Why physically do things in general tend to move toward a lower potential value in a potential field?
19783
Why does a system try to minimize potential energy?
19163
Why does the amount of energy transferred depend on distance rather than time?
33126
Why does the Boltzmann factor $e^{-E/kT}$ seem to imply that lower energies are more likely?
80207
Are moving objects producing stronger gravity fields?
101856
Why does the electric field of an infinite line depend on the distance, but not on an infinite plane?
149353
Feynman diagram for attractive forces
140005
How will a particle with energy less than $V_{\rm min}$ behave?
141539
Dilemma in Theory of Superposition of Electric potential
158380
Explain electrostatic potential and similar terms?
18895
Why is this vector field not conservative, even though it has a potential? (what is the actual definition of a conservative vector field?)
17414
Lagrangian of an effective potential
131976
Does moving leave the object in a usable state?
136464
The propagation of electric field
131167
Kinetic energy of the object, but Potential energy of the system: Why is it so?
8786
Mechanism by which electric and magnetic fields interrelate
80190
Why does it make any physical sense for a body to have negative potential energy?
67258
Why is a conservative force defined as the negative gradient of a potential?