UVa Physics Review

I had to review some basic statistics, so I figured I'd post a quick summary.  I tend to forget how to treat error when averaging, so th...

Inherent symmetries in nature lead to conservation laws (perhaps someone will make a post about Noether's Theorem). When we think about ...

Two particle into two particle scattering is a common topic in the field of particle physics and is studied so often that special notation h...

If you aren't using gnuplot, you should check it out.  For those that do, I just figured out a fun tidbit on how to print fit errors tha...

Last week I gave a quick run-down of the justification of Cherenkov radiation from classical electrodynamics.  In practice, this effect is t...

When working with particle detectors it is important to be able to confirm they are functioning properly. Often this process involves using ...

It is common for physics grad students to remember the angular momentum operator . Many will even remember that it commutes with and we can...