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In what sense the laser radiation is monochromatic?

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Can the laser light, in principle, take any wavelength in the EM spectrum?

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How a piece of metal put in the oven reaching a constant temperature of 3000 K fit the model of a hole in a cavity?

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What theorem Feynman is referring to?

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What is the secret behind the striking similarity between a quark pair and a bar magnet?

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Does dimensional consistency imply the same units?

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What is the difference between Clausius' entropy and Boltzmann's?

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What is the meaning of a thermal equilibrium between matter and radiation?

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How the braking radiation fit into the photon picture of light?

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In a plain language, what does it mean when one says LASER has a high temporal and spacial coherence?

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What is the temporal and spacial coherence of photons?

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What would I observe with a light microscope operating at its full magnification if the specimen was smaller in diameter than the used wavelength?

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Kirchoff's law of thermal radiation states that if an object emits at a wavelength then it also absorbs at the same wavelength

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Is Joule equivalent to Joule/radian? [duplicate]

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Which magnetic field is the one in the inductance equation?

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If a magnet is completely inside a solenoid, but is moving, Does this induce an emf?

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What is the interpretation of this integral equation $\psi(x,t_2)=\int G(x,y)\psi(y,t_1)dy$ of the generalized Huygens principle?

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Is $B=μ_{0} nI$ for the magnetic field magnitude at the center of the solenoid axis only?

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A voltage drop means a loss in energy in the form of heat for example in a resistor, in what form the voltage drop across an inductor is?

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What does simultaneity mean in Heisenberg's uncertainty in terms of the experimental apparatus?

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Can a photon have a radius?

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What did Einstein mean when he said a gravitational field that is not derivable from the Galilean special case?

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In a DC motor, why would the rotor oscillate around its stable equilibrium point, had there been a constant current?

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Do we use $p=ρgh$ to calculate the pressure caused by any materials or just by liquids?

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Is the emitted spectrum is that of a blackbody when the blackbody is in thermal equilibrium with the ambient or with its interior or either?

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In the photoelectric effect experiment shown in the figure down below, Does the galvanometer only read the photocurrent?

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Why the blackbody's spectral emittance isn't a growing exponential in the wavelength?

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In a LR circuit, Why do the current rate of increase decreases with time? [closed]

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How do we make an observation of a 4D spacetime trajectory if we, observers, have only access to a 3D world?

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Correct my understanding of the logical flow of the formulation of General Relativity