti-symmetric $\psi(x)=-\psi(-x)$. According to Spin-Statistics theorem fermions (spin 1/2 particles) have anti-symmetric ...
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### What is (meant by) a non-compact $U(1)$ Lie group?

In John Preskill's review of monopoles he states Nowadays, we have another way of understanding why electric charge is quantized. Charge is quantized if the electromagnetic U(l)em gauge group ...
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### making an equation dimensionless

I have a balance of energy equation as following (for a spherical particle that colliding with a spherical fluid droplet) Left hand side is for before collision and RHS for after that: ...
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### Finding Lagrangian with Non-holonomic constraints

I am stuck working on a problem that involves finding the Lagrangian for a free particle constrained to move on the surface of a disk of radius $a$. The particle collides elastically with the edge of ...
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### Lorentz transformations on momentum space Weyl spinors

The Weyl spinor in momentum space can be given by the inverse Fourier transform: $$\psi_L(x) = \int \frac {d^4 p} {(2\pi)^4}\psi_L(p)e^{-ip\cdot x}, and we also have$$ \psi_L(x)=\int \frac ...
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### Why do my hairs get stuck to my cathode-ray TV screen after it is switched off?

My dad's old TV! When I switch it off after watching and get my hands closer, my hands' hairs get attached to the screen. And they stick for sometimes! Now, I know how a cathode ray oscilloscope ...
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### Is torque independent of choice of the point of rotation?

Is torque or moment of couple independent of choice of point of rotation? Torque is given by $\tau =\vec r\times\vec F$. It depends on r, which is its distance from axis of rotation to the point ...
This may be an unenlightening question, but I'm just not sure about the result and hoping someone can help me varify it. $\\$ This question is related to these three questions. $\\$ I want to ...