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- physics. He is best known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s ... of Microsystems that obey the rules of quantum theory, was one of the top ...13 KB (1,968 words) - 17:03, 23 December 2022
- Central to elementary particle theory are the concepts of "quanta ... The spin-statistics theorem identifies the resulting quantum statistics ...18 KB (2,400 words) - 16:06, 13 February 2024
- sharing of electrons and are described by quantum mechanical theories of the ... Chemical bonding theory explains one aspect of the relational nature ...25 KB (3,936 words) - 14:39, 5 December 2023
- (Here, "spin" refers to the angular momentum quantum number ... In a quantum field theory, the situation is more interesting. There ...16 KB (2,185 words) - 17:26, 26 March 2024
- who achieved fame for his contributions to quantum mechanics, especially the ... century, and created a revolution in quantum mechanics, and indeed of ...17 KB (2,571 words) - 21:27, 20 March 2024
- From the 1770s until the 1850s, the caloric theory was the commonly ... In the following decades, the caloric theory was heatedly debated ...20 KB (3,107 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field has a property called an ... The electric field is a vector field with SI units of newtons per ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 00:14, 13 February 2024
- EM radiation has both electric and magnetic field components, which oscillate ... === Theory === [[Image:Visible EM modes.png|thumb|Shows three electromagnetic ...22 KB (3,329 words) - 15:54, 13 February 2024
- Atoms from Democritus to Dalton] Atomic Theory and Structure. Retrieved ... Chemistry is a large field comprising many sub-disciplines that often ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- This hypothesis was at the basis of quantum mechanics. Nowadays, this ... 1992. Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley ...6 KB (857 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- driving forces behind the development of quantum mechanics. In quantum mechanics ... is identified by unique values of three quantum numbers: ...33 KB (5,193 words) - 01:09, 18 November 2022
- to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he ... Bohr's great insight was to use Planck's quantum of action ...21 KB (3,171 words) - 09:45, 11 March 2023
- kilometers/second. According to the quantum mechanical model, these ... Moreover, Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity predicts ...13 KB (2,010 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- Bose–Einstein condensation, quantum field theory, and the probabilistic ... a local gauge symmetry and the laws of quantum field theory ...34 KB (4,943 words) - 20:26, 27 September 2023
- qualitative picture of covalent bonding, quantum mechanics is needed to understand ... constructed mathematically, based on the theory of "linear combination ...15 KB (2,401 words) - 06:13, 11 January 2024
- and Nobel laureate, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, and acknowledged ... == Quantum mechanics == As a student, he met Niels Bohr in Göttingen ...22 KB (3,234 words) - 17:14, 4 May 2023
- canals, channels, and levees; this is the field of hydraulic engineering ... equations, which are common in the field of continuum mechanics. ...15 KB (2,275 words) - 17:44, 28 March 2024
- The photoelectric effect is a quantum electronic phenomenon in which ... to important steps in understanding the quantum nature of light and electrons ...23 KB (3,443 words) - 04:26, 24 November 2022
- to explain using existing rules or theory. If they exist at all, paranormal ... paranormal is largely conducted within the field of parapsychology. Although ...25 KB (3,499 words) - 11:26, 11 March 2023
- distance has been attributed to a magnetic field. Magnets attract iron and ... The Earth itself is a giant magnet. Its magnetic field shields living ...22 KB (3,366 words) - 05:09, 5 November 2022
- as their interactions. Scientists in the field of astrophysics are known ... physics. Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity plays a major ...14 KB (1,947 words) - 18:28, 19 August 2023
- and exclusion of the interior magnetic field (the Meissner effect). Materials ... phenomenon not explained by the current theory. Also, because the superconducting ...21 KB (3,041 words) - 23:46, 26 February 2023
- famous for his application of probability theory to the study of molecules ... In this same year, he published his first paper on the kinetic theory ...19 KB (2,826 words) - 02:38, 5 November 2022
- a new way of looking at the world, called quantum theory. like units. He called each such unit a quantum (the plural form being quanta ...30 KB (4,449 words) - 00:57, 9 November 2022
- symmetry is a basic consequence of quantum field theory and no violations ... * Santilli, Ruggero Maria. 2006. Isodual Theory of Antimatter: with ...8 KB (1,066 words) - 01:57, 9 January 2023
