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What software programs are used to draw physics diagrams, and what are their relative merits?

software

nov 27 at 12:41 Anastasia Krylova 1

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Gauge symmetry is not a symmetry?

nov 5 at 6:14 Community♦ 1

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Superfields and the Inconsistency of regularization by dimensional reduction

quantum-field-theory supersymmetry renormalization tensor-calculus superalgebra

mar 7 at 22:48 Calc1DropOut 63

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Is Angular Momentum truly fundamental?

quantum-mechanics classical-mechanics angular-momentum spin

oct 25 at 20:37 Qmechanic♦ 17.4k

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Why do we not have spin greater than 2?

quantum-field-theory spin

sep 30 '11 at 22:23 Ron Maimon 44.9k

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The Role of Rigor

mathematical-physics mathematics research-level

dec 11 at 15:10 Qmechanic♦ 17.4k

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Why did Feynman's thesis almost work?

quantum-electrodynamics maxwell-equations feynman-diagram

may 30 '12 at 11:13 Terry Bollinger 5,314

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Does Coulomb's Law, with Gauss's Law, imply the existence of only three spatial dimensions?

electrostatics spacetime dimensions gauss-law coulombs-law

nov 30 at 7:52 Qmechanic♦ 17.4k

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Mechanics around a rail tank wagon

mechanics fluid-dynamics

jan 30 '11 at 17:55 badp 105

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A list of inconveniences between quantum mechanics and relativity?

quantum-mechanics general-relativity special-relativity quantum-gravity

mar 11 '11 at 2:54 DarenW 2,243

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What are some critiques of Jaynes' approach to statistical mechanics?

statistical-mechanics research-level

mar 5 at 7:33 Ethan 90

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On the Coulomb branch of N=2 supersymmetric gauge theory

supersymmetry research-level gauge-theory

dec 26 at 13:04 Dilaton 2,523

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Hamilton's Principle

quantum-mechanics lagrangian-formalism variational-principle action

nov 1 at 5:42 dbaseman 460

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Is 3+1 spacetime as privileged as is claimed?

spacetime dimensions

nov 30 at 8:15 Qmechanic♦ 17.4k

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Discreteness and Determinism in Superstrings?

quantum-mechanics string-theory determinism

may 6 at 19:14 Gugg 2,132

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An entropy of the Wigner function

quantum-information entropy uncertainty-principle research-level

may 21 at 21:31 John 11

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Connections and applications of SLE in physics

statistical-mechanics conformal-field-theory research-level probability

dec 10 at 21:07 Dilaton 2,523

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Is there a Lagrangian formulation of statistical mechanics?

classical-mechanics statistical-mechanics lagrangian-formalism

may 10 at 10:02 Dilaton 2,523

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From where (in space-time) does Hawking radiation originate?

black-holes hawking-radiation

may 14 at 13:18 Ron Maimon 44.9k

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What nonlinear deformations will a fast rotating planet exhibit?

astrophysics fluid-dynamics planets

jun 12 '11 at 11:02 Curious George 390

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Will a ball slide down a lumpy hill over the same path it rolls down the hill?

classical-mechanics

nov 14 '11 at 21:14 Qmechanic♦ 17.4k

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Covariant Description of Light Scattering at a fastly rotating Cylinder

electromagnetism special-relativity electrodynamics scattering

mar 19 '12 at 23:37 user16409 1

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Why does this object periodically turn itself?

classical-mechanics rotational-dynamics

nov 27 '11 at 17:04 Community♦ 1

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Paradox?: What is the form of radiation experienced by a harmonically accelerated observer?

mathematical-physics thermal-radiation relativity

dec 30 '11 at 9:35 Dr BDO Adams 244

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Does Godel preclude a workable TOE?

mathematics theory-of-everything

may 22 '12 at 19:38 Ron Maimon 44.9k

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Does a charged or rotating black hole change the genus of spacetime?

general-relativity topology

may 21 at 16:04 Chay Paterson 524

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Have we figured out how to analyze turbulent fluids?

fluid-dynamics weather turbulence

mar 12 at 4:06 Ron Maimon 44.9k

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A pedestrian explanation of Renormalization Groups - from QED to classical field theories

quantum-field-theory effective-action renormalization

jun 9 '11 at 19:01 Vladimir Kalitvianski 5,529

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Is there an intuitive reason the brachistochrone and the tautochrone are the same curve?

newtonian-mechanics brachistochrone-problem

nov 27 '11 at 22:49 Mark Eichenlaub 19.2k

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Sigma Models on Riemann Surfaces

quantum-field-theory conformal-field-theory

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