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    Scientific importance of total Solar eclipses?

    Oh yes, I knew about the historical importance and the time when space telescopes simply were not an option. I was thinking of some present day applications. While reading online, I came across an article claiming that the ground based observations during eclipses are better suited for imaging...
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    Scientific importance of total Solar eclipses?

    I was wondering whether there is an actual scientific point of taking ground-based photographs of the Solar corona during total eclipses on Earth. It seems to attract a lot of attention from well equipped amateurs around the world and the pictures of the fine plasma structure surely look great...
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    Perimeter institute 2015 summer undergrad program

    I think it is highly competitive.
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    Perimeter institute 2015 summer undergrad program

    Yes, I got accepted, although I am still waiting for the precise details of my project (should be GR). I've been told it's a highly oversubscribed programme (~100 applicants) and only a handful of places. I suppose you will hear from them soon-ish, as they apparently have waiting lists for...
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    Perimeter institute 2015 summer undergrad program

    Hi, I got a reply on Thursday.
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    Y''(x) + A sin(y(x)) - B = 0; A,B : positive, real

    Hello there, I have no idea how to solve the differential equation y''(x) + A sin(y(x)) - B = 0 , where A and B are positive real numbers. I do also have initial conditions: y(0) = 0 and y'(0) = 0. I would be grateful for any help.
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    Wave function of a photon in a spherical cavity

    Hello there, could anyone help me with a certain basic problem in relativistic QM? What would be the wave function of a photon (or generally a particle with zero rest mass) in a spherical 3D cavity, having potential energy V=0 within the cavity and V=k outside the sphere (k>0)? I have been...
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    Metric of 2 Bodies: Superposition & Resulting Tensor

    OK. That's what I expected. I just wanted to be sure that the resulting metric can't be produced in such a simply way before starting deriving the tensor from the field equation.
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    Metric of 2 Bodies: Superposition & Resulting Tensor

    And does this Weyl solution work the way I have described above? Would it be possible to just add the metric of each body in order to obtain the resulting one?
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    Metric of 2 Bodies: Superposition & Resulting Tensor

    Hello there. I would like to find the metric tensor produced by the existence of two massive bodies. Does the principle of superposition work for metrics as well? The first idea I got was to add the two metrics for each separate body in order to obtain the resulting one. Is this approach valid...
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