I am considered a female majoring in the STEM field (Information Technology) and there is a scholarship being offered at the college I attend for females pursuing an engineering major. Now I met the gender and academic standing requirement but I am not specifically an ENGINEERING major. I...
In classical mechanics, it's pretty straight forward for me to apply it(sometimes...), and really intuitive to picture it. However, when I kick it up a notch... to apply Newton's 3rd law in electrodynamics, my brain malfunctions...
Simplest example I can think of, a conductor carrying a wire...
I am in introductory physics, and have just been introduced to the topic of toque. For forces in translational motion, I know that we idealize objects to be point particles. However, when it comes to torque, we don't deal with point particles, but with "lever arms." I guess essentially my...
Hey all, I am looking for some advice about what school to attend for undergrad in physics. Here is my list thus far:
UC Berkeley
Cornell
Rice
Notre Dame
UIUC
UT austin
UCLA
UCSB
Umich
UF
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First year at community college, but I earned 43 credits in High school so I am a little...
I was recently accepted into 5 universities Penn State University ( 2 years at Behrend then 2 years at main), Ohio University, Waynesburg University, Kent State University, and the University of Akron. I got into the physics programs in all of those schools. I was wondering which school would be...
I have just recently started learning about quantum contextuality and can only seem to find examples where contextuality is need to explain measurements of spin.
So I am curious as to whether quantum contextuality only applies to measurements of spin?
Also, If someone could clarify where the...
I am at the moment working on a project in which I try to minimize the annual running costs of a chemical manufacturing plant. To predict annual running costs I created a model with over 50 inputs, including things such as the type of chemicals and equipment used at different points in the...
I hope this question doesn't have too obvious of an answer.
Basically, I still cannot grasp why Bernoulli's equation applies for wind tunnels and pitot-static probes. According to my textbook ("Introduction to Flight" by Anderson), Bernoulli's equation holds only when comparing two points...
Homework Statement
I attached the full document, buy I just want to know about :
"Using calibration procedure determine:
a) Sensitivity (mV/gr)
b) Overall instrument error (gr)
c) Linearity error %FSO
d) Hysteresis error %FSO
e) Precision error %FSO"
Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a...
Homework Statement
A double loop circuit is shown in the figure below.[/B]
The Emf x = 6.00 V and the Emf w = 19.00 V. Both are shown on the diagram. Calculate the power dissipated in the 6 Ω resistor located on the extreme right in the circuit. Homework Equations
V=IR, P=VI
The Attempt at...
Homework Statement
Calculate how much force you would have to apply to the crate to get it to go at constant speed up a 30 degree ramp.
Homework Equations
Using kinetic friction for equation.
The Attempt at a Solution
I couldn't find the formula for kinetic friction which also includes...
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/know
Say I have a can of water, and I am rotating it about its central axis at a constant angular rate. The water in the tank should make a 3D almost parabolic curve as it touches the the walls of the tank. Can I use Bernoulli's equation along...
Suppose y is a positive vector. Let p and x be two positive matrices with N rows, where ##p_j## and ##x_j## denotes the j:th row in these matrices, so that j = 1,…,N.
Does the following hold:
\inf_{k=1,...,N} [\sup_{l=1,...,N} [p_k(y-x_k)]] = \inf_{k=1,...,N} [p_k(y-x_k)]
where ##p_k(y-x_k)##...
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I'm a final year MSci student (kind of an undergrad masters) in physics and have been thinking about my next steps for a while now. I have a high 2:1 average from my first 3 years and I was just wondering if getting a PhD is realistic at all (what with all the impressive results other people...
Hello! me and my friends were discussing a few ideas earlier this week and then we suddenly started talking about Einstein's biggest mistake. I was a bit lost because I am not all that familiar with the Cosmological constant and I was wondering how can probability be applied to that mistake?? I...
Hello everyone.
I am glad I came across this science oriented Forum site.
I actually get there from Google and what I am deeply curious to know about is the amount of Maximum Voltage my 3.5kg Air Core Electromagnet can bear.
The Core of the Solenoid is 120mm in height and 13inches in...
Because I'm only in pre-calculus right now (I'm still not in ninth grade yet), I haven't been able to find a way to back up my theories on physics which are mostly based off of reason and logic (I know this is a bad way to back up my theories, I just want to know what you think of them and how I...
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I'm planning to apply for the Aeronautical Engineering course of Imperial College London for 2017 entry, and I'm starting to realize that the next 2 years is going to be very hard for me, because it's not very easy to get an offer from Imperial. I'll have to work a lot and not just in...
Hello, everybody.
I'm an undergraduate student interested in QFT (especially CFT, String theory, quantum gravity etc). I have already worked through several serious books in QFT and related topics of mathematics (including all problems from books). Of course I don't mean I'm an expert for now...
Hi first post so forgive any break in widely accepted conduct,
Currently involved in a physics competition one of the question is to investigate geysers. Time and time again I have stumbled upon reference to Clausius-Clapeyron relation. Probably the best source I have come across is a youtube...
Ideally I'd like to apply to graduate school for physics (leaning towards Astrophysics or Condensed matter); however, I don't think my course work or research is sufficient. I'm already using an extra year to complete the degree (I changed to physics the end of my Sophomore year) and wouldn't...
So my question is when to apply conservation of angular momentum?When there is no external force ,right?But in the case below
A mass m moves in a circle on a smooth horizontal plane with velocity v0 at a radius R0. The mass is attached to a string which passes through a smooth hole in the plane...
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I'll be applying to grad school in the fall, and I am uncertain on how to proceed. By the time I graduate, I will have done research with an AMO theory group for four years and will have four publications. However, all of these publications are on numerical work/methods, not pure...
