Table of Contents
DICTIONARY OF Material Science and High energy physics
Preface
Contributors
Editorial Advisor
A
Abelian group
absolute plasma instabilities
absolute temperature (T )
absolute viscosity
absolute zero (0K)
absorption
absorption band (F)
absorption band (V)
absorption coefficient
absorption of photons
absorption of plasma wave energy
acceptor
acceptor levels
accidental degeneracy
acoustic modes
acoustics
acoustic wave
action
activity (λ)
added mass
addition of angular momentum
addition theorem
adiabatic bulk modulus (βS)
adiabatic compressibility (κs )
adiabatic invariant
adiabatic plasma compression
adiabatic process
adiabatic theorem
adjoint equation
adjoint operator
adjoint spinor
adsorption
adsorption isotherm
advection
adverse pressure gradient
Aeolian harp
aerodynamics
afterglow, or plasma afterglow
Aharonov-Bohm effect
airfoil
alcator plasma machine
Alfvén velocity
Alfvén waves
alloy
alpha particle
ambipolar plasma diffusion
ambipolar plasma potential
amorphous
amplitude, scattering
Andrade’s equation
anemometer
angstrom (Å)
angular momentum
angular momentum operator
angular momentum states
an-harmonic interaction
anions
anisotropy
annealing
annihilation
annihilation diagram
annihilation operator
anomalous (magnetic) moment
anomalous plasma diffusion
anomalous Zeeman effect
anti-bonding orbital
anticommutation relations
anticommutator
anti-ferromagnetic crystals
antiferromagnetism
anti-linear operator
antimatter (antiparticle)
anti-stokes line
antisymmetric state
antisymmetric wave function
antisymmetrization operator
anti-unitary operator
anyon
apparent viscosity
APW method
Archimede’s law
arc, or plasma arc
aspect ratio
aspirator
associated Laguerre polynomial
associated Legendre polynomial
astrophysical plasmas
atmosphere, standard (US)
atom
atomic level
atomic spectra
aufbau principle
Auger effect
aurora
autoionization
avogadro number (N0)
axial vector
azimuthal quantum number
B
backwater curve
Baker-Hausdorff formula
ballooning mode
Balmer formula
Balmer series
banana orbit
band calculation
band gap
band theory
bare mass
barn
baroclinic
baroclinic instability
barometer
barotropic
barotropic instability
barrier penetration
barrier, potential
baseball coils
basis
basis functions
basis states
BCS states
BCS theory
BCS wave function
beam
beam-beam reaction
beam-plasma reaction
beam-wall reaction
Bell inequalities
Bell J.S.
Bell’s inequality
bend loss
Bérnard convection
Bernoulli’s equation
Bernstein mode
Berry’s phase
beta decay
beta limit
beta, or beta value
beta particle, beta radiation
beta plane model
Bethe, Hans (1906-)
Bethe-log
Bethe-Salpeter equation
Bhabha scattering
bias
bilinear covariants
binary alloy
binding energy
binding force
Bingham plastic
binomial distribution
Biot-Savart law
bipolar transistor
black-body
black-body radiation
Blasius solution
Blasius theorem
Bloch, F.
Bloch oscillator
Bloch wall
bloch wave
blocking
blower
body-centered cubic primitive vectors
body-centered cubic structure
Bohm diffusion
Bohr atom
Bohr, Niels
Bohr quantization
Bohr radius (a0)
Boltzmann constant (kB)
Boltzmann distribution
Boltzmann factor
Boltzmann’s constant
Boltzmann statistics
Boltzmann transport equation
bonding orbital
bootstrap current
Born approximation
Born-Fock theorem
Born, Max
Born-Oppenheimer approximation
Born postulate
Born-Von Karman boundary condition
Bose-Einstein condensation
Bose-Einstein statistics
Bose, S.N.
Bose statistics
boson
bounce frequency
boundary layer
boundary layer approximation
bound state
Bourdon tube
Boussinesq approximation
box normalization
Boyle’s law
bracket, or bra-ket
Bragg diffraction
bra vector
breakeven (commercial, engineering, scientific, and extrapolated)
Breit–Wigner curve
Breit–Wigner form
Bremsstrahlung
Bremsstrahlung radiation
Brillouin–Wigner perturbation
Brillouin zone
broken symmetry
Brownian motion
Brunt–Väisälä frequency
bubble chamber
Buckingham’s Pi theorem
bulk viscosity
buoyancy
C
calorie (Cal)
camber
canonical ensemble
canonical partition function
canonical variables
capacitively coupled discharge plasma
capillarity
capillary waves
Carnot cycle
carrier
cascade
cascade, turbulent energy
Casimir operator
cation
Cauchy–Riemann conditions
causality
cavitation
cavitation number
cellular method
Celsius temperature scale (C)
center-of-momentum (c.o.m.) coordinates
central force
centrifugal barrier
centrigual instability
cesium chloride structure
CFD
change of state
chaos
characteristic Mach number
character of group representation
charge conjugation
chemical bond
chemical equilibrium
chemical potential
Chézy relations
Child–Langmuir law
choked flow
circularly polarized light
circulation
classical confinement
classical diffusion
classical limit
classical mechanics
Clausius–Clapeyron equation
Clebsch–Gordon coefficients
Clebsch–Gordon series
closed system
closure
closure relation
cloud chamber
cnoidal wave
c-number
Coanda effect
coefficient of linear expansion
coefficient of refrigerator performance (γ )
coefficient of volume expansion (α)
coexistence curve
coherence
coherent
coherent photon
coherent state
cold atoms
cold plasma model
Colebrook pipe friction formula
collisionless plasma model
collision rate
color center
column vectors
combination principle
commercial breakeven
commutation relations
commutator
commutator algebra
compatible observable operators
complementarity
completeness
complete orthonormal basis
complex phase shift
complex potential
compressibility
compressible flow
compressor
Compton, A.H.
