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Does the visible part of an iceberg depend on size?

Most people heard that we only see some % of an iceberg above water (10% etc). I suspect the exact % depends on the iceberg's shape (e.g. flat disc vs...

Asked on 03/09/2021 by MrSparkly

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When was the phrase "beta function" of renormalization first used?

My question is a historical one: when was the phrase "beta function", as it pertains to the renormalization-group equations, used in physics? I am talking about this beta function: ...

Asked on 03/09/2021

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Does the index of refraction of an optical fibre increase with the light path length?

Assuming that the fibre is flawless, does the index of refraction of an optical fiber cumulatively increase with increasing length of travel of light within the fiber? Some descriptions of...

Asked on 03/09/2021 by DMac

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Applying torque to rigid body on a fixed axel?

Suppose I have a torque $tau in mathbb{R}^3$ on a rigid body, about its center of gravity, where the direction of $tau$ is the axis of the torque...

Asked on 03/09/2021 by Andrew Tomazos

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Why are the edges of a broken glass almost opaque?

Unfortunately I broke my specs today which I used in this question. But I observed that the edges are completely different then the entire part of the lens. The...

Asked on 03/09/2021

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Failure of canonical quantization of holonomic constraints

I am curious to know why canonical quantization fails for systems with holonomic constraints (dependent only on the position canonical variable). When googling, I notice that there is a lot...

Asked on 03/09/2021

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Double-slit experiment on cats makes inconsistency?

According to Wave-Particle Duality, in a normal double-slit experiment, the quantum object behaves as wave and many stripes are displayed on the screen. But if we measure which way the...

Asked on 03/09/2021

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Does the apparent radius of the event horizon of a black hole depend on the distance of the observer from the black hole?

Does the apparent radius of the event horizon of a black hole get smaller and smaller as an observer approaches a black hole? If this were true, it would...

Asked on 03/09/2021

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Probability density functions for the Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics

At the Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics, the average particle number $bar n_r$ at the energy level $varepsilon_r$ is given by $$bar n(varepsilon_r)=bar n_r=frac{1}{e^{beta(varepsilon_r-mu)}pm1}$$ with the $+$...

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Why To Care About Parity?

I was reading the following article on wikipedia :- Wu Experiment. The excerpt from that article is - "If a particular interaction respects parity symmetry, it means...

Asked on 03/09/2021 by Sherbaj Thind

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