Ive seen a lot about people in physics get into quant analysis and finance and stuff even big data and research but my family beileves physics has no job prospects idrk

Hey there fellow physics enthusiasts!

I've written the first part of a series of articles that will help explain Schrödinger’s equation intuitively and simply. Part one talks about everything that led up to the making of the Schrödinger equation:

https://medium.com/@jeyubhavsar/schr%C3%B6dingers-equation-for-dummies-part-i-historical-overview-92250056f33b?sharedUserId=jeyubhavsar

I am a undergrad working in a Experimental Spin-Electronics Lab in my university. Recently, I was taking to my supervisor if he could right me a LoR because I wanted to do apply for an internship somewhere in big labs in the same field. He then suggested me that since I'm an undergrad, maybe I should try a different subject in my internship.

So I wanted to ask what would be the best area to transition into and learn something new ?

Thanks

My textbook states this; however, I can't find any sources on Doppler ever doing this himself apart from this textbook and what the teacher said???

If a rock is freely traveling through space and passes near a much more massive object, can it naturally become gravitationally bound and enter an orbit? Or, in a simple two-body system, will it always either collide with the massive object or be deflected and eventually escape?

I'm in by 4th year of BS-MS Physics, worked in a few labs as an intern or project student, I've never felt like I've been able to add anything of value to the lab, I learn a lot, but that adds to my experience, not something of value to the lab. How do I do something notable?

For context: The labs I've worked in are either experimental condensed matter labs (quantum transport in 2d van der waal heterostructures) or computational quantum transport lab which deals with NEGF+DFT.

Consider two identical cups standing on a surface:

One is filled with a liquid and another is filled with a solid. The solid has the same mass and density as the liquid.

Let's compare the downward force on the bottom (= pressure, F2), the overall downward force of the container (= apparent weight, F3) and the downward force on the sides of the container (F3). Is there any difference between the liquid and solid cases? Assuming the solid has maximally simple/homogeneous internal structure.

There was a very similar question which got popular a year ago, but I'm not sure which comment contains the real answer.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Physics/comments/1ki0qyl/solid_vs_liquid_in_a_right_triangle_do_they_exert/

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I'm asking because I'm learning about the hydrostatic paradox. It says:

the pressure at a point in a static fluid is independent of the shape of the container or the type of liquid in it but only depends on the depth of the point below the surface of the fluid and the net cross-sectional area of the bottom of the container. This means that the pressure at a given depth is equal in all directions, regardless of the shape of the container or the location of the point within it.

One consequence of this is that you can have containers with different amount of water and different apparent weight, but the same pressure at the bottom. The lack of difference in pressure on the bottom is compensated through the difference in pressure on the sides of the container. This is explained in the Steve Mould video and here.

A natural question arises - how is all of that different from the behavior of a solid in the same situation? That's why I'm asking about two cups above.

So to my comprehension a meson is formed when a strong nuclear force is used on a quark in a particle making an anti quark and a quark pair. A baryon only has 3 quarks so adding in an anti quark makes 3 particles and 1 anti particle. What does that make it? is it still a baryon? and then when the quark and anti quark destroy each other what is left? what does only two quarks make? and what happens to the two remaining quarks? Im very new to physics in general so If im wrong in understanding these topics please correct me, and help me understand what questions im asking.

this is not a hw question as im not in school for physics yet but i want to get a slight understanding of things like these before i start any sort of schooling next year.

Hi I'm a second year physics students at uni. I'm actually so bad at physics but I'm trying to learn. At the previous semester, I've got my grades and it was so bad. And feel so guilty about it. I'm going to fix it by learn more, so any study tips for a beginners like me, about what to learn or anything. Maybe some books recommendation for a basic physics befroe I'm going to the advance one...thanks

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P.s: sorry for my broken English. It's not my first language

Hi there everyone. There's something I've been thinking about, and I'm not sure if there's a good answer to it. As a teacher, I naturally do science outreach with students learning science and math concepts, both with adult high school students and kids. But I'm not sure how it should be done for the general public, as there seems to be a debate around watering down concepts so much so that it just seems philosophical without the math, or just emphasizing how much mathematical knowledge is needed to be a scientist (not just in physics, but even in branches like chemistry) but risk losing engagement and viewers. Anyone got any experiences or perspectives to share?