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Carl Brannen

Pullman, WA

http://arxiv.org/find/physics/1/au:+Brannen_C/0/1/0/all/0/1

Candidate for the PhD in physics at Washington State University. Member of the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) Scientific Collaboration (LSC).

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Top Questions
36 votes

Which is correct, “buck naked” or “butt naked”?

word-choice idioms expressions asked Apr 27 '11 at 21:53
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Given two basis sets for a finite Hilbert space, does an unbiased vector exist?

probability vector-spaces hilbert-spaces asked Mar 22 '11 at 2:01
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Why do tsunami waves begin with the water flowing away from shore?

fluid-dynamics waves water tsunami asked Mar 11 '11 at 21:05
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23 votes

Do community wiki votes contribute to the Sportsmanship badge? Should they?

support badges community-wiki sportsmanship-badge asked Apr 24 '11 at 2:17
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Long time deviations from exponential decay in radioactivity

quantum-mechanics nuclear-physics radioactivity asked Mar 16 '11 at 4:38
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22 votes

How do horseshoe orbits work?

gravity celestial-mechanics asked Apr 9 '11 at 20:20
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Why were space physicists wrong about the location of the heliopause?

space solar-system plasma-physics asked Jan 26 '11 at 23:32
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Resistor circuit that isn't parallel or series

electricity electric-circuits resistance electrical-engineering asked Mar 12 '12 at 5:36
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13 votes

Is there an easy way to show that $x^2-t^2=1/g^2$ for a (relativistic) body undergoing acceleration g?

special-relativity acceleration relativity asked May 17 '12 at 5:33
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12 votes

Are water waves (i.e. on the surface of the ocean) longitudinal or transverse?

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Top Answers
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Will a hole cut into a metal disk expand or shrink when the disc is heated?
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Why is $\pi$ = 3.14… instead of 6.28…?
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What is the logarithm of a kilometer? Is it a dimensionless number?
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33
How fast does gravity propagate?
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Why were space physicists wrong about the location of the heliopause?
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19
Why do two bodies of different masses fall at the same rate (in the absence of air resistance)?
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Resistor circuit that isn't parallel or series
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In superluminal phase velocities, what is it that is traveling faster than light?
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A single word antonym of “absorb”
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Why do 'dead' batteries work again after exchanging the places of the batteries in an electronic device?
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12
What is the net charge of the Earth?
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What is a real world application of polynomial factoring?
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Would it help if you jump inside a free falling elevator?
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11
Batman spotlight in the sky
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Proof $1+2+3+4+\cdots+n = \frac{n\times(n+1)}2$
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How can I understand counterintuitive units like $\text{s}^2$?
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Why is the maximum work achieved in reversible processes?
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Why do bass tones travel through walls?
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Purchasing semiconductor substrates
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Can vectors in physics be represented by complex numbers and can they be divided?
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What does the data in various stages of analysis from a particle collision look like?
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Can black holes form in a finite amount of time?
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How can neutrinos oscillate though the lepton flavors have differing masses?
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What is a virtual ground?
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Small change in theta - polar coordinates
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Largest theoretically possible specific heat capacity?
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Is ground energy of interacting fermions always higher that that of bosons?
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Is there any information on power series whose coefficients are only 0 and 1?
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Does a moving escalator make it easier to walk up the steps?
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Calculate sum of an infinite series
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