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Why did Feynman's thesis almost work?

may 30 '12 at 11:13 Terry Bollinger 5,269

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Could the Periodic Table have been done using group theory?

physical-chemistry group-theory group-representations quarks

aug 27 at 12:31 Mario Enrique 13

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What is the answer to Feynman's Disc Paradox?

electromagnetism electrostatics classical-electrodynamics

nov 24 at 17:35 kalish 9

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What are the strings in string theory made of?

string-theory string-field-theory

dec 29 at 22:05 Qmechanic♦ 17.3k

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The Four-Clock Special Relativity Conundrum

special-relativity

jan 16 at 6:15 Muphrid 2,165

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Why do ice cubes come out easier from top trays?

fluid-dynamics everyday-life

apr 8 at 2:02 fred 1

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Did the Feynman heuristic of “simple effects have simple causes” fail for spin statistics?

quantum-field-theory particle-physics quantum-electrodynamics spin

mar 28 at 13:54 Jacques 11

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Why is the Higgs boson spin 0?

particle-physics standard-model higgs-boson

mar 31 '12 at 20:47 Hans de Vries 2,223

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Is there a strong force analog to magnetic fields?

electromagnetism special-relativity quantum-electrodynamics quantum-chromodynamics

sep 10 at 19:07 Terry Bollinger 5,269

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The Dual Cloud Chamber Paradox

special-relativity

apr 10 '12 at 13:18 Carl Brannen 6,547

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If helicity can suppress weak decay of $\pi^{\pm}$, doesn't that make chiralty observer dependent?

particle-physics higgs-boson

mar 20 at 5:44 Michael Brown 5,484

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What maintains quark spin alignments in baryons?

particle-physics standard-model angular-momentum symmetry quantum-chromodynamics

nov 29 at 9:14 Luboš Motl 67.8k

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Representation of phase in quantum mechanics

quantum-electrodynamics symmetry

sep 2 at 20:40 Terry Bollinger 5,269

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Energy conservation and center-of-mass inertial frames

general-relativity special-relativity

may 31 '12 at 2:14 Terry Bollinger 5,269

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Are oscillations of electron chirality experimentally observable?

particle-physics higgs-boson

mar 19 at 4:24 Terry Bollinger 5,269

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Can spacetime exist in the absence of matter and energy?

general-relativity spacetime

feb 26 at 12:50 user21392 11

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How is the direction of time determined in general relativity?

general-relativity time topology causality cosmic-censorship

feb 15 at 0:20 Chris White 8,150

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Does special relativity make magnetic fields irrelevant?

electromagnetism special-relativity

sep 24 at 6:45 Luboš Motl 67.8k

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Do any good theories exist on why the weak interaction is so profoundly chiral?

standard-model higgs-boson cp-violation electroweak cpt-symmetry

mar 22 at 14:03 Luboš Motl 67.8k

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Does Dirac's idea of filled negative energy states make sense?

quantum-field-theory dirac-equation

mar 2 at 1:19 Terry Bollinger 5,269

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Can thick-film reflection holograms be used to create true mirrors?

optics hologram

dec 3 at 19:29 Terry Bollinger 5,269

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The Asymmetry between Real and Imaginary in the three Pauli Spin Matrices

angular-momentum spin symmetry group-representations lie-algebra

sep 23 at 17:59 Hans de Vries 2,223

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Would the Standard Model allow two energetic photons to form a particle-like, zero-spin resonance?

standard-model higgs-boson

jul 4 at 16:04 Carl Brannen 6,547

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Hamiltonians and Lagrangians, Euclidean and Hyperbolic: Are they related?

special-relativity energy spacetime space

jun 7 '12 at 4:18 C.R. 1,956

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How would one generate Brownian light? What would it look like?

optics visible-light laser polarization signal-processing

jan 16 at 5:28 daaxix 865

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Why does the universe exhibit three large-scale spatial dimensions? [duplicate]

string-theory quantum-gravity spacetime dimensions

nov 30 at 10:27 John Rennie 44.4k

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Applying $\nabla\times\mathbf{B} = \mu_0\mathbf{J}$ in the presence of magnetic shielding

electromagnetism special-relativity education maxwell-equations vector-fields

jun 14 '12 at 5:03 Art Brown 1,682

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Similar masses and lifetimes of the $\Delta$ baryons

particle-physics standard-model symmetry quantum-chromodynamics lie-algebra

feb 14 '12 at 15:47 Qmechanic♦ 17.3k

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Does the Higgs mechanism address the spin statistics problem?

standard-model higgs-mechanism cp-violation spin-statistics cpt-symmetry

mar 22 at 6:08 Luboš Motl 67.8k

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In Klein-Gordon, why should infinite downwards photon cascades be possible?

quantum-mechanics particle-physics astrophysics

feb 27 at 1:44 Terry Bollinger 5,269

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