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Should I have asked this Physics SE question here instead?

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I have just posted How does one actually go about writing the Laplacian and Hamiltonian of an electrical circuit containing active and passive components? in the Physics SE site, with trepidation. I've asked thousands of SE questions across a wide variety of sites - check my profile - but I've had the least productive experience there.

Physics Overflow has a different look and UI and since I'm way up there on "the spectrum" I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. It's taken me a decade to get used to how SE works, so I don't yet have a feel for this site.

I'm an experimental physicist (currently in 2D materials and surface science) and trying to better understand some aspects contemporary theory, at least a bit.

I was given an interesting paper to read by a theorist colleague who works in the area of non-Hermitian systems, in response to my question asking for an example of a real-world system where non-Hermitian phenomena can be observed.

Would it have been appropriate to post my question here instead? Should I import it now? Delete it there to avoid cross-posting?

I'm not even sure if I've successfully "reclaimed my identity" here or have created a parallel "uhoh" account.

asked Apr 4 in Discussion by uhoh (0 points) [ revision history ]
edited Apr 5 by uhoh

I think your question would be welcome here, in the category of applied or experimental physics. Do you want it to be imported?

commented Apr 4 by Dilaton (6,240 points) [ no revision ]

@Dilaton thank you for your response, yes I would indeed like the question to be imported. There is now one helpful comment on the question as well.

commented Apr 5 by uhoh (0 points) [ revision history ]

Ok, it is now imported here .

commented Apr 8 by Dilaton (6,240 points) [ revision history ]

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