Compton effect
Compton scattering
Compton wavelength
concentration fluctuations
condensation
conduction
conduction band
conductivity, electrical
conductor, electrical
conductor, thermal
configurational entropy
confinement time
conformal mapping
conjugate momentum
conjugate operator
conjugation of vectors, operators
connection formulae
conservation equations
conservation of flux
constants of motion
contact angle
continuity equation
continuum hypothesis
controlled thermonuclear fusion
control surface
control volume
convection
convective instabilities
converging–diverging nozzle
Cooper pair
Copenhagen interpretation
corona
correlation
correlation energy
correspondence principle
Couette flow
Coulomb collision
Coulomb gauge
Coulomb scattering
coupling constant
covalent crystals
covariant
covariant derivative
CPT theorem
creation of matter
creation operators
creeping flow
critical exponents
critical opalescence
critical point
critical pressure
critical state
critical temperature
cross-section
Crow instability
cryogenics
crystal
cubic lattice
cubic zinc sulfide structure
Curie–Weiss law
current density
current operator
cutoff frequency
cyclic process
cyclotron frequency
cyclotron radius
cyclotron resonance
D
D’Alembertian operator
D’Alembert’s paradox
Dalgarno–Lewis method
Dalitz pair
Dalitz plot
damping
Darcy friction factor
Darcy’s law
Darcy–Weisbach equation
dark matter
dark spot trap
dark state
Darwin term
Davisson, Clinton
Davisson–Germer experiment
dead time
de Boer parameter
de Broglie, LouisVictor
de Broglie wavelength
de Broglie waves
debye
Debye sheath
Debye shielding
Debye T 3 law
decay constant
decay rate
decay, spontaneous
decay width
decibel
deconfinement
decorrelation
deep inelastic scattering
de-excitation
defect
deformation
deformation potential (volume)
deformation potentials
degeneracy
degeneracy, accidental
degeneracy, Kramers
degeneracy, lifting of, or removal of
degeneracy pressure
degeneracy temperature
degenerate Fermi gas
degenerate gas
degenerate semiconductor
degree of coherence
degree of freedom
De Haas–Van Alphan effect
delayed choice experiment
delayed emission
delta function
delta ray
delta resonance
density matrix
density of final states
density of modes
density of states
depolarization
destruction operator
detailed balance
detection efficiency loophole
determinantal wave function
detuning
deuteron
diabolical point
diagonalization of matrices
diamagnetism
diamond structure
diatomic molecule
Dicke narrowing
dielectric
dielectric strength
diesel engine
difference frequency generation
differential cross-section
diffraction
diffuser
diffusion
diffusion coefficient, diffusion length
diffusion, plasma
diffusion, viscous
dilatant fluid
dimensional analysis
dimensionless intensity
dimensionless parameter
diode
dipolar force
dipole-allowed transition
dipole approximation
dipole field
dipole-forbidden transitions
dipole forces
dipole moment
dipole operator
dipole selection rule
dipole sum rule
dipole transition
dipole transition moment
dipole traps
Dirac equation
Dirac hole theory
Dirac magnetic monopole
Dirac matrix
Dirac notation
Dirac quantization condition
Dirac string
direct band gap semiconductor
direct drive
direct reaction
discharge coefficient
discrete spectrum
dispersive wave
displacement thickness
disruption, or plasma disruption
dissipation
distorted wave approximation
divergence operator
divergence theorem
divertor, plasma divertor
DMeson
domain
donor levels
donors
dopant
Doppler broadening
Doppler detuning
Doppler distribution
Doppler-free excitation
Doppler limit
Doppler profile
Doppler shift
Doppler width
dose
double beta decay
double escape peak
double resonance spectroscopy
double-slit experiment
doublet
down-conversion
down quark
downwash
drag
drag coefficient
Drell–Yan process
dressed atom
dressed states
drift chamber
drift motion
drift-tube accelerator
drift velocity
drift waves
duality, wave-particle
duct flow
dusty plasma
dynamic pressure
dynamic similarity
dynamic Stark shift
Dyson’s equations
Dyson series
dysprosium
E
e
echo, photon
echo, spin
Eckert number Ec
eddy
eddy current
eddy viscosity
edge dislocation
effective charge
effective field
effective mass
effective range
effective range formula
efficiency of an engine (η)
effusion
Ehrenfest equation
Ehrenfest’s theorem
eigenfunction
eigenstates
eigenvalue problem
eigenvalues
eigenvalue spectrum
eigenvector
eightfold way
eikonal approximation
Einstein A coefficient
Einstein, Albert
Einstein B coefficient
Einstein equation
Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen experiment
einsteinum
EIT
Ekman layer
Ekman number
elastic collision
elastic constants
elasticity
elastic light scattering
elastic limit
elastic modulus
elastic scattering
elastic tensor
elbow meter
electret
electrical conductivity
electric charge
electric current density
electric dipole
electric dipole approximation
electric dipole matrix element
electric dipole moment
electric dipole operator
electric dipole-allowed transition
electric field
electric field operator
electric multipole radiation
electric quadrupole
electric quadrupole transition
electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT)
electromagnetic radiation
electromagnetic wave, or plasma electromagnetic wave
electron
electron affinity
electron capture
electron configuration
electron cyclotron discharge cleaning
electron cyclotron emission
electron cyclotron frequency
electron cyclotron heating
electron cyclotron wave
electron diffraction
electronegativity
electron gas
electron g-factor
electron-hole pair
electron-hole symmetry
electron shell
electron volt
electroproduction
electrostatic confinement
electrostatics
electrostatic wave, or plasma electrostatic wave
electroweak theory
element
elementary excitation
elementary particles
Elitzur’s theorem
Ellis–Jaffe sum rule
emission
emission, induced and spontaneous
emission spectrum
end cap trap
endothermic reaction
energy band
energy confinement time
energy conservation
energy density
energy eigenstate
energy eigenvalue
energy equation
energy fluctuations