So it seems straightforward to me that if time dilated, then so would size, mass and energy, but I don't know how to prove that mathematically. I understand the concepts of special relativity and the lorentz transform, and why it is applied to time, but I can't recall or figure out why Einstein...
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We consider a long straight road along of which there are some houses.
A mobile phone company wants to put antennas along the road for the service of the residents of the homes.
The range of each antenna is four kilometers.
Give an algorithm that puts the smallest number of...
first paperhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0209079
Quantum gravity with a positive cosmological constant
Lee Smolin
59 pages
"A quantum theory of gravity is described in the case of a positive cosmological constant in 3+1 dimensions. Both old and new results are described, which support the case...
My temporal agreement is coming to an end and there's an opening in Supply Chain for a bit higher pay grade. However, I'd like to work as a Project Engineer more but there're no openings.
Should I apply for the job anyways just to gain some more experience in a hope to move up in the future?
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Well, I am in trouble with this question for some time. I am making a simulator with autonomous cars and its movement is done applying constant impulses to the wheel. My question is: if the vehicle is in the intertia state and I start to apply this impulses, the vehicle will assume a...
The electron paths in the path integral formulation of qm are in ordinary space-time.
The end-points of the paths in the steady states must be in ordinary space-time as well.
The electron's potential is exact or nearly exact either by measurement or by calculation.
The electron's locations...
Homework Statement
Apply corollary to show that 2 sinz*sinw = cos(z-w) - cos(z+w) for any z,w ∈ ℂ
Homework Equations
2 sinz*sinw = cos(z-w) - cos(z+w) for any z,w ∈ ℂ
Corollary: Let f and g be analytic functions defined on a domain D ⊂ ℂ. Let E ⊂ D be a subset that has at least one limit...
Homework Statement
Do the equations below only apply for rolling without slipping?
Homework Equations
vcm=rw, a=(gsintheta)/(1+I/(MR)^2)
cm=center of mass
3. The Attempt at a Solution [/B]
I know that they both apply for rolling without slipping, but do they apply when there is slipping...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOSFETLikewise, the "oxide" in the name can be a misnomer, as different dielectric materials are used with the aim of obtaining strong channels with smaller applied voltages.
http://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/transistor/tran_7.html
In the saturation or linear...
Hi! Does the Lagrange equation ONLY apply when the constraints are holonomic? What about the constraining forces acting on the system (i.e. normal force, or other perpendicular forces), do they make a system holonomic?
What about the Lagrange equation with the general force on the right hand...
I'm currently a master student in the field of physics, so indeed it's not in US instead in Europe.
Now I'm approaching the end of my master studies and planning to go to a PhD program. I have found more than one destinations (which exclude my own current university) which seem to suit my...
Dear PhysicsForumers,
I will be applying for University soon. I am in a dilemma now. How do you know if physics is for you? I mean, i do like physics but I really have no idea if I'm able to make this last me a lifetime.
How do you really know you don't like, but LOVE physics?
I have been...
I made this pic to illustrate my problem.
A spaceship (labeled B) departs from a space station (labeled A) at 80% the speed of light (0.8c). A applies the time dilation principle and calculates that B's clocks are running slower than his.
Some time later a smaller craft (labeled C) detaches...
My question relates to wave/particle duality.
If light is regarded as possessing both wave like and particle like properties, and visible light is just part of the whole EM spectrum of radiation, is it correct to say that radio waves for instance, ( being themselves part of the whole spectrum...
Homework Statement
Use the limit comparison test to show the series converges or diverges: Sum from n=1 to infinity of ((5n^3)+1)/((2^n)((n^3)+n+1))
Homework Equations
suppose Sum An and Sum Bn are two positive series. Let lim as n goes to infinity of An/Bn = c: 1) if 0<c<inifinity then either...
Homework Statement
Does that container full of water gives a torque on Earth ?
http://imageshack.com/a/img537/6733/9Y0Hqq.png
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
I drawn all interesting forces :
http://imageshack.com/a/img540/9315/ymwwvW.png
Like that there is a torque...
I'm reading Halliday's chapter or rigid body rotation. In the derivation of Newton's second law for rotation, it is assumed that the object is hinged about some axis ( the connection would be a frictionless pin). The law is derived for such a connection, but is later applied to objects that...
Hello everyone,
A university has two positions open: one is tenure track and the other is full time year-to-year. I am definitely fit for both, but I probably have a higher chance getting the full time (non-tenure track). Should I apply for both or it is better to just apply for the one I have...
Hi, I am filling up graduate school applications, but I am asked to list the universities I am applying for. Any ideas about the reasons they ask us? Should I tell them? I am afraid this information will affect the admission in a bad way.
I know escape velocity. in order to get out of Earth's orbit the object has to maintain 11.2 km/s speed.
But If I want to throw a 1kg stone out of orbit... how much force I have to apply?
I'm beginning to apply to grad schools (primarily in observational or computational cosmology and extragalactic astronomy) but have a deep interest in M-theory and quantum gravity although I haven't been able to study it. I very much enjoy theory and think that I would find studying M-theory or...
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Find an exact asymptotic solution of the recurrence relation $T(n)=4T \left ( \frac{n}{2}\right )+n^2 \log_2{(\log_2 n)}$, using the master theorem or show that the master theorem cannot be applied.
In this case, the master theorem cannot be applied, right? (Thinking)
But, how...
Can anyone tell me if the following is correct?
Traveling directly towards a source of light at some constant speed, we will measure its frequency to be higher (compared to rest frequency) than what we would expect when using Newton’s laws. Just as traveling away from the source, we would...