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Physics basics

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This section contains 76 articles.

Physics basics: General

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This section contains 60 articles.

  1. Physics (Level 2)
    1. Physicist
    2. Physics education
  2. Outline of physics
  3. Physical property
  4. Physical quantity
  5. Energy (Level 2)
    1. Conservation of energy (Level 4)
    2. Energy density
  6. Homogeneity (physics)
  7. Matter (Level 3)
    1. Exotic matter
    2. Physical object
  8. Vacuum (Level 3)
  9. Fundamental interaction
    1. Gravity (Level 3)
    2. Electromagnetism (Level 3)
    3. Strong interaction (Level 3)
    4. Weak interaction (Level 3)
    5. Fifth force
  10. Spacetime (Level 4)
    1. Space (Level 3)
      1. Action at a distance
      2. Principle of locality
    2. Time (Level 2)
      1. Arrow of time
      2. Time in physics
  11. Mass–energy equivalence (Level 4)
  12. Conservation law
  13. Hysteresis
  14. Transport phenomena
  15. Radiation (Level 4)
    1. Ionizing radiation (Level 4)
    2. Background radiation
  16. Scalar (physics)
  17. Field (physics) (Level 4)
    1. Classical field theory
      1. Mean-field theory
      2. Renormalization
    2. Flux (Level 4)
  18. Gauge theory (Level 4)
    1. Introduction to gauge theory
  19. Symmetry (physics) (Level 4)
  20. Instability
    1. Metastability
  21. Classical physics
  22. Modern physics
  23. Naïve physics
  24. Theoretical physics (Level 4)
  25. Experimental physics
  26. Computational physics
  27. Atmospheric physics
  28. Biophysics
  29. Chemical physics
  30. Polymer physics
  31. Mathematical physics
  32. List of unsolved problems in physics
  33. Scale invariance
  34. Classical limit
  35. Macroscopic scale

Physical constants

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This section contains 16 articles.

  1. Physical constant
  2. Bohr magneton
  3. Bohr radius
  4. Boltzmann constant
  5. Electron magnetic moment
  6. Nucleon magnetic moment
  7. Elementary charge
  8. Fine-structure constant
  9. Gravitational constant
  10. Impedance of free space
  11. Magnetic flux quantum
  12. Planck constant
  13. Speed of light (Level 3)
    1. Foucault's measurements of the speed of light
  14. Vacuum permeability
  15. Vacuum permittivity

Atomic, molecular and optical physics

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This section contains 99 articles.

Atomic physics

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This section contains 45 articles.

  1. Atom (Level 2)
  2. Atomic physics (Level 4)
  3. Atomic nucleus (Level 4)
    1. Hypernucleus
    2. Isotope (Level 4)
    3. Nucleon
    4. Nuclide (Level 4)
  4. Atomic orbital (Level 4)
  5. Binding energy (Level 4)
  6. Plum pudding model
  7. Rutherford model
  8. Bohr model (Level 4)
    1. Franck–Hertz experiment
  9. Electron configuration (Level 4)
  10. Electron shell (Level 4)
  11. Exotic atom
    1. Onium
      1. Positronium
  12. Ion (Level 4)
    1. Oxonium ion
  13. Energy level (Level 4)
    1. Fine structure
    2. Hyperfine structure
    3. Spin–orbit interaction
    4. Degenerate energy levels
  14. Rutherford scattering experiments (Level 4)
  15. Principal quantum number
  16. Azimuthal quantum number
  17. Magnetic quantum number
  18. Spin quantum number
  19. Spectral line
    1. Stark effect
    2. Zeeman effect
    3. Stimulated emission
    4. Spontaneous emission
    5. Hydrogen spectral series
      1. Rydberg constant
      2. Rydberg formula
      3. Hydrogen-alpha
    6. Hydrogen line
    7. Einstein coefficients
    8. Optical pumping
  20. Spherical harmonics
  21. Density functional theory
  22. Rutherford scattering experiments (Level 4)

Molecular physics

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This section contains 9 articles.

  1. Molecular physics
  2. Molecular orbital (Level 4)
    1. Molecular orbital theory (Level 4)
  3. Rigid rotor
  4. Molecular dynamics
  5. Cross section (physics)
  6. Emission spectrum
  7. Rotational–vibrational spectroscopy
    1. Rotational spectroscopy

Optics

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This section contains 45 articles.

