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Tuesday Tattoo: Ultimate physics tattoo – Schrodinger equation

This is absolutely awesome!

I can read the Schrodinger Equation and see a picture of an atorm a nucleaus and an electron.

Having trouble deciphering the middle part and the bottom part.

To see this as a body tattoo is beyond beleif.

Source tattoo sported by Jim, taken in 2005, it seems.

Here is a larger version

Update - from the commentator Lokicubed: The middle line is the
Bose-Einstein distribution. It gives the statistical distribution
of bosons. Below that the circle with wave going around it, is an
example of wave nature of electrons. The idea of De Broglie wavelength
is exemplified here by having the orbiting electon represented not by
a particle but by a wave that closes on itself. Contrast that to the
atom picture in the top left. The bottom line is the total energy of
a moving particle taking into account relativistic effects. It is the
sum of its rest mass and its kinetic energy. Notice how if the particle
is at rest, p=0 (momentum is velocity*mass (or the rate of change of force
wrt time)) so the equation becomes E=mc2. 

The tattoo is missing a power 2 on the capital E.

 

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Dynamic Magnetic Field as animated images –> Magnetic Movie

Magnetic fields are invisible, at least usually. But Scientists from NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratory have made them visible as “animated photographs,” using sound-controlled CGI and 3D compositing. It makes the fields dance in an absolutely gorgeous movie called Magnetic Movie.

 

This is the best depiction of solar wind that I have seen.

This is just a visualization of the fields that were present in the space at the time of the filming.

The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic, ever-changing geometries. All action takes place around NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley, to recordings of space scientists describing their discoveries. Actual VLF audio recordings control the evolution of the fields as they delve into our inaudible surroundings, revealing recurrent ‘whistlers’ produced by fleeting electrons. Are we observing a series of scientific experiments, the universe in flux, or a documentary of a fictional world?

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