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What is the physics explanation for why an object with a larger base is more "stable" or and more able to "balance"?

What is the physics explanation for why an object with a larger base is more "stable" or more able to "balance"? For example - two pyramids, one on its tip...

Asked on 11/06/2021

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Where does the minus sign go when deriving the Stefan-Boltzmann Constant?

When deriving the stefan boltzmann law from planks law. You may make a substitution (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/stefan2.html). This substitution will lead to a stray minus sign in the equation....

Asked on 11/06/2021

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Confused over how the eigenvalues were obtained in a question involving a second order polynomial

The characteristic equation is as follows: $E^2-hbar omega E -hbar^2omega^2alpha^2 = 0 $ The eigenvalues I get are $frac{hbaromega(1pmsqrt{1+4alpha^2})}{2}$, however, I am being told the solution is ...

Asked on 11/06/2021

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A single spatial mode whose associated harmonic oscillator is in its $n$th excited state unambiguously contains $n$ photons?

I am reading the introduction to the textbook The Quantum Theory of Light, third edition, by Louden. When discussing the photon, the author says the following:The idea of the photon...

Asked on 11/06/2021

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How does stress "propagate" in beams?

I'm studying structural mechanics and I have been stuck on a thought.I drew a very simple cantilever beam situation. If I make a fictional cut like in my fig.1,...

Asked on 11/06/2021

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$rm SU(2)$ symmetry and rotation invariance

I've read in this paper (doi:10.1038/nature07871) that in the context of quantum mechanics, $rm SU(2)$ symmetry leads to the conservation of spin polarization, or in other words invariance with...

Asked on 11/06/2021 by R_A

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Contravariant rank-2 tensor transformation in index notation

I'm slightly confused about the placement of upper and lower indices for the transformation of a rank-2 contravariant tensor. A contravariant rank-2 tensor transforms as $$M' = Lambda M...

Asked on 11/06/2021

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Solutions to Einstein Field Equations where $T_{mu nu} = 0$

My Level/Background: I have just completed my first year of undergrad. In high school, I completed AP Physics C Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism. In my first year of undergrad,...

Asked on 10/29/2021

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Choice of representation $R$ in the $rm SU(2)$ Yang-Mills action $frac{1}{g^2} mathrm{Tr}_{R} (Fwedge star F)$

Usually we write the Yang-Mills theory with gauge group $G$ as$$frac{1}{g^2} mathrm{Tr}_{R} (Fwedge star F)$$But here we need to choose what $R$ is. There are...

Asked on 10/29/2021

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If boost matrices are always symmetric, why is it not so in my example?

Consider two consecutive boosts in $2+1$ dimensional spacetime, the first along the $x$-axis and the second along the $y$-axis. The net transformation is $$B_y(theta_2)B_x(theta_1)=begin{pmatrix}coshtheta_2 &...

Asked on 10/29/2021

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