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In the history of science, the mechanical equivalent of heat states that motion and heat are mutually interchangeable and that in every case, a given amount...9 KB (1,135 words) - 18:18, 17 March 2024- In optics, polarized light can be described using the Jones calculus, invented by R. C. Jones in 1941. Polarized light is represented by a Jones vector...28 KB (3,523 words) - 04:52, 4 February 2024
- A photo-Carnot engine is a Carnot cycle engine in which the working medium is a photon inside a cavity with perfectly reflecting walls. Radiation is the...3 KB (562 words) - 03:07, 28 November 2023
- Sinusoidal plane-wave solutions are particular solutions to the wave equation. The general solution of the electromagnetic wave equation in homogeneous...9 KB (1,348 words) - 20:20, 6 June 2024
- Mueller calculus is a matrix method for manipulating Stokes vectors, which represent the polarization of light. It was developed in 1943 by Hans Mueller...10 KB (1,650 words) - 05:08, 5 July 2023
Electron beam ion trap (EBIT) is an electromagnetic bottle that produces and confines highly charged ions. An EBIT uses an electron beam focused with a...8 KB (818 words) - 13:15, 23 August 2024- The Stewart–Walker lemma provides necessary and sufficient conditions for the linear perturbation of a tensor field to be gauge-invariant. Δ δ T = 0 {\displaystyle...3 KB (548 words) - 23:52, 12 September 2022
- Isentropic nozzle flow describes the movement of a gas or fluid through a narrowing opening without an increase or decrease in entropy. Whenever a gas...16 KB (2,878 words) - 18:13, 13 October 2023
Boris Valerianovich Chirikov (Russian: Борис Валерианович Чириков; 6 June 1928 – 12 February 2008) was a Soviet and Russian physicist. He was the founder...6 KB (646 words) - 11:44, 13 April 2024