  1. Optics (Level 3)
  2. Geometrical optics
    1. Optical path
      1. Optical path length
    2. Ray (optics)
  3. Physical optics
  4. Focus (optics) (Level 4)
  5. Focal length (Level 4)
  6. Photonics
  7. Polarization (waves) (Level 4)
    1. Circular polarization
    2. Linear polarization
    3. Stokes parameters
  8. Reflection (physics) (Level 4)
    1. Curved mirror
    2. Reflection coefficient
    3. Transmission coefficient
    4. Total internal reflection
  9. Refraction (Level 4)
    1. Photonic crystal
    2. Refractive index (Level 4)
    3. Snell's law
  10. Transparency and translucency (Level 4)
  11. Opacity
  12. Optical depth
  13. Optical power
  14. Fresnel equations
  15. Nonlinear optics
  16. Birefringence
  17. Intensity (physics)
  18. Rayleigh scattering
  19. Aperture
  20. Angle of incidence (optics)
  21. Virtual image
  22. Dispersion (optics)
  23. Shadow
  24. Beer–Lambert law
  25. Fourier optics
  26. Invisibility
  27. Magnification
  28. Photometry (optics)
    1. Illuminance
    2. Luminance
    3. Luminous flux
    4. Luminous intensity

Color

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This section contains 86 articles.

Basics

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This section contains 39 articles.

  1. Color (Level 3)
  2. Blacklight
  3. CIE 1931 color space
  4. CIELAB color space
  5. CIELUV
  6. CMYK color model (Level 4)
  7. Color theory (Level 4)
    1. Primary color (Level 4)
    2. Secondary color
  8. Color model
  9. Color space
  10. Gamut
  11. Gloss (optics) (Level 4)
  12. HCL color space
  13. HSL and HSV
  14. HWB color model
  15. ISCC–NBS system
  16. Munsell color system
  17. RGB color model (Level 4)
    1. RGB color spaces
      1. Adobe RGB color space
      2. DCI-P3
      3. eciRGB
      4. ProPhoto RGB color space
      5. Rec. 601
      6. Rec. 709
      7. Rec. 2020
      8. Rec. 2100
      9. scRGB
      10. sRGB
      11. Wide-gamut RGB color space
  18. RGBA color model
  19. RYB color model
  20. Impossible color
  21. Chromaticity
    1. Line of purples
  22. Hue
  23. Tint, shade and tone
  24. Web colors

Colors

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This section contains 47 articles.

  1. Amber (color)
  2. Azure (color)
  3. Beige
  4. Black (Level 4)
  5. Blue (Level 4)
    1. Egyptian blue
    2. Navy blue
    3. Sky blue
    4. Ultramarine
  6. Brown (Level 4)
  7. Burgundy (color)
  8. Celadon
  9. Cerulean
  10. Chartreuse (color)
  11. Bronze (color)
  12. Cyan
  13. Fuchsia (color)
  14. Gold (color)
  15. Green (Level 4)
    1. Lime (color)
  16. Grey (Level 4)
  17. Indigo
  18. Lavender (color)
  19. Magenta
  20. Mauve
  21. Olive (color)
  22. Orange (colour) (Level 4)
  23. Pink (Level 4)
  24. Purple (Level 4)
    1. Tyrian purple
  25. Red (Level 4)
    1. Crimson
    2. Maroon
    3. Scarlet (color)
  26. Rose (color)
  27. Ruby (color)
  28. Saffron (color)
  29. Silver (color)
  30. Spring green
  31. Tan (color)
  32. Teal
  33. Turquoise (color)
  34. Vermilion
  35. Violet (color)
  36. Viridian
  37. White (Level 4)
  38. Yellow (Level 4)

Condensed matter physics

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This section contains 93 articles.

Basics

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This section contains 17 articles.

