Pages in category "Concepts in physics"

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Outline of physics

1s Slater-type function

Acceleration Action (physics) Adiabatic invariant Alternative approach to perturbation theory Ampre's circuital law Ampre's force law Amplitude Angular momentum coupling Ansatz Arrow of time Atom Autocatalytic reaction

Bell's theorem BKS theory Bloch oscillations Bloch wave Bohr magneton Bohr model Boiling point Boltzmann's entropy formula Born reciprocity BoseEinstein statistics Boson Brownian ratchet

Canonical transformation Capacitance Capstan equation

Carnot cycle Cauchy momentum equation Causality Causality (physics) Centrifugal Cherenkov radiation Characteristic time Charge (physics) Charge density Classical limit Classical mechanics ClausiusMossotti relation Clockwise Closed system Coherence (physics) Collisionless Commutative property Condensed matter physics Conservation law Convection Cooper pair Copenhagen interpretation Coulomb gap Coulomb's law Covariance group Covariance principle Covariant formulation of classical electromagnetism Cross section (physics) Crystal Current density

Darwin Lagrangian Deflection (physics) Degenerate semiconductor Degrees of freedom Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) Density of states Derivation of the NavierStokes equations Diffraction Diffraction formalism Dimension (mathematics and physics) Dipole Discrete spectrum (physics) Dispersion relation

Electrical conductor Electromagnet Electromagnetic induction Electron equivalent Electrostatics Elementary particle Emission spectrum Empty lattice approximation Entropy Configuration entropy EPR paradox Equation of state Equipartition theorem Equivalence principle Ergodic hypothesis Euclidean vector Euler equations (fluid dynamics) Euler's laws of motion

Fermi's golden rule Fermion FermiDirac statistics Ferromagnetism Feynman diagram Field (physics) Field effect (semiconductor) Fine-structure constant First law of thermodynamics Flavour (particle physics) Focus (optics) Force Four-vector Fourier transform Fractional quantum mechanics Fractional Schrdinger equation Frame-dragging Free electron model Free particle Fundamentals of Physics

Gas

General relativity Generalized Lagrangian mean Gibbs free energy Ginzburg criterion Gravitation Gravitational singularity Gravitational two-body problem Green's function

H-theorem Half time (physics) Hamiltonian mechanics Heat Heat capacity Heat engine Heisenberg cut Helmholtz free energy Homogeneity (physics) Hydrogen atom Hysteresis

Impulse (physics) Instability Insulator (electricity) Internal energy

Intrinsic parity Introduction to mathematics of general relativity Invariant (physics) Invariant mass Ionic conductivity (solid state) Ising model

Kinetic scheme Kinetic theory KleinGordon equation Koopmanvon Neumann classical mechanics

Lagrangian Lamb shift

Legendre transformation Leggett inequality Length measurement Length scale Lepton Linear response function Linearity Long-slit spectroscopy Lorentz force Lorentz force velocimetry Lorentz scalar Lorentz transformation Lorenz gauge condition

Macroscopic scale Magnetic braking Magnetic field Magnetization reversal by circularly polarized light Magnetohydrodynamics Majorana fermion Mass Mass versus weight Mass-to-charge ratio Master equation Matrix mechanics Maxwell relations Maxwell's demon Matrix representation of Maxwell's equations Maxwell's equations Maxwell's equations in curved spacetime MaxwellBoltzmann statistics Mean field theory Mean inter-particle distance Measure (physics) Mechanics Melting point Metric tensor Microscopic scale Minkowski space Moment of inertia Momentum Motion (physics)

NavierStokes equations Negative frequency Negative refraction Newton's law of universal gravitation Newton's laws of motion Newton's theorem of revolving orbits Newtonian dynamics Newtonian motivations for general relativity Node (physics) Noether's theorem Non-contact force Non-equilibrium thermodynamics Nonlinear systemIntroduction to gauge theory Nuclear fission Nuclear fusion Nuclear physics Nuclear reaction

Observer (physics) Observer (quantum physics) Observer effect (physics) Oersted's law Onsager reciprocal relations Optogalvanic effect

Paramagnetism Parity (physics) Partition function (statistical mechanics) Path integral formulation Pauli exclusion principle Permeability (electromagnetism) Permittivity Perturbation theory Phase (matter) Phase space Phase transition Photon Photon dynamics in the double-slit experiment Photon polarization Physical body Physical effect

Physical information Physical theories modified by general relativity Physics Plasma (physics) Point particle Poisson bracket Polarity (physics) Polarization (waves) Positron Potential gradient Potentiometric surface Power (physics) Pressure Principle of covariance Principle of least action Probability amplitude Probability density function Probability of occupation Proton Pulse (physics)

QED vacuum Quantization (physics) Quantum chromodynamics Quantum electrodynamics Quantum field theory Quantum mechanics Quantum non-equilibrium Quantum numberQuantum potential Quantum pseudo-telepathy Quantum triviality Quark Quasiparticle

Radiation Random walk Reflection (physics) Refraction Refractive index Relation between Schrdinger's equation and the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics Relational approach to quantum physics Relationship between string theory and quantum field theory

Relative density Relative locality Relativistic heat conduction Renormalization Rest (physics) Rotational Brownian motion Rotational diffusion Rotational partition function

Saturation velocity Scalar (physics) Scale of temperature Scattering Schrdinger's cat Second law of thermodynamics Semiconductor Shear stress Sommerfeld expansion Space-time Fourier transform Spacetime Special relativity Specific gravity Specific properties Spectrum Speed of light Spin (physics) Spontaneous emission Standard gravity Standard Model Statistical ensemble (mathematical physics) Statistical mechanics Stimulated emission Strangeness Stressenergy tensor String theory Strong interaction Super Bloch oscillations Superconductivity Supercooling Superfluid helium-4 Superfluidity Superionic water Superposition principleSupersymmetry Surface stress Surface tension Symmetry (physics)

Physical system System size expansion

Temperature Tensor Ternary fission Theoretical motivation for general relativity Thermal conduction Thermal conductivity Thermal equilibrium Thermodynamic limit Thermodynamics Thermomass Theory Thought experiment Three-body problem Time Tipping point (physics) Torque Turbulence Twin paradox Two-body problem

Uncertainty principle

Vacuum Variable structure system Vector potential Vector space Velocity Virial theorem Virtual particle Viscosity Viscous stress tensor Volume Volume (thermodynamics) Vorticity

Wave Wave equation

Wave function Wave function collapse Wavelength Wavenumber Weak interaction Wetting transition Wheelbase Wigner quasiprobability distribution WignerWeyl transform Work function World tube

YangMills theory

Zero mode Zero-point energy