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... magnitude is roughly of the order ΔΕ - Ē VF ( 10 ) Here ƒ is the number of degrees of free- dom of the smaller of the two interacting systems and Ē is assumed to be much greater than the lowest ( or ground state ) energy of A. For a ...
... magnitude is roughly of the order ΔΕ - Ē VF ( 10 ) Here ƒ is the number of degrees of free- dom of the smaller of the two interacting systems and Ē is assumed to be much greater than the lowest ( or ground state ) energy of A. For a ...
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... magnitude Sqi , and the possible values of the ith momentum p ; into fixed small intervals of magnitude Sp ;. For each i , the size of the subdivision in- terval can be chosen so that the product Sqi Spi = ho ( 5 ) where ho is some ...
... magnitude Sqi , and the possible values of the ith momentum p ; into fixed small intervals of magnitude Sp ;. For each i , the size of the subdivision in- terval can be chosen so that the product Sqi Spi = ho ( 5 ) where ho is some ...
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... magnitude of the viscosity of air from first principles and use this result to estimate the magnitude of the torque that has to be measured in an apparatus of this kind . Take as dimen- sions R = 2 cm , 8 = 0.1 cm , L = 15 cm , and w ...
... magnitude of the viscosity of air from first principles and use this result to estimate the magnitude of the torque that has to be measured in an apparatus of this kind . Take as dimen- sions R = 2 cm , 8 = 0.1 cm , L = 15 cm , and w ...
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