  1. Condensed matter physics (Level 4)
  2. Solid-state physics (Level 4)
  3. Mesoscopic physics
  4. Einstein solid
  5. Electronic band structure
    1. Band gap
    2. Fermi level
    3. Valence and conduction bands
  6. Free electron model
  7. Hubbard model
    1. Mott insulator
  8. Soft matter
  9. Bonding in solids
  10. Rock magnetism
  11. Bloch's theorem
  12. Plasmon
  13. Polaron

Crystallography

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This section contains 32 articles.

  1. Crystallography (Level 4)
  2. Crystal (Level 4)
  3. Crystallization (Level 4)
    1. Crystal growth
    2. Grain growth
  4. Crystal structure
    1. Crystal system
      1. Triclinic crystal system
      2. Monoclinic crystal system
      3. Orthorhombic crystal system
      4. Tetragonal crystal system
      5. Hexagonal crystal family
      6. Cubic crystal system
    2. Perovskite (structure)
    3. Unit cell
      1. Bravais lattice
    4. Reciprocal lattice
      1. Brillouin zone
      2. Fermi surface
  5. Crystal optics
  6. Crystallographic defect
    1. Grain boundary
    2. Dislocation
    3. Misorientation
    4. Vacancy defect
  7. Crystal twinning
  8. Miller index
  9. Atomic packing factor
  10. Coordination number
  11. Crystal polymorphism
  12. X-ray crystallography
  13. Crystal engineering

States of matter

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This section contains 19 articles.

  1. State of matter (Level 3)
  2. Solid (Level 4)
    1. Amorphous solid (Level 4)
  3. Liquid (Level 4)
  4. Gas (Level 4)
    1. Vapor (Level 4)
  5. Plasma (physics) (Level 4)
    1. Vlasov equation
  6. Degenerate matter (Level 4)
    1. Bose gas
    2. Fermi gas
  7. Bose–Einstein condensate (Level 4)
  8. Superfluidity
  9. Supercritical fluid
  10. Supersolid
  11. Liquid crystal
  12. Quasiparticle
    1. Electron hole
    2. Phonon

Phase transitions

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This section contains 25 articles.

  1. Phase transition (Level 4)
  2. Phase (matter) (Level 4)
  3. Phase diagram (Level 4)
  4. Boiling (Level 4)
    1. Boiling point
    2. Superheating
  5. Melting (Level 4)
    1. Melting point
  6. Freezing (Level 4)
  7. Evaporation (Level 4)
  8. Condensation (Level 4)
    1. Superheated steam
  9. Vaporization
  10. Ionization (Level 4)
  11. Plasma recombination
  12. Sublimation (phase transition) (Level 4)
  13. Deposition (phase transition)
  14. Critical point (thermodynamics) (Level 4)
    1. Self-organized criticality
  15. Triple point (Level 4)
  16. Miscibility
  17. Metallization pressure
    1. Metallic hydrogen
  18. Curie temperature
  19. Phase rule

Electromagnetism

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This section contains 140 articles.

Basics

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This section contains 14 articles.

  1. Classical electromagnetism
  2. Electricity (Level 2)
  3. Magnetism (Level 3)
    1. Magnet (Level 4)
      1. Electromagnet (Level 4)
  4. Dipole (Level 4)
  5. Metamaterial (Level 4)
    1. Negative-index metamaterial
    2. Photonic metamaterial
    3. Tunable metamaterial
    4. Nonlinear metamaterial
  6. Oil drop experiment (Level 4)
  7. Photoelectric effect (Level 4)
  8. Bubble chamber

Electrostatics

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This section contains 19 articles.

  1. Electrostatics (Level 4)
    1. Static electricity
  2. Coulomb's law (Level 4)
  3. Electric charge (Level 4)
    1. Charge density
  4. Electric field (Level 4)
    1. Electric displacement field
    2. Electric-field screening
      1. Debye length
  5. Electric potential (Level 4)
    1. Voltage
  6. Electric potential energy
  7. Electric flux
  8. Electric dipole moment
  9. Polarization density
  10. Dielectric (Level 4)
  11. Electric susceptibility
  12. Electrostatic induction
  13. Permittivity

Magnetostatics

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This section contains 20 articles.