energy gap
energy level
energy level diagram
energy loss
energy–momentum conservation
energy shift
energy spectrum
energy-time uncertainty principle
engineering breakeven
enrichment
ensemble
ensemble average
ensemble interpretation of quantum mechanics
entanglement
enthalpy
entrance region (entry length)
entropy
Eötvös experiment
EPR experiment
EPR paradox
equation of continuity
equations of motion
equations of state
equilibrium
equipartition
equipartition of energy
equivalence principle
erbium
ergodic process
escape peak
eta meson
ether
Ettingshausen effect
Euclidian space
Euler angles
eulerian viewpoint (eulerian description of fluid motion
Euler–Lagrange equation
Euler number
Euler’s equation
europium
eutectic alloy
evanescent wave trap
evaporation
evaporative cooling
Eve
exact differential
exchange energy
exchange force
exchange integral
exchange interaction
excitation
excitation function
exciton
exclusion principle
exothermic reaction
expansion coefficient
expansion, thermal
expectation value
extensive air showers
extensive variable
external flow
extinction coefficient
extrapolated breakeven
F
Fabry–Perot etalon
face-centered cube lattice
Fadeev equations
Fadeev–Popov method
Fahrenheit temperature scale (Tf )
Falkhoff–Uhlenbeck formula
Falkner –Skan similarity solutions
family
fanning friction factor (f )
Fanno line
Fano interference
Fano profile
Fano resonance
Faraday effect
Faraday rotation
Faraday’s constant (F)
far infrared
fast wave
f-center
feedback
fermi
Fermi contact interaction
Fermi-Dirac distribution
Fermi-Dirac statistics
Fermi distribution
Fermi energy (εF )
Fermi, Enrico
Fermi function
Fermi gas
Fermi golden rule
Fermi liquid
Fermi liquid theory
Fermi momentum
Fermi momentum, velocity, and wave vector
fermion
Fermi pressure
Fermi sea
Fermi statistics
Fermi surface
Fermi temperature (TF )
Fermi transition
fermium
ferrimagnetism
ferrite
ferroelectricity
ferroelectric material
ferromagnetic material
ferromagnetism
Feshbach resonances
Feynman–Bijl formula
Feynman diagram
Feynman-Kac integral
Feynman path integral
Feynman, Richard
Feynman rules
Feynman scaling, Feynman variable
Feynman variational principle
fiber
Fick’s law
field amplitude
field quantization
field-reversed configuration
field tensor
field theory
Fierz interference
filamentation instability
final state interaction
finesse (F)
fine structure
fine structure constant
finite Larmor radius effect
firehose instability
first Brillouin zone
first law of thermodynamics
first quantization
fission
Fitch, Val
Fjortoft’s theorem
flavor
Floquet’s theorem
flow meters
flow visualization
fluctuation-dissipation theorem
fluid
fluidization
fluidized beds
fluorescence
fluorine
flute instability
flux
flux conservation
flux density (J)
flux quantization
flux quantum
flying hot-wire anemometry
Fock–Krylov theorem
Fock space
Fock states
Fokker –Planck equation
Foldy–Wouthuysen transformation
forbidden band
forbidden transition
force
forced vortex
force-free fields
form drag
form factor
forward scattering
Fourier analysis
Fourier transformation (F(ω))
four-vector
four wave mixing
fractional charge
fractional quantum numbers
fractional statistics
fragmentation function
francium
Franck–Condon factors
Franck–Condon principle
Franck–Hertz experiment
Franck–Read source
Frank, Ilya M.
Franson interferometer
Fraunhofer diffraction
free electrons
free energy
free expansion
free induction decay
free particle
free precession
free shear flows
free spectral range
free surface
free vortex
Frenkel defect
Frenkel exciton
Fresnel diffraction
friction coefficient
friction drag
friction factor
frictionless flow
friction velocity
Froude number
frozen field lines
f-sum rule
ft-value
fully developed flow
fundamental vectors
fusion
G
g(2)(τ )
ga
gadolinium
gage pressure
gain
gain coefficient
gain factor, photoconductivity
gain saturation
gain switching
gallium
galvanometric effects
gamma decay
gamma-matrices
gamma ray
gamma ray microscope
Gamow factor
Gamow–Teller selection rules for beta decay
Gamow–Teller transition
Gamow theory (alpha decay)
gas
gas constant (R)
gas dynamics
gaseous diffusion
gas lasers
gauge bosons
gauge field
gauge field theories
gauge invariance (of the electromagnetic field)
gauge transformation
gauss
Gaussian beam
Gaussian error
Gaussian line shape
Gaussian (probability) distribution
Gaussian random processes
Gaussian statistics
Gaussian white noise
Gauss–Markov process
Gauss’sLaw
Gay-Lussac’s law
1. Generator of translations in space:
2. Generator of translations in time:
GDH (GerasimovÒDrellÒHearn) sum rule
Geiger counter
Geiger, H. (the experiment of H. Geiger, E. Marsden, and E. Rutherford)
Geiger–Nuttall law
Gell-Mann, Murry
Gell-Mann–Nishijima relation
Gell-Mann–Okubo mass formula
generalized Ohm’s law
generalized oscillator strength
generalized Rabi frequency
general relativity
generating function
generation
geometric phase
geometric phase of light
geometric probability distribution
geometric similarity
gerade wave function
germanium
Germer (experiment of Davisson and Germer)
g-factor
g-factor, Landé
Gibbs–Duhem relation
Gibbs energy (thermodynamic potential) (G)
Gibbs free energy (G)
Gibbs phase rule
GIM current
Ginsburg–Landau theory of superconductivity
GLAG theory
Glaser, Donald A.
Glashow, Sheldon L.
glass
glass-laser media
Glauber displacement operator
Glauber’s photodetection theory
Glauber–Sudarshan P-representation
global modes
global symmetry
glow discharge
glueball
gluon
Godfried sum rule
gold
Goldberger–Treiman relation
Goldstone boson
Goldstone theorem
Goos–Hänchen shift
Gortler vortice (Gortler number)
Goudsmit and Uhlenbeck spin hypothesis
G-parity
grad-B drift
grain boundaries
grand canonical distribution
grand canonical ensemble
grand partition function
grand unification
graphite
Grashof number
grating equation
gravitation
gravitational drift
gravitational instability
gravitational red shift
gravitational wave
graviton
gravity waves
gray
gray solitons
Green’s function
Green’s function, Schrödinger equation
Gross–Llewellyn–Smith sum rule
Grotrian diagram
Grotrian, W.
