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Ask a physics with astrophysics masters student anything.
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>>674833288
how do dem magnets work?
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>>674833288
Why do I fucking hate physics teachers
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>>674833386
its fucking magic
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>>674833288
what's my horoscope for today? ram
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>>674833437
What country are you from? Probably because they stick too much to the syllabus so they get good pass percentages rather than encouraging interest in the subject.
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>>674833288
hey me too, Manchester school of physics and astronomy
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>>674833386
It's hard to explain without a good understanding of quantum mechanics and magnetism is still actively researched all over the world. The explanation usually given is about regions in a material all being aligned in the same direction, but it's to do with the spin or angular momentum of particles. Tough shit yo.
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>>674833288
Why haven't we figured out how to use wormholes for our advantage?
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>>674833629 he just asked questions to us the whole time but gave us no background knowledge before hand
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>>674833662
OP here, Leicester. Just finishing up my 3rd year now. How's the education there? I hear you have giant amounts of students per year.
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How do you normalize a wave-function?
How does the scaling work? Like with any vector?
Just divide it by its norm?
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>>674833288
how did u feel when i was fucking ur mother?
she'd come over sometimes while her boyfriend was away after school.

once the door would close she'd almost instantly get naked. most times she'd put on her favorite song and start sucking. then she would cry. her tears and makeup would drip down her face onto my dick. its surprising how cold tears are. eventually i finally asked her what was wrong. in between licks she told me that her favorite song was also her bfs favorite song. so even though she loved hearing it and it totally got her pussy wet, it also made her think about the fact that she was cheating on her boyfriend. i dont think i ever came harder down somebodies throat then right after she told me that. she was beautiful. we dont hang out anymore. wanna get lunch?


this was the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tgwFpMA61c
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>>674834003
we haven't even actually found one yet. detected but not found
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>>674834003
not OP but thats because we havent found antimatter yet, same reason the alcubbire drive hasnt been created. negative mass makes mathematical sense but hasent been observed
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>>674833288
How come we still can't put metal in the microwave?
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is gravity a byproduct of electromagnetism?
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explain how a microwave oven works.
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Is it possible to use a scalar spectrum analyser to tell the difference between AM and FM modulation of a signal? And for whichever answer, explain why/why not.
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where is the sun
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>>674833288
If I am in a space car going the speed of light and I turn my headlights on, would they do anything? If not, would it matter because time would slow way down, so I could swerve out of the way of any space deer in the road?
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>>674834575
Dude, if we knew that, we would have the Theory of Everything.
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>>674833288
Wut happens to a grape when u microwave it
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>>674834249
At least she was cool enough to have a warning label.Go below this line and you will be severely disappointed/retina burned.
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>>674833288
Is it possible for a human to discharge 3,000,000 volts 9 electricity from their body, there are a few people that can bend dangerous amounts of electricity
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>>674833288
When are they going to weaponize the higgs?
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>>674833288
How is it that all hot pockets require the exact same microwave time regardless of their delicious fillings?
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Prove to me God isn't real, and how everything seems to simply work without an outside source having per-programmed everything TO work.
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>>674835007
Meant to say of, not 9
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>>674834243
Integrate the modulus of the wf squared when equal to 1 for, any undergraduate purposes.
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>>674833288
If you see this nigger, tell him he owes me $10 and a new cat
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>>674834879

That question is so old.,,,
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>>674833288
What if Schroedinger is allergic to cats?
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>>674833288
i am studying somewhat physics... on free videos professors have put online for all to see, from physics all the way up into astrophysics.... but how long did it take you to get your masters...?

im jelly... i wish i could be an astrophysicist
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>>674834602
You put food in, and micro waves make them warm
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Could you like surf the rim of a black hole?
That's X-TREME!
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>>674835281
Just say you don't know the answer
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>>674833288
How often was your mom fucked in front of you?
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>>674834399
I'm op, i didn't answer the question yet.
>>674834003
Because they're theoretical and not yet even observed. In some models black holes may link up somewhere else in spacetime or another dimension as a white hole or some other weird shit. But any technology approaching control of a black hole may not even be possible or if it is it's way beyond our lifespan sadly.
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>>674835183