  1. Magnetostatics (Level 4)
  2. Magnetic field (Level 4)
  3. Magnetic flux
  4. Biot–Savart law
  5. Magnetic dipole
  6. Magnetic moment
  7. Magnetization
    1. Antiferromagnetism
    2. Diamagnetism
    3. Ferrimagnetism
    4. Ferromagnetism (Level 4)
      1. Ising model
      2. Potts model
    5. Paramagnetism
    6. Spontaneous magnetization
  8. Magnetic susceptibility
  9. Permeability (electromagnetism)
  10. Magnetic monopole
  11. Magnetohydrodynamics
  12. Ampère's force law

Electrodynamics

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This section contains 26 articles.

  1. Maxwell's equations (Level 4)
    1. Gauss's law
    2. Gauss's law for magnetism
    3. Ampère's circuital law
    4. Faraday's law of induction
  2. Lorentz force (Level 4)
  3. Electromagnetic field (Level 4)
  4. Electromagnetic four-potential
    1. Lorenz gauge condition
  5. Electric current (Level 4)
    1. Alternating current (Level 4)
    2. Direct current (Level 4)
    3. Current density
  6. Displacement current
  7. Electric power
    1. AC power
  8. Electromagnetic induction (Level 4)
  9. Electromotive force (Level 4)
  10. Eddy current (Level 4)
  11. Hall effect
    1. Quantum Hall effect
  12. Electrical resistivity and conductivity
  13. Retarded time
  14. Lenz's law
  15. Poynting's theorem
  16. Right-hand rule

Electromagnetic radiation

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This section contains 38 articles.

  1. Electromagnetic radiation (Level 3)
    1. Electromagnetic wave equation
  2. Electromagnetic spectrum (Level 4)
    1. Radio wave (Level 4)
    2. Microwave (Level 4)
    3. Terahertz radiation
    4. Infrared (Level 4)
    5. Visible spectrum (Level 4)
      1. Light (Level 3)
    6. Ultraviolet (Level 4)
    7. X-ray (Level 4)
    8. Gamma ray (Level 4)
  3. Poynting vector
  4. Evanescent field
  5. Transverse mode
  6. Waveguide (radio frequency)
  7. Larmor formula
  8. Bremsstrahlung (Level 4)
  9. Cyclotron radiation
  10. Synchrotron radiation
  11. Compton scattering
  12. Radiative transfer
  13. Faraday effect
  14. Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)
    1. Absorption band
  15. Near and far field
  16. Radiant flux
  17. Irradiance
  18. Point source
  19. Radiance
  20. Radiometry
  21. Spectral density
  22. Luminescence
    1. Fluorescence (Level 4)
    2. Phosphorescence
    3. Scintillation (physics)
      1. Scintillator
  23. Thermal radiation

Electrical circuits

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This section contains 23 articles.

  1. Electrical network (Level 4)
  2. Electrical impedance (Level 4)
  3. Electrical reactance
  4. Electrical resistance and conductance (Level 4)
    1. Joule heating
    2. Ohm's law (Level 4)
  5. Electrical conductor
  6. Insulator (electricity)
  7. Semiconductor (Level 4)
    1. Depletion region
    2. Metal–semiconductor junction
    3. Ohmic contact
  8. Superconductivity (Level 4)
    1. Cooper pair
    2. High-temperature superconductivity
    3. Josephson effect
    4. Type-I superconductor
    5. Type-II superconductor
  9. Capacitance (Level 4)
  10. Gain (electronics) (Level 4)
  11. Ground (electricity)
  12. Inductance (Level 4)
  13. Kirchhoff's circuit laws (Level 4)

Mechanics

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This section contains 330 articles.

Basics

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This section contains 25 articles.

  1. Mechanics (Level 4)
    1. Ballistics (Level 4)
    2. Continuum mechanics (Level 4)
    3. Flight (Level 4)
    4. Kinematics (Level 4)
      1. Chasles' theorem (kinematics)
      2. Screw axis
    5. Mechanical advantage
    6. Relativistic mechanics (Level 4)
    7. Statics (Level 4)
  2. Oscillation (Level 4)
    1. Harmonic oscillator (Level 4)
      1. Simple harmonic motion (Level 4)
    2. Normal mode
  3. Collision
    1. Elastic collision
    2. Inelastic collision
  4. Degrees of freedom (mechanics)
  5. Free particle
  6. Point particle
  7. Virial theorem
  8. Shock (mechanics)
  9. Mechanical equilibrium
  10. Displacement (geometry)
  11. Test particle

Quantum mechanics

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This section contains 98 articles.