ground state
group delay
group delay dispersion (GDD)
group velocity
group velocity dispersion (GVD)
group velocity of a free particle
guiding center
guiding-center approximation
guiding center plasma
Guoy effect
Gupta–Bleuler formalism
gv
gyrofrequency
gyromagnetic ratio
gyroradius
gyroscope, laser
gyrotron
H
hadron
hadronic force(s)
Hagen–Poiseuille flow
Hahn, Otto
hairpin vortices
Haken representation
half-life
half-life (excited state)
half-wave plate
Hall coefficient
Hall constant
Hall effect
Hall mobility
halo, nuclear
Hamiltonian
(i) of a charged particle in an electromagnetic field:
(ii) for hydrogen in the presence of a constant magnetic field:
(iii) for many-electron atoms:
(iv) for a rigid rotator:
hamiltonian for an atom-field interaction
Hanbury–Brown–Twiss experiment
handedness
Hanle effect
Hanle laser
hard core (of the nuclear force)
hardness
hard sphere interaction
hard superconductor
harmonic generation
harmonic oscillator
harmonic oscillator (linear)
harmonic oscillator potential
harmonic oscillator wave function
Harris instability
Hartree equation
Hartree–Fock method
Hartree method theory
harvard classification
H center
head
head loss
heat
heat capacity
heat conduction
heat engine
heat exchanger
heat of fusion
heat of reaction
heat of vaporization
heat pump
heat reservoir
heavy bosons
heavy ions
heavy meson
heavy-water reactor
Heisenberg–Langevin equations
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Heitler–London method
helicity
helicon modes
helium
Helmholtz equation
Helmholtz free energy (F)
Helmholtz theorem
He-Ne lasers
Hermite-Gaussian modes
Hermite polynomials
Hermitian operators
heterodyne detection
heteronuclear/heteropolar molecule
heterostructure lasers
hidden variables
Higgs particle
higher order correlation
higher order Gaussian modes
high powered unstable lasers
high pressured gas laser
Hilbert space
hohlraum
hole
hole burning (spatial)
hole burning (spectral)
hole state
hologram
holography
homenergic flow
homentropic flow
homodyne detection
homogeneous broadening
homogeneous turbulence
homojunction laser
homonuclear/homopolar molecule
Hooke’s law
hopping
horseshoe vortex
hot wire (hot film) anemometry
Hubble’s law
Hund–Mulliken (molecular orbital) method
Hund’s rules
hybrid frequency
hybridization
hybrid modes
hydraulic diameter
hydraulic jump
hydraulic radius
hydraulics
hydrodynamics
hydrodynamic stability
hydrogen
hydrogen atom
hydrology
hydromagnetic equilibrium
hydromagnetics
hydromagnetic wave
hydrometer
hydrostatic force
hydrostatic pressure
hydrostatics
Hylleraas trial functions
hyperbolic secant pulse
hypercharge
hyperfine interaction
hyperfine structure
hyperfragment
hypernucleus
hyperon
hyperonic atoms
hypersonic flow
I
ideal flow
ideal fluid
ideal gas
ideal gas law
idealized squeezed state
identical particles
identical-particle symmetry
idler photon
impact
impact parameter
impulse approximation
impulse momentum principle
impurity
impurity band
incident energy
incident flux
inclusive reaction
incoherence
incoming (particle, wave)
incompatible observables
incompressible flow
independent-particle model
index matching
index of refraction
indirect band gap semiconductor
indistinguishability
induced drag
induced fission
induced reaction
induced scattering
inelastic cross-section
inelasticity parameter
inelastic scattering
inertial frame
inertial sublayer
inertial subrange
inexact differential
infinite nuclear matter
infinite square well (1D)
inhomogeneous broadening
inhomogeneous lifetime
inhomogeneous line width
inner product
inner region
instability
insulator
integral length (time) scale
intensity
intensity correlation function
intensity cross correlation function
intensity fluctuations
intensity interferometer
intensity operator
intensive variable
interacting boson model (IBM)
interaction
interaction Hamiltonian for atom-field system
interaction representation
interchange instability
interchange operator
intercombination lines
intermediate boson
intermediate coupling
intermediate energy
intermediate state
intermittency
internal conversion
internal energy
internal flows
internal waves
international system of units
interval rule
intrinsic angular momentum
intrinsic carrier concentration
intrinsic conductivity
intrinsic parity
invariance
invariant mass
inverse beta decay
inverse bremsstrhalung
inverse poisson transform
inversion
inversion clamping
inversion frequency
inviscid flow
iodine lasers
ion
ion acoustic double layer
ion acoustic shock wave
ion acoustic solitons
ion acoustic wave
ion beam instabilities
ion cyclotron resonance
ion cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH)
ion cyclotron wave
ionic bonding
ionic conduction
ion implantation
ionization
ionization chamber
ionization energy
ion Landau damping
ion plasma frequency
ion sound wave
ion wave
irreversible processes
irrotational flow
isentropic flow
isentropic process
Ising model
isobaric process
isobaric spin
isobars
isochoric process
isoelectronic
isoelectronic defects
isolator
isomer
isomer (nuclear)
isoscalar particle
isospin
isothermal bulk modulus (βT )
isothermal compressibility (κT )
isothermal process
isotone
isotope
isotope effect
isotope effect (superconductivity)
isotropic
isotropic turbulence
isotropy
isovector particle
ITER
J
Jacobi coordinates
Jahn Teller effect (rule)
Jansky, K.
Jaynes–Cummings model
Jeans instability
Jeans, Sir J.
jellium
jellium model
jet
JET
jet instability
jet pump
jets in nuclear reactions
j–j coupling
j-meson/resonance
Johnson noise
Jones calculus
Jones matrix
Jones vector
Jones zones
Jönsson, C.
Jordan, P.
Josephson, B.D.
Josephson effect
Josephson radiation
Josephson vortices
Joukowski airfoil
joule
Joule effect (Joule magnetostriction)
Joule heating
Joule–Thompson effect
j-symbols
JT-60
K
Kadomtsev instability
Kadomtsev–Nedospasov instability
kaon
Kármán constant
Kármán momentum integral
Kármán–Tsien rule
Kármán vortex street
kayser (1k)
K-capture
Kelvin–Helmholtz instability
Kelvin scale of temperature (K)
Kelvin’s circulation theorem
Kelvin wedge
Kennard packet
Kerr effect
Kerr effect, electro-optical
Kerr effect, magneto-optical
ket vector
kinematics
kinematic viscosity
kinetic energy
kinetic plasma instabilities
kinetic theory
kink instability
kink mode
K–KR
Klein–Gordon equation
Klein–Nishina formula
Klein paradox
Knight shift
knock-on
knock-out reactions
Knudsen number
Kohn effect (anomalies)
Kolmogorov length scale
Kolmogorov’s law
Kondo’s theory
Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equation
Kramer–Kronig relations
Kramer’s degeneracy
Kronig–Penney model
Kruskal–Schwarzschild instability
Kruskal-Shafranov condition
