Communication with Space Probes and beyond
The main problems associated with communicating with distant space probes like Voyager 1 are investigated. The role played by diffraction in limiting the amount of power receivable on Earth is discussed. The further problems of reaching a nearby st....
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A brief look at the Physics behind sending signals along cables and via geostationary satellites. An experiment to measure the speed of an electrical pulse in a cable is described and the Physics of the orbits of communcations satellites is develope....
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F=ma (laws 1&2). Forces come in pairs that add to zero (3). Newton's laws apply in inertial frames of reference. Some common approximations made in applying them.
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In simple harmonic motion, displacement, velocity and acceleration vary sinusoidally with time, but with different phases.
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Uniform circular motion: angular displacement and velocity are introduced and centripetal acceleration is determined.
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Motion with uniform acceleration, such as in a uniform gravitational (or electric) field is projectile motion, analysed here with examples.
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Kinematics quantifies motion without explaining the causes of it. Here we study accelerations that are zero, positive or negative.
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A review of the properties and behaviour of liquid crystals. Temperature effects.
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The use of gamma-ray spectroscopy to study the structure of less well-known nuclei.
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Astrophysics is one of the driving forces behind the study of nuclear reactions and nuclear structure. The FSU Department of Nuclear Physics has the facilities and techniques needed to experimentally explore both of these topics. This video briefly....
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A look at what was known when Newton started to develop his theory of gravitation and how he used these ideas and data to make his great forward step
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Standard analysis of the relativistic dynamics of scattering on a step potential leads to a paradox that contradicts the standard interpretation of a wave function in nonrelativistic theory. It is shown how is this result obtained by not being carefu....
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Standard analysis of the relativistic dynamics of scattering on a step potential leads to a paradox that contradicts the standard interpretation of a wave function in nonrelativistic theory. It is shown how is this result obtained by not being carefu....
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Studies of direct cluster nuclear transfer reactions to give information about angular momentum values in excited states of nuclei.
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An overview of the low energy structure nuclear structure nphysics at Florida State University by a graduate student. The nparticle accelerator as well as certain nuclear experiments are described nto give insight into the research possibilities avai....
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Studies of nuclear stability using gamma-ray spectroscopy. Use in security scanning; PET scans;
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A description and demonstration of the way in which craters formed by dropping objects into sand can be linked to some elementary physics
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The quantum gas is an extreme state of an ensemble of atoms when their de Broglie wave length is of the same length as the size of the container. The ways of achieving this state are described and also how its temperature is defined.
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How extending Galileo's relativity to magnetism leads to Einstein's relativity, time dilation, length contraction, relativity of simultaneity and E=mc2 .
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