  1. Quantum mechanics (Level 3)
    1. Introduction to quantum mechanics
    2. Quantum
  2. AdS/CFT correspondence
  3. Born rule
  4. Bra–ket notation
  5. Correspondence principle
    1. Ehrenfest theorem
  6. Dirac equation
    1. Pauli equation
    2. Pauli matrices
  7. Expectation value (quantum mechanics)
  8. Gyromagnetic ratio
    1. g-factor (physics)
  9. Interpretations of quantum mechanics
    1. Copenhagen interpretation
    2. De Broglie–Bohm theory
      1. Quantum potential
    3. Many-worlds interpretation
    4. Schwinger's quantum action principle
  10. Hidden-variable theory
  11. Mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics
  12. Matrix mechanics
    1. BKS theory
  13. Measurement in quantum mechanics
    1. Measurement problem
  14. Observable
    1. Invariant (physics)
    2. Quantum contextuality
    3. Schrödinger's cat
  15. Operator (physics)
    1. Angular momentum operator
    2. Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics)
      1. Unitary transformation (quantum mechanics)
    3. Momentum operator
    4. Position operator
    5. Rotation operator (quantum mechanics)
  16. Parity (physics)
    1. Wu experiment
  17. Particle in a box
    1. Finite potential well
      1. Delta potential
  18. Path integral formulation
  19. Pauli exclusion principle (Level 4)
  20. Perturbation theory
    1. Fermi's golden rule
  21. Planck postulate
  22. Position and momentum spaces
  23. Probability amplitude
  24. Quantization (physics)
  25. Quantum chromodynamics (Level 4)
  26. Quantum electrodynamics (Level 4)
    1. Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory
  27. Quantum entanglement (Level 4)
    1. Bell's theorem
      1. Bell test
    2. Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox
    3. Problem of time
    4. Quantum nonlocality
  28. Quantum field theory (Level 4)
    1. Casimir effect
    2. Conformal field theory
    3. Propagator
    4. Quantum vacuum state
      1. QCD vacuum
      2. QED vacuum
  29. Quantum fluctuation
    1. Quantum foam
  30. Quantum gravity (Level 4)
    1. Loop quantum gravity
  31. Quantum harmonic oscillator
  32. Quantum indeterminacy
  33. Quantum number
  34. Quantum state
    1. Bound state
    2. Excited state
    3. Ground state
      1. Topological order
    4. Stationary state
    5. Virtual state
  35. Quantum superposition
  36. Quantum tunnelling (Level 4)
  37. Relativistic quantum mechanics
  38. Schrödinger equation (Level 4)
  39. Stern–Gerlach experiment
  40. Symmetry in quantum mechanics
  41. Uncertainty principle (Level 4)
  42. Wave function (Level 4)
    1. Wave function collapse
  43. Wave–particle duality (Level 4)
    1. Compton wavelength
    2. Davisson–Germer experiment
    3. Electron diffraction
      1. Double-slit experiment
    4. Matter wave
  44. WKB approximation
  45. Zero-point energy
  46. Variational method (quantum mechanics)

Classical mechanics

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This section contains 96 articles.