Kurie plot
Kutta condition
Kutta–Zhukovski lift theorem
L
laboratory frame
Lagrangian
Lagrangian flow description
Laitone rule
lambda particle
lambda scheme
Lambert’s law
Lamb–Oseen vortex
Lamb shift
laminar flow
Landau damping
Landau diamagnetism
Landau levels
Landau–Zener model
Landé g-factor
Landé g-factor (spectroscopic splitting factor)
Lander interval rule
Langevin–Debye formula
Langevin equation
Langmuir probe
Laplace transform
lapse rate
large aspect ratio expansion
Larmor frequency
Larmor orbit
Larmor radius
laser (maser)
laser cooling
laser fluctuations
laser fusion
laser induced fluorescence (LIF)
laser wakefield accelerator
latent heat (L)
lattice conductivity
lattice, crystal lattices
lattice gauge theory
lattice QCD
lattice vibrations
Laue’s condition method
law of corresponding states
law of mass action
law of the wall
Lawson criterion
LDV
Le Chatelier’s principle
left-handed particle
Lehmann representation
Lennard–Jones potential
lepton
leptonic interactions
lepton number
level
level width
lever rule
Levinson’s theorem
levitron
lifetime
lift
lift coefficient
lifting line theory
lift-to-drag ratio
light emitting diode (LED)
light ion
light quantum
light-water reactor
limiter
Lindemann melting formula
linear accelerator
linear combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO)
linear response theory
line spectrum
line tying
line vortex
Lippmann–Schwinger equation
liquid crystals
liquid drop model
liquid metals
L-mode (lowmode)
local gauge transformation
locality
localization
local thermal equilibrium (LTE) model
Londons’ equations
longitudinal polarization
longitudinalwave
long wavelength limit
Lorentz force
Lorentz invariance
Lorentz ionization
Lorentz–Lorenz formula
Lorentz model
Lorentz scalar
Lorentz transformations
Lorenz number (L)
loss coefficient
loss cone
loss, minor
low energy electron diffraction (LEED)
lower hybrid frequency
lower hybrid resonant heating
LS coupling
lubrication theory
luminescence
luminosity
Lundquist number
Lyddane–Sachs–Teller relation
M
Mach angle
Mach cone
machine
Mach line
Mach number
Mach–Zehnder interferometer
macroscopic instability
macrostate
Madelung constant
magic numbers
magnetic axis
magnetic beach
magnetic breakdown
magnetic buoyancy
magnetic confinement
magnetic dipole
magnetic drift mode
magnetic energy
magnetic energy density
magnetic field energy
magnetic gradient drift
magnetic island
magnetic mirror
magnetic moment
magnetic monopole
magnetic multipole radiation
magnetic permeability
magnetic pressure
magnetic probe
magnetic pumping
magnetic reconnection
magnetic resonance
magnetic Reynold’s number
magnetic ripple
magnetic ripple transport
magnetic sublevels
magnetic surface
magnetic susceptibility
magnetic tension
magnetic trap
magnetic well
magnetism
magnetization (M)
magnetization current
magneto-acoustic effect
magnetocrystalline anisotropy
magnetohydrodynamics
magneton
magneto-optical effects
magneto-optical trap
magnetopause
magnetoresistance (magnetoconductivity)
magnetosonic wave (magnetoacoustic wave)
magnetosphere
magnetostriction
magnetotail
magnon
Magnus effect
Majorana fermions
Malmberg–Wharton experiment
Mandel Q-parameter
Mandelstam variables
Manning roughness factor
manometer
Marangoni convection
marginal instability
marginal stability
Markov process
maser
mass operator
mass renormalization
mass shell
mass tensor
master equation
master group
Matheissen rule
matrix element
matter wave
maximum and minimum thermometer
Maxwell–Bloch equations
Maxwell distribution
Maxwell equations
Maxwellian distribution
Maxwell relations
Maxwell’s demon
Mayer’s virial expansion
McCleod gauge
M center
mean free path
mean free time
mean photon number
measurement theory
mechanical mass
Meissner effect
meniscus
Mercier stability criterion
meson
metal insulator transition (Mott transition)
metastable state
methods of characteristics
metric tensor
MHD equations
MHD equilibrium
MHD instability
Michel parameters
Michelson interferometer
microcanonical distribution
micro-local analysis
micromaser
microstate
microsystem
microturbulence
Miller indices
minimal coupling
minimum uncertainty
Mirnov oscillations
mirror matter
mirror ratio
MIT bag model
mixed state
mixing angle, Weinberg
mixing length
mixing length estimate
mobility
mobility edge
mode
mode competition
mode degeneracy
mode locking
mode mismatch
mode pulling
mode rational surface
modulation
molasses
mole
molecular beam
molecular crystals
molecular dynamics
molecular dynamics method
molecular field
molecular heat capacity
Moller scattering
Mollow spectrum
moment equations
momentum equation
momentum integral
momentum representation
monochromatic radiation
monoclinic lattice
monte-carlo method
Moody chart
MOSFET
Mössbauer effect
MOT
motor
motor generator
Mott scattering
Mott scattering formula
MS renormalization
Mueller matrix
muffin tin potential
multi-photon transition
multiplet
multipole expansion
multipole selection rules
muon
muonium
muon neutrino
N
Nambu–Goldstone boson
nanostructure
natural line width
natural variables
Navier –Stokes equations
nearly free electrons (NFE)
Néel temperature
negative energy states
negative energy wave
negative resistance or conductivity
negative temperature
NEL steam tables
neoclassical transport
Nernst effect
Nernst equation
Nernst heat theorem
Nernst theorem
neutral beam injection
neutral-current interaction
neutralino
neutrino
neutron
neutron diffraction
Newtonian fluid
nine-j symbols
Noether’s theorem
noise
non-Abelian gauge fields
non-Abelian groups
non-classical light
noncrystalline solids
non-degenerate
nonets
non-flowenergy equation
non-flow process
non-leptonic decay
non-linear effects
non-linear optics
non-linear saturation
non-Newtonian fluid
norm
normalization
normalization condition
normalize
normal order
normal ordering
normal processes
normal product
no-slip condition
nozzle
N-P product
nuclear demagnetization
nuclear energy
nuclear force
nuclear magnetic resonance
nuclear magneton
nuclear moment
nuclear quadrupole magnetic resonance
nuclear spin
nucleation
nucleation sites
nucleon
nucleosynthesis
numberoperator
number state
Nusselt number
Nyquist diagram
Nyquist formula
O
O(N) group
oblique shock
observable
observation
observer entropy
occupation density
occupation number
octane number
octet
Ohmic heating
Ohm’s law
Okubo–Zweig–Iizuka (OZI) rule
omega minus
one atom maser
one-particle irreducible diagram
Onsager equations
Onsager –Lax regression theorem
Onsager’s reciprocal relation
open channel flow
open cycle
open orbit
open system
operator
operator algebra
operator product expansion
optical activity
optical bistability
optical Bloch equations
