Questions tagged [specific-reference]
Use this tag for questions seeking a single specific paper or a short, non-open-ended list of references, like "What paper first discovered X?", "Where can I find the original derivation of X?", or "What is the canonical source for X?" etc. Also for requests for hard-to-find electronic copies of resources when the exact reference is known. NOT TO BE USED for generic requests for resources (use [resource-recommendation] for that).
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Fredric Schuller's lecture notes for Classical Mechanics
In 2014, Dr. Friedric Sculler taught a course in German at FAU on classical mechanics. In one of the classes, he mentions sharing his detailed notes with the class which are in English.
The link for ...
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Wien on Temperature and Entropy
As far as I understand, Wien defines entropy, which he uses in his derivation, as
$$ S = \text{v} \int\limits_0^{\infty} \varphi(\rho, \nu) d \nu, $$
where $\text{v}$ is the volume occupied by ...
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About electron radiation frequency in Heisenberg's 1925 paper
In Heisenberg's 1925 article Quantum Theoretical Interpretation of Kinematic and Mechanical Relations, one of the first things he establishes are the form of the frequency functions in (what I assume ...
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Article on 1D deformed quantum harmonic oscillator
Few years ago I was reading an article which I'm trying to find for quite some time but with no success so far. It was a paper about deformation of 1D quantum harmonic oscillator with continuous ...
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Matter density estimates in the 1980s
Liddle (2015, p.67) writes: "From the crude estimates that a typical galaxy weighs about $10^{11}M\odot$ and that galaxies are typically about a megaparsec apart, we know that the Universe cannot ...
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Looking for a reference in quantum mechanics treating Coulomb potential as Inverse of coordinate operator
Most textbooks in quantum mechanics handle the Coulomb problem by solving the Schrödinger equation directly in the coordinate representation.
Is there any book or reference that adopts a more formal ...
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Proof for Moment of Inertia of Triangle (with respect to the axis out of the page at a origin) [duplicate]
I found a formula for a "Triangle with vertices at the origin and at $P$ and $Q$, with mass $m$, rotating about an axis perpendicular to the plane and passing through the origin" given on ...
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Article in Soviet Journal of Nuclear Physics
How can I find an old paper from Soviet journal of Nuclear Physics
B. G. Zakharov, Yad. Fiz. 49. 1386 (1989) [Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. 49, 860 (1989)],
in Russian or in English?
This volume is abs of Sov.J....
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Advanced quantum field theory by David Tong
In his freely available lectures on Gauge Theories and String Theory, David Tong makes multiple references to a course called Advanced Quantum Field Theory (in particular, the Faddeev-Popov trick ...
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English translation of Weyl's article "Quantenmechanik und Gruppentheorie"
Is there an English translation of Weyl's 1927 article Quantenmechanik und Gruppentheorie. Note tht I do not mean the book of the same name.
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Original source "GF92" for two drawings of Dirac belt trick
I am trying to track down the original source/artist of these two drawings of the Dirac belt trick (see link below) to use in my thesis (which is in mathematics, but I believe these pictures likely ...
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Seeking specific Scientific American form mid 1980s on semiclassical interpretation of Compton Scattering
I seem to recall seeing an article in Scientific American which discussed the possibility of interpreting Compton scattering in terms of classical electromagnetic wave theory. If anybody is familiar ...
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Reading the Feynman lectures in 2012
The Feynman lectures are universally admired, it seems, but also a half-century old.
Taking them as a source for self-study, what compensation for their age, if any, should today's reader undertake? ...
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Review of Competitive Physics: Jinhui Wang, Bernard Ricardo Part 1 and 2 for Physics Olympiads [closed]
I do have a copy of the book, which seems great. It was written by an Olympiad trainer and a student, which means it is related to Olympiads. But I never saw anyone mention the book. Is it any good ...
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Surprisingly substantial 1980's popular science book about particle physics
As a teenager, back in the late 1980s or possibly very early 1990s, I came across a very nice popular science book on particle physics in my hometown library, that I probably borrowed and read at ...
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