  1. Classical mechanics (Level 3)
    1. Analytical mechanics
    2. Hamiltonian mechanics (Level 4)
      1. Poisson bracket
    3. Lagrangian mechanics (Level 4)
      1. D'Alembert's principle
      2. Euler–Lagrange equation
      3. Generalized coordinates
      4. Virtual work
  2. Mass (Level 3)
    1. Reduced mass
    2. Density (Level 4)
    3. Center of mass
    4. Conservation of mass (Level 4)
  3. Momentum (Level 3)
  4. Force (Level 3)
  5. Motion (Level 3)
    1. Newton's laws of motion (Level 3)
      1. Newtonian dynamics
    2. Position (geometry)
    3. Speed (Level 4)
    4. Velocity (Level 4)
    5. Acceleration (Level 4)
    6. Jerk (physics)
    7. Equations of motion (Level 4)
      1. Constant of motion
    8. Linear motion
    9. Circular motion
    10. Projectile motion
    11. Trajectory
    12. Bouncing ball
    13. Equations for a falling body
    14. Free fall
    15. Steady state
  6. Kinetic energy (Level 4)
  7. Potential energy (Level 4)
    1. Potential well
  8. Scalar potential
    1. Equipotential
  9. Vector potential
  10. Moment (physics)
  11. Inertia (Level 4)
  12. Moment of inertia (Level 4)
  13. Friction (Level 4)
    1. Rolling resistance
  14. Impulse (physics) (Level 4)
  15. Power (physics) (Level 4)
  16. Work (physics) (Level 4)
  17. Action (physics)
  18. Angular displacement
  19. Angular frequency
  20. Angular velocity
  21. Angular acceleration
    1. Angular momentum (Level 4)
    2. Centripetal force (Level 4)
  22. Rotation (Level 4)
  23. Rolling
  24. Torque (Level 4)
  25. Weight (Level 4)
    1. Weighing scale (Level 4)
  26. Frame of reference (Level 4)
    1. Inertial frame of reference
    2. Non-inertial reference frame
  27. Newton's law of universal gravitation (Level 4)
    1. Cavendish experiment
  28. Fictitious force
    1. Centrifugal force
    2. Coriolis force (Level 4)
  29. Free body diagram
    1. Net force
  30. Central force
  31. Restoring force
  32. n-body problem
    1. Two-body problem
      1. Kepler problem
  33. Radiation pressure
  34. Gravitational field
  35. Gravitational potential
  36. Tidal force
  37. Impact (mechanics)
  38. Precession
  39. Vibration
    1. Mechanical resonance
  40. Damping
  41. Conservative force
  42. Force field (physics)
  43. Normal force
  44. Canonical coordinates
  45. Resultant force
  46. Perpetual motion
  47. Galilean transformation
    1. Absolute space and time
    2. Galilean invariance
    3. Relative velocity
  48. Projectile
  49. Reaction (physics)

Fluid mechanics

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This section contains 52 articles.

  1. Fluid mechanics (Level 4)
  2. Computational fluid dynamics
  3. Rheology
  4. Bernoulli's principle (Level 4)
  5. Buoyancy (Level 4)
    1. Archimedes' principle
    2. Metacentric height
  6. Convection (Level 4)
  7. Drag (physics) (Level 4)
  8. Diffusion (Level 4)
    1. Diffusion equation
  9. Fluid dynamics (Level 4)
    1. Aerodynamics (Level 4)
    2. Flow visualization
  10. Hydrostatics
    1. Communicating vessels
    2. Hydrostatic equilibrium
    3. Pascal's law
    4. Vertical pressure variation
  11. Lift (force) (Level 4)
  12. Navier–Stokes equations (Level 4)
    1. Berman flow
    2. Jeffery–Hamel flow
    3. Rayleigh problem
    4. Stokes problem
    5. Taylor–Culick flow
  13. Osmosis (Level 4)
  14. Reynolds number (Level 4)
  15. Surface tension (Level 4)
  16. Turbulence (Level 4)
  17. Viscosity (Level 4)
  18. Flow measurement
    1. Mass flow rate
    2. Volumetric flow rate
  19. Flow velocity
  20. Fluid
    1. Newtonian fluid
    2. Non-Newtonian fluid
  21. Mass flow (life sciences)
  22. Vorticity
  23. Laminar flow
    1. Hagen–Poiseuille equation
  24. Compressible flow
  25. Incompressible flow
  26. Deformation (physics)
  27. Boundary layer
  28. Euler equations (fluid dynamics)
  29. Circulation (physics)
    1. Kelvin's circulation theorem
  30. Pipe flow
  31. Slosh dynamics
    1. Free surface effect

Solid mechanics

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This section contains 30 articles.