optical cavity
optical coherence
optical communication
optical cooling
optical fiber
optical homodyne tomography
opticalKerr effect
optical parametric oscillator
optical parametric process
optical properties
optical pulse
optical pumping
optical pyrometer
optical response functions
optical Stark effect
optical susceptibilities
optical theorem
optoelectronics
orbital
orbital angular momentum
orbital magnetic moment
orbital paramagnetism
orbital parity
order disorder
order –disorder transformation
ordering process
order parameter
ordinary wave
orifice plate
Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process
Orr –Summerfeld equation
Orsat apparatus
orthogonality
orthogonalized plane waves method (OPW)
orthonormal basis
orthorhombic lattice
ortho states
oscillations, neutrino
oscillator
oscillatory effects
Oseen approximation
Oseen vortex
osmosis
osmotic pressure
Ostwald’s dilution law
Otto cycle
outgassing
overall heat transfer coefficient
overhauser effect
overlap integral
overstability
oxidation
P
P(α) representation
packing fraction
pair annihilation
pair production
paradox
paramagnetism
parametric amplification
parametric instability
para states
parity
parity conservation
parity selection rules
partial differential
partially ionized plasma
partial pressure
partial wave
particle
particle accelerator
particle masses
particle–wave duality
partition function
parton
pascal
Pascal’s principle
passivate
path integral
pathline
Pauli anomalous g-factor
Pauli exclusion principle
Pauli–Lubanski pseudovector
Pauli matrices
Pauli spin matrices
Pauli susceptibility
PCAC
PCT theorem
Peccei–Quinn symmetry
Peltier coefficient
Peltier effect
penetration probability
penguin diagram
perfect dielectric
perfect differential
perfect gas
periodic boundary conditions
periodic table
permeability
permittivity
permutation operator
permutation symmetry
perpetual motion
perturbation theory
Pfirsch–Schlüter theory
phase
phase conjugation
phase equilibrium
phase fluctuation
phase matching
phase rule
phase shift
phase space
phase squeezing
phase state
phase switching
phase transition
phi
phonon
phosphor
phosphorescence
photino
photoconductivity
photodetector
photoelasticity
photoelectric detection of light
photoelectric effect
photoluminescence
photomultiplier tube
photon
photon antibunching
photon bunching
photon correlation interferometry
photon counting
photon distribution function
photon echo
photonic bandgaps
photonic molecules
photon number basis
photon number density operator
photon number operator
photon number states
photon–photon correlations
photon–photon interferometry
photon statistics
photovoltaic cell
photovoltaic effect
piezoelectric effect
piezoelectricity
piezometer
pion
pipe flow
Pirani gauge
pitch angle scattering
Pi theorem
Pitot static tube
Pitot tube
PIV
Planck distribution
Planck length
Planck mass
Planck radiation formula
Planck scale
Planck’s constant
Planck’s radiation law
Planck time
plane wave
plasma
plasma dispersion function
plasma physics
plasma processing
plasma propulsion
plasma spraying
plasma torch
plasmon
plateau regime
p–n junction
Poincaré group
poise
Poiseuille flow
Poisson brackets
Poisson distribution
Poisson ratio
polariton
polarization
polarization drift
polaron
poloidal beta
polytropic processes
ponderomotive force
population inversion
position operator
position representation
positive feedback
positron
positronium
postulate
potential
potential flow
potential scattering
Prandtl–Glauert rule
Prandtl–Meyer expansion fan
Prandtl–Meyer function
Prandtl number
Prandtl relation
precession
presheath
pressure
pressure, absolute
pressure, atmospheric
pressure broadening
pressure, gauge
pressure recovery
pressure, stagnation
pressure, static
pressure tensor
pressure, vacuum
principle of detailed balance
principle of superposition
probability
probability amplitude
probability current
probability density
Proca equation
projection operator
prominences
propagator
proportional counter
proton
proton–antiproton collider
pseudoplastic fluid
pseudopotential
pseudorapidity
psi
p-state
pump phase fluctuations
pump statistics
pure quantum state
pure state
pyroelectric crystals
pyrometer
Q
Q(α) representation
Q-factor
q, heat
Q-machine
Q switch
quadratic non-linearity
quadratures
quadrupole interaction
quantization
quantized Hall effect
quantum
quantum (confinement, dots, number, wells, wires, solid, beat)
quantum beats
quantum chromodynamics (QCD)
quantum coherence
quantum cryptography
quantum detection
quantum distribution
quantum efficiency
quantum electrodynamics (QED)
quantum field theory
quantum flavordynamics (QFD)
quantum fluctuation
quantum gravitation
quantum gravity
quantum interference
quantum jump
quantum Langevin equation
quantum Liouville equation
quantum mechanical operator
quantum mechanics
quantum noise
quantum nondemolition measurement (QND)
quantum number
quantum phase and amplitude fluctuations
quantum phase operator
quantum Rabi flopping
quantum regression theorem
quantum state
quantum statistics
quantum theory of light
quantum wells
quantum wires
quantum yield
quark
quark–gluon plasma
quarkonium
quarter-wave plate
quasi-Boltzmann distribution of fluctuations
quasi-classical distribution
quasi-continuum
quasi-geostrophic flow
quasi-linear approximation
quasi-neutrality
quasi one-dimensional systems
quasi-particle
quasi-static process
quenching
q-value (magnetic q-value)
R
Rabi oscillation
radial distribution function
radial wave equation
radial wave function
radiation
radiation damping
radiation pressure
radiation temperature
radiative broadening
radiative correction
radiative decay
radiative lifetime
radiative transition
radioactivity
radius, covalent
radius, ionic
raising operator
Raman effect (active transitions)
Raman instability
Raman scattering
Ramsey fringes
random phases
Rankine body
Rankine cycle
Rankine efficiency
Rankine–Hugoniot relation
Rankine propeller theory
Rankine temperature scale
Rankine vortex
RANS
Raoult’s law
rapidity
rare-earth elements
rare earth ions
rarefaction
Rarita–Schwinger equation
Rateau turbine
rate constant
rate equation
rational magnetic surface
ratio of specific heats
Rayleigh–Bérnard instability
Rayleigh criteria
Rayleigh flow
Rayleigh inflection point criterion
Rayleigh-Jeans law
Rayleigh number
Rayleigh scattering
Rayleigh–Schrödinger perturbation expansion
Rayleigh–Taylor instability
ray representation
ray tracing
R-center
reabsorption
real gas
Reaumur temperature scale
reciprocal lattice
reciprocal relations
reciprocating engine
recirculating heating system
recoil energy
recombination
recombination process
rectification
recycling
