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NNadir

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5. Probably because she wanted to be thought of as accelerating, or because she was just...

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 02:11 AM

Mar 2021

...a kid when she got it, maybe as an undergraduate.

This mass spec is probably set up as an FTICR, and there probably more relevant equations she could have chosen, and if she wanted a second derivative, she could have chosen a wave equation.

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The National Mag Lab: The World's Strongest Magnet. [View all] NNadir Mar 2021 OP

Another cool video. The idea that the lab is open to researchers or engineers who may.... EarnestPutz Mar 2021 #1

It's a differential equation krispos42 Mar 2021 #2

It's just a set of symbols indicating a second derivative. In principle, could be anything. eppur_se_muova Mar 2021 #3

Probably because she wanted to be thought of as accelerating, or because she was just... NNadir Mar 2021 #5

Also, no vacuum cleaners allowed. eppur_se_muova Mar 2021 #4