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Why are there Gravitons among the modes of oscillation in String Theory?

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How to compute the charge as a function of time in a simple $CL$ circuit?

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Why are objects at rest in motion through spacetime at the speed of light? [closed]

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Why does wavelength change as light enters a different medium?

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Why does water pouring from a glass sometimes travel down the side of the glass?

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What properties are entangled in quantum entanglement?

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Why is the world sheet of an open string a cylinder?

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How do scientists calculate the percentage of dark energy in the universe?

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What is this notation with an un-sandwiched comma in the subscript?

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Why do we have this difference in the multiplicity of Cartesian position space and momentum space for a gas?

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How can these fluid dynamical smoke-ring phenomena be explained?

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Why do physicists think that the electron is an elementary particle?

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How does the fundamental assumption of statistical physics make sense?

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Why isn't the electric quadrupole moment always zero?

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Would it be possible for geophysicists/geoengineers to develop an artificial way of trapping carbon in the ocean?

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Calculating the velocity of an elliptical orbit

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What is a symmetric and antisymmetric superposition of states for a single electron?

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Why, when one opens 1 car window, does that noise occur?

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When calculating nuclear magnetic moments, how does one decide between $l+\frac{1}{2}$ and $l-\frac{1}{2}$ Schmidt lines?

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Why does leaning back make a kicked ball go higher?

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How can K (kaon) and Σ (sigma particle) be created quickly via the strong interaction and decay slowly via the weak interaction?

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Qualitative description of how an inhomogeneous broadening mechanism can lead to multimode oscillation in a laser cavity

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How can I compute the eigenstates of a tight-binding Hamiltonian describing a system?

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How are the q-states in graphene spaced?

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What is the difference between fiducial cosmology and non-fiducial cosmology?

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In astrophysics, why is it OK to compare one observed galaxy field with the average of multiple simulated fields?

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Why does change in speed of a wave make it refract?

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Could there be a physical explanation for a relatively large tangential shear value at large distances from a galaxy cluster?

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How can I apply the complex formalism to calculate the time-average of a two-field product?

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Deriving the real and imaginary parts of the complex refractive index in a dielectric medium