reduced density matrix
reduced density operator
reduced mass
reduced matrix element
reflectance
reflection
reflection, Bragg
reflection coefficient
refractive index
refrigeration cycle
refrigerator
regenerator
Regge poles
Regge trajectory
regularization
relative density
relative permeability
relative permittivity
relativistic quantum mechanics
relaxation time
relaxation time approximation
renormalizability
renormalization
renormalization group
representation
reservoir
residual resistivity
resistance, electrical
resistance, minimum
resistance thermometer
resistive ballooning mode
resistive drift wave
resistive instability
resistive interchange mode
resistivity
resolvent
resonance
resonance absorption
resonance fluorescence
resonance level
resonant particles
resonant scattering
resonant surface
response functions
Reststrahlen, residual rays
reversed field pinch
reversibility
reversible process
Reynolds analogy
Reynolds averaging
Reynolds decomposition
Reynolds experiment
Reynolds number
Reynolds number, magnetic
Reynolds stress tensor
Reynolds transport theorem
rheopectic fluid
rho meson
rho parameter
Richardson–Dushman equation
Richardson number
Riemann invariants
Righi–Leduc effect
right-hand helicity
rigidity modulus
ring laser cavity
rippling mode
Robins effect
rock salt structure
Rossby number
Rossby wave
rotameter
rotating crystal method
rotating wave approximation
rotational invariance
rotational transform
rotation group
Rowland circle
R-ratio
runaway electrons
Russel–Saunders coupling
Rutherford atom
Rutherford scattering
Rξ -gauge
Rydberg atom
Rydberg constant
Rydberg states
S
Sachs form factor
safety factor
SAGE
Sagnac effect
Saha–Boltzmann distribution
Saha equation
Sah–Noyce–Schockley current
Saint Elmo’s Fire
Salam, Abdul
sampling calorimeters
Sasaki–Shibuya effect
saturable absorption
saturation current
saturation current, electron or ion
saturation intensity
saturation magnetization
saturation spectroscopy
sawtooth
Saybolt viscometer
scalar potential
scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
scanning tunneling microscope (STM)
scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)
scattering amplitude
scattering angle
scattering coefficient
scattering cross-section
scattering length
scattering matrix
scattering operator
Schawlow–Townes line width
Schmidt values
Schottky barrier
Schottky barrier diode
Schottky defect
Schottky Noise
Schrödinger cat
Schrödinger equation
Schrödinger picture
Schrödinger representation
Schrödinger’s wave mechanics
Schrödinger variational principle
Schrödinger wave function
Schwarz inequality
Schwarz, John
Schwinger, Julian
Schwinger’s action principle
scientific breakeven
scintillation
scintillation detectors
scrape-off layer (SOL)
screening
screening constant
screw axis
screw dislocations
screw pinch
seaborgium
secondary electron emission
secondary electrons
second-harmonic generation
second order susceptibility
second quantization
Seebeck effect
seiche
selection rules
selection rules for Fermi-type β. decay
s-electron
self-assembly
semiconductor detectors
semileptonic processes
semi-metal
separation
separatrix
sequential resonant tunneling
Serpukhov Institute for Nuclear Physics
Sezawa wave
shadow matter
shadow scattering
shallow water theory
shape vibrations of nuclei
Shapiro steps
shear
sheared fields
shear rate
shear strain rate
shear stress
sheath
shell model
shell model (structures)
shell models
Shockley–Read–Hall recombination
shock tube
shock wave
short range order
shot noise
Shubnikov–DeHaas effect
baryon
signal-to-noise ratio
silsbee effect
similarity
similarity transformation
simplex
sine operator
single electronics
skin friction
skin friction coefficient
Slater determinant
Slater –Koster interaction potential
slip
slowly varying envelope approximation
slow neutron capture
sluice gate
small signal gain
S-matrix
S-matrix theory
Snell’s law
SO(10) symmetry (E6)
SO(3) group
SO(32)
sodium chloride structure
soft X-ray
solar (stellar) energy
solar cell
solar corona
solar filament
solar flare
solar neutrinos (physics)
solar prominence
solar wind
sol-gel process
solid solubility
soliton
Sommerfeld doublet formula
Sommerfeld number
sonic boom
sound speed
sound wave
space charge
space charge layers
space group
space potential
space quantization
space reflection symmetry
space weather
spatial coherence
spatial frequency
spatial translation
specific gas constant (R)
specific gravity
specific volume
specific weight
speckle
spectral cross density
spectral degree of coherence
spectral density
spectral response of a solar cell
spectroscopy
spectrum
speed of sound
spherical Bessel functions jl(x)
spherical harmonics
spherical tokamak
spherical wave
spheromak
spillway
spin
spin–flip scattering
spin matrix
spinor
spin–orbit coupling
spin–orbit interaction
spin–orbit multiplet
spin polarized beams and targets
spin quantum number
spin space
spin–spin interaction
spin state
spin-statistics theorem
spintronics
spin wave
split gate electrode
spontaneousemission
spontaneous emission lifetime
spontaneous emission rate
spontaneous magnetization
spot size
sputtering
squeezed state
squeezed vacuum
squeezing spectrum
Squire’s theorem
stabilized pinch
stacking faults
stagnation point
stagnation pressure
stall
standard quantum limit
standard theory and standard model of particle physics
standing wave
Stanford linear accelerator center (SLAC)
Stanford linear collider
Stanton number
Stark effect
state preparation
state vector
state vs. level
static tube
stationarity
stationary state
steady flow
Stefan–Boltzmann law
stellarator
stellar wind
Stern–Gerlach effect
stiffness constant
stimuated emission rate
stimulated Brillouin scattering
stimulated emission
stimulated Raman scattering
stochastic cooling
stochastic differential equation
stochastic electrodynamics
stoichiometric alloys
stoke
Stokes bulk viscosity assumption
Stokes component
Stokes drift
Stokes flow
Stokes shift
Stokes theorem
Stoner –Wohlfarth model
stop band
stopping power
storage rings
strain rate
strangeness changing neutral currents
strangeness with charm and beauty is the quantum number of the quark-strangeness of a quark
Stranski–Krastanow growth
stratification
streakline
stream function
streamline
streamtube
strength of crystals
stress
stress tensor
string theories, superstring theories
stripping reaction
strong interaction
strong interaction forces
strong localization
strongly coupled plasma
Strouhal number
structure factor
SU(2)
SU(3) symmetry
SU(5)
SU3
sublattices
sublayer, inertial
sublayer, viscous
sub-Poissonian statistics
subrange, inertial
subsonic flow
substitutional defects
