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Is a "shift in the meaning" of Accuracy and Precision occurring?
December 7th, 2020
error-analysis
definition
history
measurements
terminology
Convective and Diffusive terms in Navier Stokes Equations
November 10th, 2021
fluid-dynamics
terminology
diffusion
navier-stokes
convection
What is the difference between a magnon and a spinon?
August 1st, 2022
quasiparticles
terminology
electromagnetism
Differences between classical, analytical, rational and theoretical mechanics
October 14th, 2020
classical-mechanics
soft-question
terminology
What are global and local gauge invariance defined as they are?
May 2nd, 2020
gauge-invariance
definition
gauge-theory
terminology
Why is Fourier space called as momentum space?
January 4th, 2020
momentum
conventions
terminology
quantum-mechanics
crystals
If a measurement has 5% error, can we say it has 95% accuracy?
August 1st, 2022
soft-question
terminology
error-analysis
measurements
Does Earth have a code name?
January 6th, 2020
astronomy
terminology
earth
What are entropy and reversible processes really?
June 6th, 2020
terminology
thermodynamics
entropy
reversibility
What is meant by the phrase "the mass is protected by a symmetry"?
August 1st, 2022
quantum-field-theory
terminology
symmetry
renormalization
Difference between steady state and equilibrium?
August 1st, 2022
solid-state-physics
terminology
semiconductor-physics
equilibrium
steady-state
Fiducial volume in collider/detector physics
March 18th, 2020
particle-physics
terminology
large-hadron-collider
particle-detectors
What is the meaning of phenomenology?
March 20th, 2020
soft-question
terminology
beyond-the-standard-model
Planets and Pluto? Neptune?
August 6th, 2020
terminology
planets
solar-system
What is an event in Special Relativity?
June 22nd, 2020
inertial-frames
terminology
spacetime
special-relativity
coordinate-systems
Is there a name for what Feynman called a fundamental constant i.e. "ratio of electrical repulsion to gravitational attraction between electrons"?
May 23rd, 2021
coulombs-law
physical-constants
terminology
newtonian-gravity
electrostatics
What is the Difference between Lorentz Invariant and Lorentz Covariant?
February 2nd, 2020
special-relativity
covariance
terminology
tensor-calculus
What does the dual of a tensor mean (e.g. dual stress tensor in relativistic ED)?
September 20th, 2020
linear-algebra
tensor-calculus
differential-geometry
terminology
How do the terms comet, asteroid, meteoroid, meteor and meteorite differ?
August 1st, 2022
meteorites
terminology
asteroids
meteors
meteoroids
What is the difference between maximally entangled and maximally mixed states?
May 31st, 2020
quantum-entanglement
quantum-information
terminology
quantum-mechanics
What is a mode?
March 23rd, 2022
terminology
oscillators
definition
Why are only infrared rays classified as "heat rays"?
August 5th, 2022
infrared-radiation
thermodynamics
electromagnetic-radiation
terminology
What is difference between homogeneous and isotropic material?
January 17th, 2020
terminology
symmetry
Why are gauge theories called so?
October 13th, 2020
soft-question
terminology
gauge-theory
history
Should it be obvious that independent quantum states are composed by taking the tensor product?
April 19th, 2021
quantum-information
terminology
quantum-interpretations
hilbert-space
quantum-mechanics
What is an LHC Fill?
June 23rd, 2020
particle-physics
large-hadron-collider
terminology
"Slightly off-shell"?
August 1st, 2022
terminology
particle-physics
quantum-field-theory
The notion of an adiabatic process in thermodynamics -vs- quantum mechanics
August 1st, 2022
quantum-mechanics
thermodynamics
terminology
adiabatic
What exactly is the difference between advection and convection?
December 7th, 2020
convection
terminology
fluid-dynamics
heat
What does "the ${\bf N}$ of a group" mean?
August 1st, 2022
group-theory
symmetry
representation-theory
terminology
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