# All Questions

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### Atmospheric pressure experiment using a cup with a fluid to hold a glass plate

When I was in high school, my teacher did an experiment to show the power of atmospheric pressure. Experiment: Prepare a glass bottle, fill with water, put a glass plate on the bottle, make sure ...
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### What does mean zero-mean random noise with standard deviation equal to 1?

I wonder about the meaning which is "zero-mean random noise with standard deviation equal to 1" as physics.
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### Conservation of energy for transformers in AC current

I tried to solve a set of differential equations for transformer on AC Current. But at the end it seems that my solution does not satisfy conservation of energy. I spent days try to find a mistake, ...
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### How does De Broglie–Bohm theory or pilot wave theory explain the results of the Stern–Gerlach experiment?

The Copehagen interpretation of QM explains the Stern–Gerlach experiment by asserting that a particle is in a superposition of states and doesn't have a definite spin until measured. However, the de ...
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### Calculating Reynolds number for a viscous droplet

I'm trying to develop a very basic scaling law/unit analysis for viscous droplet formation, and I'd like to get some rough numerical values of the Reynolds number to play with. To be specific, I'm ...
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### Infinite series of derivatives of position when starting from rest

Suppose you have an object with zero for the value of all the derivatives of position. In order to get the object moving you would need to increase the value of the velocity from zero to some finite ...
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### Dispensing with the “a priori equal probability” postulate

I find the "a priori equal probability postulate" in statistical mechanics terribly frustrating. I look at two different states of a system, and they look very different. The particles are moving in ...
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### Forces on a wire moving in a magnetic field?

When a wire is placed inside a magnetic field and current starts to flow in that wire, that wire experiences the Lorentz force = $IL \times B$ and beings to move. Aside from induced motional - ...
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### Finding maximum speed in a work-energy problem

I have the following problem: The Royal Gorge bridge over the Arkansas River is $310\text{ m}$ above the river. A $57\text{ kg}$ bungee jumper has an elastic cord with an unstressed length of ...
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### Does relativity in any way “disprove” Newton? [duplicate]

I was reading a science magazine and it claimed that Einstein's theory of relativity disproves all of Newtonian physics. I was highly skeptical because all we have been learning at school is Newtonian ...
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### Does it mean the molecules of all matter above absolute zero temperature are moving?

According to my knowledge, heat is the energy that is stored in form of kinetic energy of molecules in Brownian motion. However, in a macroscopic view, a rigid body seem to be "stable" but still store ...
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### Can someone explain the quote “there would be no chemistry if electrons acted as bosons”?

I am reading a book and in a quote it says that if electrons acted as bosons, then all the electrons would occupy the lowest energy state, and there would be no chemistry. What does the author mean ...
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### Why are right hand neutrinos unaffected by all forces except gravity

I'm curious as to something I read on Berkeley's website. Does anyone happen to know why, according to this model,right hand neutrinos are unaffected by all forces except gravity? (Model taken from ...
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### How can we define a frame of reference in general relativity?

I have started reading general relativity.(A First Course in General Relativity , Bernard schutz). I am finding very hard to understand a frame of reference. when I was reading special relativity ...
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### What is the exact definition of Magneto-optical Polar Kerr angle?

As stated in the title. I would like to know the exact definition of the Magneto-optical Polar Kerr angle. Whether it is just the rotation angle of the polarized light or it is something else?
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### Electrostatics and two electric charges

How can two identical metallic objects have the same but opposite charges (one loses electrons and one gains electrons) when we know that metals have the ability to lose electrons only?