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Warrick

Göttingen, Germany

Postdoctoral researcher, Institut für Astrophysik Göttingen.

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What conservation law corresponds to Lorentz boosts?

special-relativity conservation-laws symmetry lorentz-symmetry noethers-theorem asked Jul 21 '11 at 9:59
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Do Maxwell's Equations overdetermine the electric and magnetic fields?

electromagnetism classical-electrodynamics maxwell-equations differential-equations degrees-of-freedom asked Jan 27 '12 at 8:53
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Why is the sky not purple?

visible-light sun atmosphere biophysics vision asked May 24 '12 at 11:49
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Does Kaluza-Klein theory successfully unify GR and EM? Why can't it be extended to the Standard Model gauge group?

particle-physics research-level kaluza-klein unified-theories asked Dec 7 '11 at 14:04
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Why do Maxwell's equations contain each of a scalar, vector, pseudovector and pseudoscalar equation?

electromagnetism special-relativity maxwell-equations tensors asked Dec 24 '12 at 19:41
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Change “et al.” to “and N other authors” or similar

bibtex asked May 10 '16 at 10:12
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What's the difference between different speeds of sound?

thermodynamics asked Jul 19 '11 at 15:08
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How far would you need to displace your eyes to get meaningful depth perception of the stars?

optics astronomy asked Aug 23 '11 at 8:22
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When should one use a section sign (§)?

formatting academic-writing citation asked Aug 17 '11 at 14:31
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Why did the WMAP mission last so much longer than Planck?

cosmology cmb space-mission asked Apr 11 '12 at 12:09
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Top Answers
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Why are our planets in the solar system all on the same disc/plane/layer?
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What could explain the measurements that the Methuselah star is older than the universe?
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If we count Avogadro's Number of stars that are closest to Earth, how big that space would be?
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Why are stars, planets and larger moons (approximately) spherical in shape (like, the Sun, the Moon, the Earth, and other planets)?
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Why aren't there galaxy-sized balls of iron out there?
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Why do we always see the same side of the Moon?
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Do any naked-eye stars have planets
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How can a Population III star be so massive?
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What proportion of a star's hydrogen is consumed in its life?
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Do the stars imaged by a telescope even exist at present?
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Aligning Decimal Points in Table
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If neutrinos travel faster than light, how much lead time would we have over detecting supernovas?
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Stellar evolution simulation engine or software
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How long does it take for radio or light waves to travel from Earth to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto?
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How can Y-dwarf stars have such a low temperature?
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What is the Sun's core made of?
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What prevents stars in globular clusters from merging over time to form a black hole?
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Why do stars become red giants?
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Why is the detection of gravitational waves such a “Big” deal?
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Is there any chance we could eventually observe the supernova of the first (Population III) stars
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What is the exact mass of the Sun?
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Are the stars in constellation located in a plane or they are in different distances
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How much mass is typically ejected from a supernova?
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What is a simple mathematical model of a star?
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Why are all space observatories in Chile?
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Which current big Earth-based telescopes are equipped with adaptive optics?
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Why is light invisible?
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Why do certain massive stars leave no remnants?
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Distribution of Dark Matter around galaxies
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Mass of Milky Way Supermassive Black Hole
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