Simple Nature - Light and Matter

Sommerfeld, Arnold, 351
sound
speed of, 389
waves, 363
sources of fields, 581
spacelike, 420
spacetime
curvature of, 445
spark plug, 623
specific heat, 74
electrons’ contribution, 351
monoatomic ideal gas, 333
solids, 334
spectrum
absorption, 898
emission, 898
spherical harmonics, 923
spin, 696, 934
neutron’s, 934
of electron, 934
photon’s, 934
proton’s, 934
spin theorem, 259
proof, 1026
spiral
Archimedean, 758
spring constant, 115
Squid, 800
stability, 86
standing wave, 386
standing waves, 386
Star Trek, 899
states
bound, 897
static friction, 156
coefficient of, 157
statvold, 1027
steady state, 180
strong nuclear force, 509
strong nuclear force, 509
superposition
of waves, 354
superposition of fields, 581
Swift, Jonathan, 35
symmetry, 685
system
closed, 58

telescope, 783, 822

temperature, 74, 308

absolute zero, 75, 314

Celsius, 314

compared to heat, 74

Kelvin, 314

macroscopic definition, 314

microscopic definition, 330

tension, 163, 171

tensor product

of quantum states, 1005

Tesla

Nikola, 182

tesla (unit), 678

thermal energy

compared to heat, 75

thermodynamics, 307

first law of, 308, 339

laws of

summarized, 339

second law of, 324, 338, 339

third law of, 339

zeroth law of, 313, 339

thermometer, 314

Thomson, J.J.

cathode ray experiments, 489

time

arrow of, 338

time constant

RC, 623

time dilation

gravitational, 447

time reversal, 774

timelike, 420

Tolman-Stewart experiment, 593

torque

defined, 260

related to force, 261, 290

total internal reflection, 806

transformer, 620, 714

transmission

of waves, 374

transmission of forces, 162

triangle inequality, 425

tunneling, 903

twin paradox, 425

ultraviolet light, 870

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