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Discovery of the first accretion-powered millisecond X-ray pulsar by Rudy Wijnands and Michiel van der Klis by
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Planck 2013 results. XVI. Cosmological parameters by Planck Collaboration by
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Astronomy and Astrophysics 571, A16. temperature and lensing-potential analysis under the standard cosmological model and tested extensions. This precedes the January 2015 examination; it is distinct from the February 2015 parameter release.
The Extreme Spin of the Black Hole in Cygnus X-1 by Lijun Gou and others by
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Astrophysical Journal 742, 85. Primary thermal-continuum spin analysis including uncertainties in binary parameters and flux calibration, with explicit alignment and disk-model assumptions.
Electrostatics of edge channels by D. B. Chklovskii and others by
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By D. B. Chklovskii, B. I. Shklovskii and L. I. Glazman. Physical Review B 46, 4026 (1992). Primary electrostatic theory of self-consistent quantum Hall edge strips.
Quantum Computation with Quantum Dots by Daniel Loss and David P. DiVincenzo by
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Physical Review A 57, 120 (1998); preprint cond-mat/9701055. Section II develops coupled single-electron spin qubits and electrically controlled exchange.
Space-Time Approach to Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics by Richard Feynman by
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Reviews of Modern Physics 20, 367–387. The original path integral formulation weights histories by their classical action phase. doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.20.367
Plasmons, Gauge Invariance, and Mass by Philip Warren Anderson by
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Physical Review 130, 439–442. The superconductivity and plasmon example explains why a charged system need not retain the massless spectrum of its uncoupled matter theory. doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.130.439
Nonlinear Field Theory of Large-Spin Heisenberg Antiferromagnets: Semiclassically Quantized Solitons of the One-Dimensional Easy-Axis Néel State by F. Duncan M. Haldane by
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Physical Review Letters 50, 1153–1156. Distinguishes integer and half-integer spin in the continuum theory of a one-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet. doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.1153
Existence of Long-Range Order in One and Two Dimensions by Pierre Hohenberg by
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Physical Review 158, 383–386. Uses a rigorous inequality to exclude finite-temperature long-range order in homogeneous low-dimensional quantum gases under its stated assumptions. doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.158.383
Induced-Charge Electro-osmosis and Electrophoresis by Martin Z. Bazant by
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By Martin Z. Bazant. Section1,page1 defines diffuse charge, electro-osmotic mobility and the effective slip outside a double layer. Only the generic electrokinetic section is used here.
Notes on the Turing Instability and Chemical Instabilities by Michael Cross by
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By Michael Cross. The two-component chemical-kinetics linear stability calculation supplies the reaction Jacobian and finite-wavenumber diffusion instability. Only generic mathematics and chemical physics are used here; biological applications are excluded.
Direct Observation of Tunneling and Nonlinear Self-Trapping in a Single Bosonic Josephson Junction by Michael Albiez and others by
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Physical Review Letters 95, 010402; published 27 June 2005.
Quantum Interference Effects in Josephson Tunneling by R. C. Jaklevic and others by
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Physical Review Letters 12, starting at page 159; published 17 February 1964.
Energy Levels of Neutral Carbon by National Institute of Standards and Technology by
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The Cosmic Microwave Background Spectrum from the Full COBE/FIRAS Data Set by Dale J. Fixsen and others by
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Astrophysical Journal 473, 576. A primary analysis of the cosmic microwave background spectrum using the FIRAS absolute-reference comparison, with limits on departures from a blackbody. The paper's reported temperature is historical; an exam's supplied rounded temperature should not be silently replaced by it. arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9605054 doi.org/10.1086/178173
Variation of the Rate of Decay of Mesotrons with Momentum by Bruno Rossi and David B. Hall by
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Bruno Rossi and David B. Hall, Physical Review 59, 223–228 (1941). The primary experiment compared more and less penetrating cosmic-ray particle populations and found momentum-dependent decay rates compatible with relativistic moving-clock rates.
Propagation by diffraction (ITU-R P.526-13) by International Telecommunication Union by
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Institutional recommendation titled “Propagation by diffraction”; Annex 1, Section 2.7 defines the Fresnel integrals and Section 4.1 treats a single knife edge. These normalize diffraction relative to the unobstructed field at the same receiver position.
Rotating saddle trap as Foucault's pendulum by Oleg N. Kirillov and Mark Levi by
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American Journal of Physics 84(1), 26–31. Primary mathematical analysis of a rotating potential and its guiding-centre motion.
Entanglement-assisted local manipulation of pure quantum states by Daniel Jonathan and Martin B. Plenio by
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Physical Review Letters 83, 3566–3569. Original account of entanglement catalysis by Daniel Jonathan and Martin B. Plenio.
Polynomial-Time Algorithms for Prime Factorization and Discrete Logarithms on a Quantum Computer by Peter W. Shor by
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Peter W. Shor's quantum integer factorization and discrete logarithm algorithms. SIAM Journal on Computing 26, 1484–1509.
Pinned article: Introduction to the OurBigBook Project
Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
Everyone is welcome to create an account and play with the site: ourbigbook.com/go/register. We belive that students themselves can write amazing tutorials, but teachers are welcome too. You can write about anything you want, it doesn't have to be STEM or even educational. Silly test content is very welcome and you won't be penalized in any way. Just keep it legal!
Intro to OurBigBook
. Source. We have two killer features:
- topics: topics group articles by different users with the same title, e.g. here is the topic for the "Fundamental Theorem of Calculus" ourbigbook.com/go/topic/fundamental-theorem-of-calculusArticles of different users are sorted by upvote within each article page. This feature is a bit like:
- a Wikipedia where each user can have their own version of each article
- a Q&A website like Stack Overflow, where multiple people can give their views on a given topic, and the best ones are sorted by upvote. Except you don't need to wait for someone to ask first, and any topic goes, no matter how narrow or broad
This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.Figure 1. Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page. View it live at: ourbigbook.com/go/topic/derivativeVideo 2. OurBigBook Web topics demo. Source. - local editing: you can store all your personal knowledge base content locally in a plaintext markup format that can be edited locally and published either:This way you can be sure that even if OurBigBook.com were to go down one day (which we have no plans to do as it is quite cheap to host!), your content will still be perfectly readable as a static site.
- to OurBigBook.com to get awesome multi-user features like topics and likes
- as HTML files to a static website, which you can host yourself for free on many external providers like GitHub Pages, and remain in full control
Figure 2. You can publish local OurBigBook lightweight markup files to either OurBigBook.com or as a static website.Figure 3. Visual Studio Code extension installation.Figure 5. . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally. Video 3. Edit locally and publish demo. Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension. - Infinitely deep tables of contents:
All our software is open source and hosted at: github.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook
Further documentation can be found at: docs.ourbigbook.com
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