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Physical Nature of the electric field of the current in a circuit

As most of us know that the electric current in a conductor is due to free electrons moving in the conduction band of metallic conductors. What makes then move ? An electric field of course. Today my ...
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Successor to Copenhagen Interpretation as Orthodox Interpreation of Quantum Mechanics

First, I read the questions FAQ for this and I hope this does not violate the rules. I am not asking for personal opinion, but for observations of hard evidence of trends on this subject. When I ...
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I've been trying to understand the Blandford–Znajek process which explains how Gamma Ray Bursts form, but it's still not clear to me how it works. In this article [ ...
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What is the Benefit of Plotting a Log of Net Force vs. Log of Acceleration Graph?

In preparation for a quiz, I've been going over a set of sample questions. One question in particular asks that if I am to graph the logarithm of the horizontal net force of a system vs the logarithm ...
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event horizon vs apparent horizon ramifications

If the event horizon doesn’t exist in the 2-dimension or 3-dimension time-space - and it doesn’t exist if it can’t be measured or observed - then an apparent horizon would be necessary to reconstruct ...
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How do BCDs work?

I get that having more air decreases density and increases buoyancy. However, we can take the diver-BCD-oxygen-tank to be a single system. How can the pumping of air from the tank into a vest around ...
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How do we determine the pressure at the surface of a star?

Is there any means to do so? I know there are some means to determine the surface temperature.
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Free falling object with air resistance, what's the velocity as a function of time?

So, I'm looking into how velocity can be represented as a function of time when the air resistance is also function of velocity. The force of drag is $$F_d = C||\vec{v}||\vec{v}$$ where $C$ is an ...
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Are there any open questions in physics that a layman can analyze? [on hold]

In math, there are questions like "Is this a knot or not?" which can't fundamentally be solved and simply take a lot of trial and error for an answer. This means that a layman can enter the field ...
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Can we determine the surface temperature of stars other than the sun by using the black body radiation theory?

It is well known that the surface temperature of the sun can be determined by fitting the solar spectrum to the black body radiation spectrum. Is this scheme feasible for other stars? Possibly the ...
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Why does a dynamical gauge field accompany fractionalisation?

I'm trying to understand fractionalisation, of which spin-charge separation is an example. I've read that this is accomplished by introducing a Lagrange multiplier field, which becomes a dynamical ...
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Calculating stopping distance of a car on a slope

I'm having trouble setting up a homework problem properly. We are given the following: A given car can brake to a stop from a speed of 60.0 mi/h in a distance of 123 ft on a level roadway. What ...
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Can a particle have an imaginary mass?

Now, I'm not very involved in the physical sciences, beyond some high-school classes - though I did listen to some college lectures for physics. I was reading "Do Tachyons Exist?" by John Baez, which ...
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Scattering in Black Holes

Let's take your favorite Black Hole and consider the scattering problem for a scalar field around it. Suppose that the Klein-Gordon equation can be separated in the radial and the angular part. Which ...
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Degenerate perturbation theory

I don't understand the part about turning off the perturbation. What is meant by or what is he referring to when he says "upper" and "lower" states. Why must the "upper" state reduce to a ...
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What do I need to calculate UV intensity?

I have a mineralogical UV lamp that I want to use for some research, I only know it's wavelengths. To calculate the µJ/cm3, what else is needed? Distance, time, wattage? Is the value I'm looking for, ...
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Which non-Copenhagen interpretations of Quantum Mechanics have actually produced something useful?

The question has most of it in the name. "Useful" may be interpreted as: measurably different from Copenhagen interpretation and true potentially measurably different and potentially true (i.e. not ...
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Dependance of diffusion coefficient on size?

What's the dependance of the diffusion coefficient on size? More explicitly, suppose I have a particles of characteristic length $l$, dissolved in a liquid. How does $D$, the diffusion coefficient of ...
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Could it be possible for man to create a star?

If it were possible for us to create a star or a new sun, how could it be done, or how would it have to be done?
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Acceleration of an bubble under the sea

An air bubble arises from the bottom of the sea. Find its acceleration if resistance force is proportional to $\rho Av$ where $\rho$ is density of water, $A$ is cross section area and $v$ is velocity ...
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Navier Stokes : what about angular momentum?

I play with CFD for a while, and suddenly, a transcendantal question raises: :-) Navier Stokes is basically Newton applied on a continuum in Eulerian. For solids, we would consider linear, but also ...
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Is the energy of a collision of two photons the same as one photon hitting a 'wall'?

Special relativity says that the speed of ligt is always the same. So when a photon meets another photon he will encouter it with the speed of light and also the other one. But in case of a wall, the ...
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The following model describes a jet travelling at 40000 ft at Mach 8. My question is: where do these numbers c0me from?

This model describes flight of an aircraft at 40,000 ft at a speed of Mach 0.8. x˙ = Ax + Bu Matrix A = [-0.0558 -0.9968 0.0802 0.0415 0.598 -0.115 -0.0318 0 -3.05 0.388 ...
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Motion question [on hold]

I have been struggling to understand how to do this question so some guidance would be great. A racing car of mass 941kg accelerates from 28km/h to 102km/h over a distance of 297m. Frictional forces ...
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How to find frequency from wave equation [on hold]

I have wave equation for vibrating string with damping $M\ddot{x}+C\dot{x}+Kx=0.$ I used this formulae for finding (natural)frequency $\sqrt{\frac{K}{M}-(\frac{C}{2M})^2},$ is it ok?
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Does a potential of interaction produce also torque?

I have a system of particles (spheres with masses and radii), with $6$ degree of freedom (they are free to move and rotate as they wish). Between each couple there is an interaction potential $V(d)$, ...
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solar energy on a specific location

How to find the amount of solar wattage in any specific place on earh in a monthly manner? by solar wattage I mean the energy recieved from the sun in a squared meters.
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How can space strech a wave?

Because of the expanding of the universe a wave from a far galaxy or star can be streched to more red. But how is space doing that? There must be a kind of 'entanglement' between the wave and space. ...