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What are the different types of gravitational waves? How do they differ from each other, and when were they first discovered?

asked Mar 10, 2022 in Waves physics by jimdad07

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If the light photon is a "massless" particle that has momentum, does that mean it's just an 'energy wave'?

asked Mar 10, 2022 in Waves physics by LuminousMystic

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How do crystals protect our bodies from harmful electromagnetic waves?

asked Mar 10, 2022 in Waves physics by Shiam04

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Who won Rod Wave’s shout-out challenge?

asked Mar 10, 2022 in Waves physics by podman

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Do photons in the double slit experiment behave like particles when observed by a human observer (human eyes), or do they only change their behaviour from wave-like when observed and measured by scientific apparatus like magnets or lasers or such?

asked Feb 20, 2022 in Waves physics by Craig k

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What does a wavelength of light look like visualized in 3D space?

asked Feb 20, 2022 in Waves physics by QuantumDreamer

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What is the longest wavelength physical or mathematical that is less than infinity?

asked Feb 19, 2022 in Waves physics by wally

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How does a negative charge affect the rate at which electromagnetic waves travel through space?

asked Feb 19, 2022 in Waves physics by RadiantCharm

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Can an electromagnetic wave travel faster than light in free space?

asked Feb 19, 2022 in Waves physics by wowbagger

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Does a photon have a gravitational field? I don't think so because it cannot produce any shadow effect into ether since it is not a matter wave which absorbs and re-emits ether waves.

asked Feb 19, 2022 in Waves physics by agofarkas

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Can path difference occur if the wavelength is larger than the distance between the slit and the screen?

asked Feb 19, 2022 in Waves physics by lord twang

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What if instead of speaking of waves and particles in the quantum world we would consider a third category that can sometimes behave like a wave or a particle, but in fact is something fundamentally new?

asked Feb 19, 2022 in Waves physics by Offshore

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What is the difference between rays and waves?

asked Feb 19, 2022 in Waves physics by CrystalPulse

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How can the wave have more spatial extent than a particle, being the same item?

asked Feb 19, 2022 in Waves physics by AstralHorizon

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If Earth is round, how did Marconi transmit his radio waves across the Atlantic Ocean which is 2,000 miles?

asked Feb 19, 2022 in Waves physics by EmberCharm

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Why are AM waves used for communication, but not FM waves?

asked Feb 18, 2022 in Waves physics by SeraphicTwilight

+12 votes

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If a wave has 0.5 hertz and a wavelength of 10m, what would be its speed?

asked Feb 18, 2022 in Waves physics by Easy Life

+216 votes

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Is there a software that can change the frequency of a sound?

asked Feb 18, 2022 in Waves physics by Marine boy

+248 votes

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Can a particle have a wave function but not be in a state of superposition?

asked Feb 17, 2022 in Waves physics by Liam2000uk

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What is the second overtone (third harmonic) that could cause a standing wave pattern on a string that is 67.7 cm long, has a mass per length of 1.5 g/m, and is stretched to a tension of 57.7 N?

asked Feb 17, 2022 in Waves physics by dvddvd (2.1k points)

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