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Potential difference across a zero resistance wire
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Examples of systems with infinite dimensional Hilbert space, whose energy is bounded from above
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Why is finding a mathematical basis for the fine-structure constant meaningful?
Awarded Jun 13 at 5:21
What do we mean when we say the CMB has a temperature and how do we measure it?
Awarded Jun 13 at 1:28
Finding the effective Hamiltonian in a certain subspace
Awarded Jun 12 at 23:11
How many photons are received per bit transmitted from Voyager 1?
Awarded Jun 12 at 22:36
What changes the velocity perpendicular to radius in an elliptical orbit?
Awarded Jun 12 at 20:06
Can gravity radiate?
Awarded Jun 12 at 19:19
Thought experiment regarding gravity
Awarded Jun 12 at 16:58
Why is finding a mathematical basis for the fine-structure constant meaningful?
Awarded Jun 12 at 15:56
Proving angular momentum is conserved for a particle moving in a central force field $\vec F =\phi(r) \vec r$
Awarded Jun 11 at 15:55
Why is finding a mathematical basis for the fine-structure constant meaningful?
Awarded Jun 11 at 13:21
If MOND were true, what would that imply for the geometrical description of gravity as curved spacetime?
Awarded Jun 11 at 0:04
What percentage of light gets scattered by a mirror?
Awarded Jun 9 at 5:22
How is Liouville's theorem compatible with the Second Law of Thermodynamics?
Awarded Jun 9 at 2:35
Why is torque defined as $\vec{r} \times F$?
Awarded Jun 8 at 18:04
Is the many-worlds interpretation really just an interpretation?
Awarded Jun 8 at 18:04
Why are only infrared rays classified as "heat rays"?
Awarded Jun 8 at 9:27
Deriving Conservation of Angular Momentum from Newton's Laws
Awarded Jun 8 at 9:18
What is the time dilation due to acceleration?
Awarded Jun 8 at 4:45
Why are spherical shapes so common in the universe?
Awarded Jun 7 at 19:55
Feynman claimed "The ear is not very sensitive to the relative phases of the harmonics." Is that true?
Awarded Jun 7 at 18:51
Why can't we run the laws of physics backwards and forwards in time infinitely?
Awarded Jun 7 at 18:36
A better Schrödinger Equation with Relativistic Effects?
Awarded Jun 7 at 15:26
Accelerating Expansion of Universe - Why Not Caused by Radiation?
Awarded Jun 7 at 13:56
Why are spherical shapes so common in the universe?
Awarded Jun 7 at 13:40
Could information be transferred through a wormhole?
Awarded Jun 7 at 12:21
Cooling a cup of coffee with help of a spoon
Awarded Jun 7 at 10:31
Why are von Neumann algebras not suitable for dealing with Locally Covariant Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime?
Awarded Jun 6 at 19:04
Can a Kerr black hole become super-extremal?
Awarded Jun 6 at 17:56
Why is a nearby nucleus required for Pair Creation?
Awarded Jun 6 at 15:41
Accelerating Expansion of Universe - Why Not Caused by Radiation?
Awarded Jun 6 at 14:35
Why are spherical shapes so common in the universe?
Awarded Jun 6 at 14:04
Is there a name for the number of '9's in numbers such as 0.999 (where it would be 3)?
Awarded Jun 6 at 6:06
Why are spherical shapes so common in the universe?
Awarded Jun 6 at 3:09
Feynman claimed "The ear is not very sensitive to the relative phases of the harmonics." Is that true?
Awarded Jun 5 at 20:45
Explain to a non-physicist what goes wrong when trying to quantize gravity
Awarded Jun 5 at 19:15
Why doesn't photon lose energy over distance?
Awarded Jun 5 at 15:35
Center of mass thought experiment
Awarded Jun 5 at 10:27
Explain to a non-physicist what goes wrong when trying to quantize gravity
Awarded Jun 4 at 18:57
How can a point source emit spherical EM waves when they are forbidden by Maxwell's equations?
Awarded Jun 4 at 0:33
Was the "demon core" hot?
Awarded Jun 3 at 21:05
Fractal nature of turbulence
Awarded Jun 3 at 18:04
Why does the cross section of a metal after a hypervelocity impact look like that?
Awarded Jun 3 at 14:30
Is it possible to get an electromagnetic wave equation if the speed of light were infinite?
Awarded Jun 3 at 9:56
Do we really see the back of a cube when cube moves in relativistic speed?
Awarded Jun 3 at 6:36
Microwaves: why do they cook food?
Awarded Jun 3 at 2:48
Fields are sections of a bundle associated to a $\mathrm{SO}(1,3)$-bundle or to a gauge group bundle?
Awarded Jun 3 at 1:26
Why is the concept of torque necessary?
Awarded Jun 2 at 17:26
How can a point source emit spherical EM waves when they are forbidden by Maxwell's equations?
Awarded Jun 2 at 14:27
What happens to half of the energy in a circuit with a capacitor?
Awarded Jun 2 at 10:07
What are the pros and cons of Einstein-Cartan Theory?
Awarded Jun 2 at 9:34
How many photons are received per bit transmitted from Voyager 1?
Awarded Jun 2 at 6:18
How is Planck's constant relevant in quantum mechanics?
Awarded Jun 1 at 18:12
Is it impossible to construct a Faraday cage that can block a *static* electric field?
Awarded May 31 at 3:11
Is complex conjugation operator Hermitian?
Awarded May 30 at 6:17
Do moving charges still generate an electrostatic field?
Awarded May 29 at 21:05
Why does the Ward identity apply to the sum over all one-particle irreducible diagrams?
Awarded May 29 at 19:21
Does the Pauli exclusion principle instantaneously affect distant electrons?
Awarded May 29 at 16:20
If gravitation is negligible for small masses, how was Cavendish's experiment successful with balls much smaller than celestial objects?
Awarded May 29 at 8:49
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