Still don't know how a microwave works
- Chemist
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>>674833288
Were you as angry at Matt Damon in interstellar as I was? What a douche.
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>>674834405
You can put a spoon in with little negative effect. It's not just the material, the shape matters. A fork is much worse as charge builds up in the pointy bits (tines?).
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Why does my astronomy class at school only teach physics and not astronomy?
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>>674834575
Gravity and electromagnetism are separate as far as the standard model is concerned. You have 4 fundamental forces, gravity, strong nuclear force, weak nuclear force and electromagnetic
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>>674834602
A standing wave produced by a badass named gevice called a magnetron heats up food by causing the water molecules to vibrate.
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>>674835785
I know that answer. Can the OP figure it out?
-Chemist
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Do you agree with 10, 11, or 26 dimensional string theory?
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>>674836124

Very good. Water vibration.
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>>674833288
If i launch a 50kg space cannonball off a 200m space cliff at an angle of 37.5 degrees, how long should I microwave a plate of mashed potatoes and baked chicken without the chicken getting dry and the potatoes not still being cold in the middle?
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I know quasars all burn at the same brightness, but is there a standard/fixed maximum size of a black hole attains which is when it can take no more matter and ejects it? Thanks.
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>>674836228
I don't really have much experience with the subject matter but 11 is my lucky number so that one. Fuck string anyway, I'm in to exoplanets.
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If you got blow out into space would having a towel really help you?
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Triple PHD in super mega physics here.

AMA
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>>674836124
So what happens if I microwave something really dry? Like an englishman's wit?
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>>674835753
Yeah dude i was so disappointed in the guy. Genuinely thought he was gonna reveal an awesome planet instead of a shit hole, Oh well. Allahu akbar'd the place too
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Hottest chick in astrophysics circles? I want a big name.
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>>674836375
That would depend heavily on unprovided information such as whether drag is included and the micropoulet chicken moisture/taste coefficient,
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>>674836531
Yeah man always bring a towel
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>>674833288
Assuming a radio station played a bitchin zeppelin song on may 1st 1971, would the residents of Europa have heard it yet?
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Why are all the world scientists and space programs combined not as cool as Superman?
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>>674834602
Not OP here but it's not too hard to explain. Basically microwaves are waves with a short wavelength. When they go through organic materials, they are 'stimulating' the water molecules into moving around. And since temperature is basically describing how heavily molecules are moving, food will get warm
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How does gravity work on the quantum level?
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>>674833288
What university r u in
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>>674836806

Not a chick, but an astronomical body AKA your mom
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>>674833288
Favorite moon and why?
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>>674836637
The microwave will actually interact with any polar molecule not just water, so as long as your food has some in it'll heat. Plastic doesn't, glass does, for example. But all food essentially has water in anyway even if only in small amounts.
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What is your dissertation on?
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Who are you voting for?
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>>674833288
That michio kaku guy? Visionary or total douche? Seems like he's the kind to bang his female students to me...
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>>674837178
Ur mum... and again I have certain reasons regarding science for this fine pick of the vast moons but ur mum is definatley my favourite
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>>674836379
Interesting question. I don't know off the top of my head but I wouldn't have thought so. There are examples of maximum attainable masses in other condensed objects, the Chandresekhar limit provides a maximum mass for white dwarfs before electron degeneracy pressure cannot sustain them, and neutron stars similarly collapse eventually. Supermassive black holes of increasing sizes are still being discovered, so it appears they're ok just getting more massive to me,
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>>674833288
have you studied comets at all? what will be the best comet this year?
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>>674833288
So you're super busy focusing on deep space, but what if the answer you're searching for is the love you have in your heart?
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>>674836993
Gluons apparently but I'm no quantum physicist, not a proper consensus yet either
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>>674833288
Bachelors in physics:

Why do quantum physicists shit on hawking black hole model? the equation is elegant as fuck and makes me erect just looking at it...

