I am an applied physics major, I wasn’t able to secure an internship this summer which is a bummer but I still want to take the summer to learn a new skill. I want to practice 3D modeling but curious to what software would be best to practice on. I heard solidworks is great, but I need a license. As a Rutgers student I am able to access various 3D modeling softwares for free, but if there is anyone who can help a noob it would be greatly appreciated! submitted by /u/Passtheoatmilk_69 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hello, I'm an 11th grade HS student and the last few weeks we've been learning about making models using the program Coach. We have been using existing models to answer questions. Now we have to make a product to end the module, which is come up with a concrete situation in which making a model would be useful. I want to do something related to astronomy or astrophysics, but I'm having a hard time coming up with an idea of what models could be used for in astronomy and astrophysics. So I'm wondering if you guys have some ideas of a direction that I could go in. We don't have to make the model ..read more

Hello, I am an incoming freshman undergrad. I want to honestly start researching from the get-go and learn/explore as many different fields of physics/astronomy while I can. Honestly, most fields are interesting to me. So, I was wondering which fields of physics/astronomy are dying fields (not many career opportunities) and which are growing fields. I am asking this because as much as I love studying everything, I am aware of the competitive nature of academia and the importance of grants/funding. So, I would love to gain experience in a field that has at least some potential job market. sub ..read more

I’m not really sure how get started here our text (Griffiths) doesn’t go very in depth with bells inequalities. I started by multiplying out the operator squared but not sure if that’s right, should I let it act on some arbitrary state twice? And I’m also unsure how to use the sigma here because usually I see the subscript denoting its associated Pauli matrix. The second photo is from the notes my professor provided. I’d appreciate any tips submitted by /u/nltchell [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hey all! I graduated in 2022 with my bachelor's in physics. Made the mistake of applying to too few difficult programs and it took a bit longer than I'd hoped but I finally got accepted into a master's program in Texas! Since graduating I have been mostly working in research and trying (not really succeeding) to brush up on old physics courses. Now that I have a concrete plan to go to grad school I figured i would dive harder into classical and quantum mechanics as well as E&M, does anyone have any advice for other topics to study before starting in the fall? As for the topics mentioned ..read more

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Let's say you have a long solenoid surrounding another solenoid and both have the same length and the same number of turns n, and the cross sectional area of the outer solenoid A1 is greater than A2 and a current as a function of time i(t) is given to the outer solenoid. We know the magnetic field due to the outer solenoid is μ_0 * n * i(t). My question is, is the induced emf in the second solenoid equal to -n * A2 * db/dt since it has n number of turns or just A2 * db/dt? I personally believe it is the first one, but my textbook solved it using the second one, which is weird because in anoth ..read more

I'm in year 13 (last year of school in Britain) and I'm doing A level physics, about to do my final exams in like a month. Apart from like 4 people who are getting A's, the other 20 people (me included) are getting C's. I revise like crazy for physics but there has been very little improvement in my grade. Both of our teachers have basically given up on us. What I'm depressed about is that there just seems to be a mental block between me and my goals of getting an A* in physics. The 4 students who are doing well seem to just naturally understand things, whereas I have to work so hard just to ..read more

Being an undergrad, grad, PhD, postdoc or enthusiast, how do you study physics? What is your learnings and best means according to you? How do you learn something of your own? submitted by /u/_Sherlock_- [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hey everyone, I am a current junior-year undergrad planning on applying to PhD programs this year. I've got a couple on my list, but I am still searching for more. My research experience and interests are mostly in nuclear physics and AMO/optics. I was wondering if anyone here knew of any schools that have groups which do research on the intersection of these two fields. I also interested more in theory if that helps. Also I found stuff about Duke nuclear photonics, but I'm confused on that, and I'll have to do more looking into Thanks in advance submitted by /u/QuantumLand [visit reddit] [c ..read more