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What Do Topological Quantum Field Theories Actually Have To Do With Physics?

Before I ask my actual question I should probably give a bit of background about myself. I am a math grad student but I have a bachelor's in physics. Mathematicians seem to have …
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How can I calculate torque/power of an engine using accelerometer data?

I'm using an accelerometer to record the rate of acceleration of a vehicle over time (1500kg). With this data I am calculating speed and distance traveled over time. I'm now trying …
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Voyager 2 relative velocity

On the Voyager Weekly Reports site, the velocity below is noted. Velocity Relative to Earth (Km/sec) 24.914 Does this mean that Voyager 2 is traveling at 8% the speed of …
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Dark Surfaces and Global Warming

Do dark surfaces exposed to the sun really contribute to global warming?
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Have we found other particles(with mass), that can travel at speeds close to “C” like the electron?

I thought about this the other day, the question is exactly as stated in the title. Anything, with mass, able to get closer to the speed of light,(in a vacuum), than the electron c …
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Does pure carbon and graphite share the same resistivity?

I know that the resistivity for pure carbon = 3.5 x 10^-3Ωm, but i cannot find any useful statistics on the resistivity for graphite.