Shouldn't there be a way to use both hawking original black hole theory (where entropy becomes a variable) whilst simultaneously retaining the standard model?

Seriously, I think that there has to be a way to reconcile these things because equations aren't that nice by accident, I think hawking must be on to something.
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Does empty space exist?
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>>674837178
I'd have to say Enceladus or Europe simply due to their cool cryovolcanism and potential for life. Pretty neat.
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>>674833386
That's not what you ask a astrophysics masters student, that's what you ask a fucking juggalo.
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>>674838005
Certainly not your mom's vagoo whenever any niggers are around
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>>674837846
There are supposed to be two nice green ones visible with the eye or binoculars this month, get out somewhere dark!
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Undergrad here. Having a tough time with my physics course-trig based. Took trig and it was super easy but something just isn't clicking with me here. Any tips? Oh and i'm only a geo major right now, but will have to take geophysics after i do my calc and regular physics.
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>>674838005
Not really, even in the deepest reaches of intergalactic space there's still the odd hydrogen molecule floating around.
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>>674838274
Also this is the first time i've ever taken physics. Wasn't required in high school.
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what do you make of this?
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>>674836992
That's why I asked the physicist the question. Thanks.
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>>674838258
you're going to have to be more specific than that, dates? names?
>>674833288
were you as surprised as the rest of us when the gravitational waves were confirmed earlier this year or did you expect that to happen?
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>>674838274
Anything in particular troubling you? Trig identities? I generally just try and remember the basic ones and either derive more complex ones or pray I don't need them. Unless you mean working out angles and stuff in which case SOH CAH TOA should help
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>>674838633
I believe next monday is visible (southern hemisphere) and at the end of march for the one visible from the northern hemisphere.
And i wouldn't say surprised, but satisfied. Always nice when really old maths is proven correct. Also had a heads up before the media coverage because i know a phd working in that area.
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>>674837126
Leicester
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Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading east the other west. The east bound train is moving 60 mph. The west bound train travels at 80 mph. How long will it take for the trains to be 196 miles apart
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>>674839142
ok cool northern hemisphere here love comets and have a nice pair of binocs for that purpose
also agree with you about the old maths, really great to be able to point to an example of 99 year old math being proved correct
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>>674839409
They will never be apart, not in their hearts.
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>>674838428
No I mean some would say "empty space" is really just matter we can't interact with so to us it doesn't exist.
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>>674839681
>>674839409
But fo reals 1.4 hours
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>>674839409
Waiting for op to deliver
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>>674839942
They'd be wrong though, because just the fact that we can't interact with something doesn't mean it isn't there. Neutrinos are not interacting particles but they still exist and have an important role in keeping quantum mechanics balanced.
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Is einstien cartan theory the most likely cosmological model at the moment?
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>>674839409
1.4 hours, can confirm. 1 hour, 24 minutes
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A master's degree in astro means they know just about nothing (maybe very basic quantum, EM, stellar evolution, etc). I'm a particle physicist and talking to just about anyone in astro is super painful (they know about telescopes, some basic simulations, and THATS IT)
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Tits4dik?
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Neutrinos are absolutely particles. They interact under the weak interaction with all other leptons through exchanges of a Z boson. Without interactions, something really isn't there physically.
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>>674840301
Not sure to be honest, I did one cosmology elective in my second year and wasn't a big fan so didn't do any more.
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>>674840475
My degree is in physics, I specialise in astro. Not gonna lie though I'm sure you're way better at anything quantum than I am. Each to their own.
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Also, so ya'll know, the standard model doesn't seek to explain general relativity or highly curved space times (massive objects). By assumption, it only unifies the three other fundamental forces of nature (strong, weak, electromagnetic) while assuming a VERY minimal coupling to gravity (the U(1) contribution to the triangle anomaly, for the expert reader)
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