Physics - The Mad Physicist

Zero-point energy and the vacuum catastrophe

In my opinion, one of the largest standing problems in physics is called the Vacuum Catastrophe. The Quantum Field theory leads us believe that a perfect vacuum innately has a

Astronomy

Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes/Technique (IACT)

As I was going through the catalog of UCI Machine Learning Repository, a certain data set caught my eye, it's name is MAGIC Gamma Telescope Data Set. After closer inspection, It was a data set created via Monte Carlo simulation of what would be read from a Gamma Telescope.

Physics

Finding the Higgs boson w/ Shallow Neural Networks

Recently, I started work on a C++ library with the purpose of creating easily creating and training Neural Networks.

Physics

A really brief description of Gravity

In 1971, during the Apollo 15 mission, Commander David Scott dropped a feather and a hammer at the same time on the surface of the moon. They both hit the floor at the same time.

Physics

Simulating the Solar System : Part 1

Introduction I remember, when I was an undergraduate student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, I was working with an astrophysics professor, Dr. Pereyra. After teaching me how

Physics

Solar Wind, A Numerical Solution for Parker Wind

Space Weather The Solar Storm of 1859 was caused by a coronal mass ejection that hit the earth. During the storm, Auroras were seen from the arctic all the way