  1. Solid mechanics (Level 4)
  2. Deformation (engineering) (Level 4)
    1. Poisson's ratio
  3. Elastic modulus (Level 4)
  4. Elasticity (physics) (Level 4)
  5. Fatigue (material) (Level 4)
  6. Hooke's law (Level 4)
  7. Plasticity (physics) (Level 4)
    1. Brittleness
    2. Ductility
  8. Rigid body
    1. Rigid body dynamics
  9. Stiffness (Level 4)
  10. Strength of materials (Level 4)
  11. Stress (mechanics) (Level 4)
    1. Cauchy stress tensor
    2. Compression (physics)
    3. Tension (physics)
    4. Torsion (mechanics)
    5. Shear stress
  12. Shearing (physics)
  13. Bulk modulus
  14. Finite strain theory
  15. Shear modulus
  16. Young's modulus
  17. Contact mechanics
  18. Piezoelectricity
  19. Toughness
  20. Fracture toughness
  21. Crystallite

Soil mechanics

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This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Soil mechanics
  2. Angle of repose
  3. Granular convection

Statistical mechanics

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This section contains 26 articles.

  1. Statistical mechanics (Level 4)
  2. Microstate (statistical mechanics)
  3. Boltzmann distribution
  4. Partition function (statistical mechanics)
  5. Distribution function (physics)
    1. Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution
  6. Density of states
  7. Indistinguishable particles
  8. Particle statistics
    1. Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics
    2. Bose–Einstein statistics
    3. Fermi–Dirac statistics
      1. Fermi energy
  9. Entropy (statistical thermodynamics)
    1. Entropy as an arrow of time
    2. Entropy (energy dispersal)
    3. Entropy (order and disorder)
  10. Ensemble (mathematical physics)
    1. Canonical ensemble
      1. Grand canonical ensemble
      2. Microcanonical ensemble
  11. Maxwell's demon
  12. Work (thermodynamics)
  13. Molecular diffusion
  14. Detailed balance
  15. Fluctuation–dissipation theorem

Nuclear physics

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This section contains 29 articles.

  1. Nuclear physics (Level 4)
  2. Radioactive decay (Level 3)
    1. Alpha decay
      1. Alpha particle (Level 4)
    2. Beta decay
      1. Beta particle (Level 4)
      2. COBRA Experiment
    3. Neutron radiation
    4. Decay product
    5. Half-life
    6. Decay energy
    7. Radioactive source
  3. Nuclear binding energy
  4. Nuclear fission (Level 4)
    1. Critical mass
  5. Nuclear fusion (Level 4)
    1. Cold fusion
  6. Nuclear reaction
  7. Nuclear isomer
  8. High-energy nuclear physics
  9. Nuclear force
  10. Nuclear structure
  11. Nucleosynthesis (Level 4)
  12. Semi-empirical mass formula
  13. Nuclear magnetic resonance
    1. Electron paramagnetic resonance
    2. Magnetic resonance
    3. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
  14. Island of stability

Particle physics

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This section contains 124 articles.

Particle physics: General

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This section contains 49 articles.

  1. Particle physics (Level 3)
  2. Standard Model (Level 3)
    1. Yang–Mills theory
      1. Yang–Mills existence and mass gap
    2. Higgs mechanism
    3. Mathematical formulation of the Standard Model
  3. Physics beyond the Standard Model (Level 4)
    1. Axion
    2. Grand Unified Theory
    3. Neutrino oscillation
      1. Neutral particle oscillation
    4. String theory (Level 4)
      1. D-brane
      2. Brane
      3. M-theory
      4. String (physics)
      5. Superstring theory
    5. Supergravity
    6. Supersymmetry (Level 4)
      1. Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model
    7. Theory of everything
    8. Unified field theory
      1. Classical unified field theories
  4. Particle (Level 4)
  5. Scattering (Level 4)
    1. Elastic scattering
    2. Inelastic scattering
    3. Thomson scattering
  6. Annihilation
  7. CP violation
  8. CPT symmetry
  9. Electroweak interaction
  10. Hierarchy problem
  11. Feynman diagram
  12. Generation (particle physics)
  13. Pair production
  14. Particle decay
    1. Proton decay
    2. Free neutron decay
  15. Discovery of the neutron
  16. Charge conservation
  17. QCD matter
  18. Quark model
  19. Scalar field theory
  20. Symmetry breaking
    1. Spontaneous symmetry breaking
  21. Noether's theorem
  22. Baryon asymmetry
  23. Vacuum energy

Quantum numbers

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This section contains 12 articles.