Sudbury neutrino observatory (SNO)
sum-frequency generation
summing over histories
sum rule
sunspots
superallowed β. decay
superconducting super collider
superconductivity
superconductors
supercritical field
superdeformation (nuclei)
superelastic collision
superexchange
Superfish
superfluorescence
supergravity
superheavy elements
superkamiokande
superlattice
supermultiplet
supernova
supernova neutrinos
super-Poissonian statistics
superposition of states
superposition principle
super proton synchrotron
superradiance
supersonic flow
supersymmetric theories
superthermal electron, ion, or particle
supplementary condition
surface acoustic wave
surface electromagnetic wave
surface gravitywaves
surface phonon, plasmon, waves
surface states
surface tension
surface waves
susceptibility
Sussex potential
Sweet–Parker model
symmetric ordering
symmetries
symmetry group
symmetry scars
SYNCH
synchrocyclotron
synchrotron radiation
synchrotrons
T
T1
T2
tachyon
Tamm–Dancoff approximation
Tamm–Dancoff method
Tamm surface states
tandem accelerators
targeted radiotherapy
tau (τ-)
tauon neutrino
Taylor column
Taylor –Couette instability
Taylor –Couette vortices
Taylor –Görtler vortices
Taylor hypothesis
Taylor number
Taylor –Proudman theorem
Taylor vortex
teleportation
TEM modes
temperature coefficient of reactivity
temporal coherence
tensor force
term
term splitting
ternary fission
TESSA-3 spectrometer (total energy suppression shield array)
test particle
tetrahedral coordination
tevatron collider
thermal electron, ion, or particle
thermalization
thermal noise
thermal plasma
thermal radiation
thermal reservoir
thermionic emission
thermodynamic equilibrium, plasma
thermoelectric
thermoelectric effects
thermoluminescence
thermomagnetic effects
thermonuclear
thermonuclear fusion
thermonuclear reaction
theta particle (meson)
theta pinch or thetatron
thin airfoil theory
third order susceptibility
thixotropic fluid
Thomas–Fermi equation
Thomas–Fermi theory
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Thomas–Reiche–Kuhn sum rule
Thomson effect
Thomson scattering
t’Hooft, Gerard
Thouless number
three-body problem
three-body recombination
three-j coefficients
three-level atom
three-wave mixing
threshold dose
threshold gain
thyristor
tight binding model
tilt boundary
timeline
time ordering
tipping angle
tip vortex
tokamak
Tollmien–Schlicting wave
Tomonaga–Schwinger equation
top quark (sixth quark, flavor-truth)
toroidal magnetic confinement
toroidal pinch
Torricelli’s theorem
total angular momentum
Trace
trace
trailing vortex wake
transferred electron effect
transformation theory
transistor
transit broadening
transition
transition (the liquid phase of nuclear matter)
transition frequency
transition matrix elements
transition probability
transition rate (R)
translation operator
transmission coefficient
transmission electron diffraction
transmission matrix
transonic flow
transport, in plasmas
transversality condition
transverse charge
transverse delta function
transverse form factor
transverse Laplacian
transverse modes
transverse vibration
trap
trapped particles
trapping
traveling wave
triad
triclinic Bravais lattice
trigonal Bravais lattice
triple α process
triplet states
TRISTAN
tritium
Troyon limit
Tdephase
tunnel diode
tunnel effect
tunneling
turbine
turbomachine
turbulence
twinning
twist boundary
two-body force
two-body problem
two-component neutrino theory
two-level atom
two-photon absorption
two-photon coherent state
two-time correlation function
Tyndall effect
U
U(1) symmetry
U (mass unit)
ultrahigh energy densities
ultralarge-scale integrated circuits
ultrashort pulses
ultraviolet
Umklapp processes
uncertainty principle
undepleted pump approximation
unified theory
uniform flow
unitary group
unitary matrix
unitary symmetry
unitary transformation
unit cell
universal conductance fluctuations
unmagnetized plasma
unpolarized light
Unstable Beam Facility Institute for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo
unstable resonator
unstable state
unsteady flow
upsilon meson .
URMEL
V
vacancy
vacuum
vacuum arc
vacuum fluctuations
vacuum polarization
vacuum pressure
vacuum–Rabi splitting
vacuum state
valence band
valence bond
valence electrons
valence nucleon
valley of stability
Van Allen radiation belts
van Cittert–Zernike theorem
Van der Meer, Simon
Van der Pauw’s method
Van der Waals equation
van der Waals force
van Hove singularities
Van Vleck paramagnetism
variance
variational method
variational principle
vector coupling coefficients
vector model of atomic or nuclear structure
vector particles
vector potential
Vegard’s law
velocity modulation transistor
velocity of light
velocity overshoot
velocity potential
velocity saturation
vena contracta
venturi
venturi meter
vertex detector
vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL)
very large-scale integrated circuits
V-groove wire
vibrational energy
vibrational level
vibrational model of a nucleus
vibrational quantum number
vibrational spectrum
vibration of strings
violet cell
virtual mass
virtual process
virtual quantum
virtual state
viscoelastic fluid
viscosity
visibility of fringes
vitreous state
Voigt profile
Volterra dislocation
Voronoy polyhedron
vortex
vortex line
vortex pair
vortex ring
vortex sheet
vortex street
vortex wake
vorticity
W
Wafer scale integration
waist
waiting time distribution (W(τ ))
wake
Wake fields
wake vortex
wall energy
wall layer
Wannier functions
wave
wave equation
wave function
wavelength
wave mechanics
wave mixing
wave number
wave packet
wave–particle duality
wave vector
wave vector space
W-boson (gauge bosons of weak interaction)
weak interactions
weak link
weak localization
weakly ionized plasma
Weber number
Webster effect
Weiner–Khintchine theorem
Weiner process
Wein’s displacement law
weir
Weissenberg method
Weisskopf–Wigner approximation
Weiss law
Weiss oscillations
Weizsäcker–Williams method
Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin method (WKB method)
Werner–Wheeler method
Weyl ordering
whistler
white noise
Wiedemann–Franz law
Wiggler magnets
Wigner distribution function
Wigner–Eckart theorem
Wigner–Seitz cell
Wigner–Seitz method
Wigner theorem
Wigner three-j symbol
Woods–Saxon potential form
work function
Wronskian
X
xenon poisoning
X-particles
X pinch
X-rays
Y
Yang–Mills particles
yin-yang Coil
Young’s interference experiment
Young’s modulus
yrast band
Yukawa, Hideki
Yukawa meson
Yukawa potential
Z
Z(neutral current)
Zeeman effect
Zener breakdown
zero-coupled pair and approximation
zero-point energy
zero-point vibration
Z function
Zhukhovski airfoil
Zhukhovski transformation
zinc–blende structure
zone folding
Z pinch
