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Why is the field quantization applied to the free particle?

This post claims that there is no real photon (particle) with a plane wave solution well-defined momentum state). It makes sense somehow to me. I can think of several...

Asked on 12/29/2021

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Are there non-constant potentials that result in eigenstates of the Hamiltonian that are all plane waves?

It is commonly known that the eigenstates to the Hamiltonian of a constant potential are plane waves, aka $$V(r) = V_0 Rightarrow Hpsi = n text{ with }...

Asked on 12/29/2021

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Confusion regarding variable light speed theories

Einstein and others have thought about VSL theories. But I am unable to understand how VSL theories can be consistent, for the following reasons: Don't we need some mechanism (like...

Asked on 12/28/2021

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Distance from Instantaneous Centre of Rotation in Bicycle Kinematic Model

I'm not sure whether this is the correct community to post this, so pardon me. I was studying the Bicycle Kinematic Model and came across 3 possible reference points for...

Asked on 12/28/2021

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Common misunderstanding of Birkhoff Theorem

I just found a paper "On a common misunderstanding of the Birkhoff theorem". This means that inside a spherically symmetric thin shell there is no gravitational force,...

Asked on 12/28/2021

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Calculate the average number of oscillators of an Einstein solid, in the grand canonical ensemble, when $qgg N$

I am quoting from "Equilibrium and non-Equilibrium Statistical Thermodynamics", by M. Bellac.$$Q_{(alpha, beta)} = sum_{N=0}^{infty} e^{alpha N} Z_{N}(alpha, beta) hspace{1cm} (3.127)$$Where $Q$ is the grand partition...

Asked on 12/28/2021

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Why don't thermometers measure internal energy directly?

As far as I can tell temperature seems to be defined as something like average kinetic energy per molecule, but not quite. It looks like it measures something proportional to...

Asked on 12/28/2021

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Use of angular diameter to determine distance in special relativity

Summary: at relativistic speeds, if you compute a planet's relative distance using angular diameter (roughly proportional to 1/angular diameter), will that computed distance increase or decrease linearly, assuming you are...

Asked on 12/26/2021

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Does the existence of soft Goldstone mode makes a topological superfluid unstable?

When people talk about topological order and Majorana fermions in a BCS superfluid, do they admit the existence of a massless Goldstone mode? (As I've heard that soft Goldstone mode...

Asked on 12/26/2021

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Interpretation of Hilbert space in the Wightman Axioms for QFT

My confusion is about the different Hilbert spaces we meet in QFT. In a first introduction to QFT, the Hilbert space is often taken to consist of wavefunctionals on classical...

Asked on 12/26/2021

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