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6:42 AM
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Q: How long is a second?

stefanoAccording to the latest definition of the SI units in 2019, a second is defined as "$9,192,631,770$ periods of the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the caesium-133 atom (ΔνCs)", and c is fixed as $299792458$ metres per second. However I am puzzled by the fact that all uncertainties ...

 
 
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1:14 PM
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Q: A confusion about the spin of a particle described by Dirac equation

mithusengupta123The Hamiltonian of a particle described by the Dirac equation neither commutes with the orbital angular momentum nor with the spin angular momentum. However, it commutes with the sum of the orbital and spin angular momentum. This means that neither the orbital angular momentum nor the spin angula...

 
 
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6:09 PM
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Q: Is Back EMF produced in household wires?

Aghila C CSince we use AC for domestic purpose, shouldn't Back EMF (Counter-EMF) be produced in household wires? If yes, then the output voltage in the appliances will be less (that's what my stupid brain says! ). But this does not happen in our houses because we don't see bulbs glowing with low intensity ...

 
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6:58 PM
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Q: Popular Physics: Bells Experiment - can "knowing the future" be that "hidden variable"?

avloss(Sorry if I'm spamming your board with Popular Science speculations, but I just thought this could be an interesting thought experiment). There are quite a few videos on youtube about Bell's Experiment. This experiment supposedly disproves the hypothesis of local hidden variables. We split entang...

 
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7:47 PM
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Q: Difference between distance and norm

user626542In special relativity, different observers measure lengths of objects differently, depending on their respective velocities. However, all observers agree on the invariant inner product of two vectors (4-vectors, that is.) But doesn't the norm of a vector correspond to the distance between two poi...

 

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