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The unit momentum operator $hat{textbf{p}} ={textbf{p} over |textbf{p}|}$

In studying the Dirac equation, I often come across the unit momentum operator $hat{textbf{p}}$ which is defined as $$hat{textbf{p}} ={textbf{p} over |textbf{p}|},$$where $textbf{p}$ is supposedly the three-momentum...

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Tower of building blocks

Why does a tower of building blocks (cubes) fall? Theoretically, as long as the center-of-mass is above the blocks' bottom faces, and as long as one does not shake the...

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What is the Schmidt basis equivalent for a mixed state?

A pure state can be locally transformed unitarily to its Schmidt basis given by $$|psirangle_{AB} = sum_i alpha_i |irangle_A otimes |irangle_B$$ where $A$ and $B$ are both...

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Why does Wheeler's bag of gold solution contradict the holographic principle and a black hole does not?

The interior volumen of a typical black hole is greater than the one we expect when measuring its external area and calculating its volume: https://plus.maths.org/content/dont-judge-black-hole-its-area-2 But Wheeler's...

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Significant figures: Conversion of units

Suppose we need to convert $18text{ km/h}$ speed into $text{m/s}$. The answer is $5text{ m/s}$. But $5text{ m/s}$ has only one significant figure only whereas the...

Asked on 03/03/2021 by Arun Arora

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Are quantum computers able to simulate every physical process that a classical one can simulate?

I edited the question since this comment was (rightly) made:There are few things that are more annoying than questions where the question text is not self-contained.So:Quantum supremacy has been...

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How to understand this formula in quantum field theory?

In Condensed Matter Field Theory (page 288) by Altland and Simons, there is one mathematical formula: begin{equation}sum_mathbf{p} left(mathbf{p}boldsymbol{cdot}mathbf{v}right)left(mathbf{p}boldsymbol{cdot}mathbf{v}'right)Fleft(mathbf{p}^2right)boldsymbol{=}dfrac{mathbf{v}boldsymbol{cdot}mathbf{v}'}{d}sum_mathbf{p}:mathbf{p}^2Fleft(mathbf{p}^2right)tag{01}label{01}end{equation} Here, $mathbf{p}$ is the momentum, and ...

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Book recommendation for how classical mechanics emerges from quantum mechanics?

QuestionSo I read this interesting link:The most glaring problem is that the state spaces of classical andquantum mechanics are completely different, so you can’t have a...

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Is it possible to extract real physical values from multiphase LBM simulation with Shan-Chen force?

Is it possible to extract real physical values from multiphase Lattice Boltzmann method simulation with Shan-Chen force? SC force is of the form $$vec{F^{SC}} = -psi(vec{x}) G sum_i w_i...

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Why is the charge of an electron taken to be the negative of the charge of a proton and vice versa?

Let us assume that all we know till now is that two types of charges exist. One of them is possessed by an elementary particle called an electron and the...

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