- handle gravitation at a deeper level; and quantum mechanics handles the wave ... and aggregates of bodies. The other sub-field is quantum mechanics. ...33 KB (4,963 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
- thermodynamics. He also placed the kinetic theory of gases on a firmer footing ... often considered as having established the field of thermodynamics on a firm ...13 KB (1,927 words) - 21:04, 21 December 2022
- six ligands in an octahedral geometry. The theory allows one to understand ... This approach is the essence of Crystal field theory (CFT). Crystal field ...21 KB (3,125 words) - 00:21, 8 January 2024
- The theory of large scale structure, which governs the formation of ... are related by E=mc^2, Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts ...26 KB (3,829 words) - 22:20, 25 January 2024
- which formed the material for the kinetic theory of gases. ... mechanics." to mean, not just the theory of colliding molecules in ...19 KB (2,786 words) - 05:25, 7 May 2024
- optics, and more particularly, to the wave theory of light. under Max Planck, who gave birth to the quantum theory revolution on 14 ...27 KB (3,968 words) - 01:05, 9 November 2022
- jargon to suggest that a scientific theory about the effects of quantum ... Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity,"Alan D. Sokal ...26 KB (3,718 words) - 13:50, 2 February 2023
- a mathematician who made contributions to quantum physics, functional analysis ... a pioneer of the application of operator theory to quantum mechanics, a member ...30 KB (4,433 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
- approach has helped describe concepts in quantum mechanics—that is, the ... In the physical world, according to the theory of relativity the fourth ...16 KB (2,438 words) - 15:22, 29 January 2024
- 1825 to 1828 the paper was renamed The theory of systems of rays, and grew ... In 1828, Hamilton published the first part of his Theory of Systems ...21 KB (3,257 words) - 10:47, 12 May 2023
- Nonetheless, with the development of quantum chemistry in the twentieth ... A successful "Grand Unified Theory" or "Theory of ...22 KB (3,290 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- to the other under the influence of the electric field. ... In metals, the Fermi level lies in the conduction band (see Band Theory ...12 KB (1,798 words) - 15:52, 13 February 2024
- atom. Although the basic principles of quantum physics treat matter and ... an antiparticle, for which each additive quantum number has the negative ...23 KB (3,458 words) - 06:25, 31 July 2023
- and thereby gave great support to the wave theory of light that had been advanced ... or QED. This so-called quantum field theory is among the most ...39 KB (6,028 words) - 01:15, 26 October 2022
- of Holism is also present in system theory and organicism, and it is ... The holistic perspective is also found in Organicism, system theory ...23 KB (3,318 words) - 16:10, 25 January 2023
- Nuclear physics is a field of physics that involves investigation ... of nuclear physics, but the research field is also the basis for a far ...18 KB (2,740 words) - 00:29, 17 November 2022
- size of the atom. He pioneered the orbital theory of the atom through his discovery ... from breaking apart. Rutherford's theory of neutrons was later proved ...17 KB (2,514 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- solved the mystery of alpha decay by the theory known as "quantum tunneling ... assuming the "plum pudding" theory was correct. It was soon ...13 KB (1,992 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- of its forms. On the other hand, quantum field theory models fields as exchanges ... particles that mediate fields in quantum field theory are bosons. Thus matter ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 16:49, 7 November 2022
- have the same energy, leading to the theory of ultraviolet catastrophe ... of classical electromagnetism by quantum electrodynamics. Today, ...23 KB (3,522 words) - 18:09, 31 October 2023
- in favor of the more elegant quantum field theory. The development ... In quantum field theory and string theory, the term "vacuum" ...37 KB (5,624 words) - 20:38, 21 April 2020
- it provides strong evidence for the theory of galaxy formation and poses ... However, constructing a relativistic MOND theory has been troublesome, and ...31 KB (4,554 words) - 22:23, 25 January 2024
- a result Chadwick explained in 1930 as a quantum phenomenon. ... *Mehra, Jagdish. 2001. The historical development of quantum theory ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 21:08, 20 March 2024
- This theoretical view was eventually replaced by the current theory ... It may be caused by electron-stealing via quantum tunneling, or by transfer ...18 KB (2,558 words) - 16:05, 13 February 2024
- visual images synthetically. Computability theory helps us understand what ... the forerunner to modern formal language theory and a precursor to computing ...20 KB (2,897 words) - 02:35, 8 January 2024