  1. Spin (physics) (Level 4)
    1. Spin-1/2
  2. Baryon number
  3. Lepton number
  4. Color charge
  5. Flavour (particle physics)
  6. Strangeness
  7. Isospin
  8. Weak isospin
  9. Hypercharge
  10. Weak hypercharge
  11. Chirality (physics)

Devices

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This section contains 11 articles.

  1. Particle accelerator (Level 4)
    1. Collider
    2. Linear particle accelerator
    3. Large Hadron Collider (Level 4)
    4. Tevatron (Level 4)
    5. Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
    6. Synchrotron
  2. Particle detector (Level 4)
    1. Semiconductor detector
    2. Cloud chamber (Level 4)
    3. Calorimeter (particle physics)

Subatomic particles

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This section contains 45 articles.

Subatomic particles: General

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This section contains 10 articles.

  1. Subatomic particle (Level 3)
  2. Elementary particle
  3. Force carrier
  4. List of particles
  5. Hadron (Level 4)
    1. Eightfold way (physics)
    2. Parton (particle physics)
  6. Massless particle
  7. Virtual particle
  8. Tachyon

Fermions

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This section contains 22 articles.

  1. Fermion (Level 4)
  2. Lepton (Level 4)
    1. Electron (Level 3)
    2. Muon (Level 4)
    3. Tau (particle) (Level 4)
    4. Neutrino (Level 4)
      1. Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment
      2. Electron neutrino
      3. Muon neutrino
      4. Tau neutrino
  3. Quark (Level 4)
    1. Up quark
    2. Down quark
    3. Strange quark
    4. Charm quark
    5. Bottom quark
    6. Top quark
  4. Baryon (Level 4)
    1. Neutron (Level 3)
    2. Proton (Level 3)
    3. Hyperon
  5. Pentaquark

Bosons

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This section contains 13 articles.

  1. Boson (Level 4)
  2. Gauge boson (Level 4)
    1. Photon (Level 3)
      1. Biophoton
    2. Gluon (Level 4)
    3. W and Z bosons (Level 4)
    4. Graviton
  3. Higgs boson (Level 4)
  4. Meson (Level 4)
    1. Pion
    2. Kaon
    3. J/psi meson
  5. Tetraquark

Antimatter

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This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Antimatter (Level 4)
    1. Antihydrogen
  2. Antiparticle (Level 4)
    1. Positron (Level 4)
      1. Electron–positron annihilation
    2. Antiproton
    3. Antineutron

Theory of relativity

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This section contains 45 articles.

  1. Theory of relativity (Level 3)
  2. General relativity (Level 4)
    1. Introduction to general relativity
    2. Mathematics of general relativity
      1. Geodesics in general relativity
    3. Einstein field equations
      1. Kerr–Newman metric
    4. Tests of general relativity
    5. White hole
  3. Special relativity (Level 4)
    1. Faster-than-light
  4. Principle of covariance
    1. General covariance
    2. Lorentz covariance
  5. Principle of relativity (Level 4)
  6. Equivalence principle (Level 4)
  7. Gravitational wave (Level 4)
    1. First observation of gravitational waves
  8. Lorentz transformation (Level 4)
    1. Moving magnet and conductor problem
    2. Rapidity
  9. Michelson–Morley experiment (Level 4)
  10. Four-vector
    1. Four-momentum
  11. Relativity of simultaneity
  12. Time dilation
    1. Gravitational time dilation
    2. Twin paradox
  13. Length contraction
    1. Ladder paradox
  14. Causality (physics) (Level 4)
  15. Proper time
  16. Lorentz factor
  17. Cherenkov radiation
  18. Energy–momentum relation
  19. Minkowski space
    1. Penrose diagram
    2. Poincaré group
  20. Luminiferous aether
  21. Gravitational singularity
    1. Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems
  22. Hawking radiation
  23. Spacetime diagram
  24. Stress–energy tensor
  25. No-hair theorem

Thermodynamics

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This section contains 102 articles.

  1. Thermodynamics (Level 3)
  2. Heat (Level 3)
    1. Cold
  3. Temperature (Level 3)
    1. Thermodynamic temperature
    2. Absolute zero (Level 4)
  4. Pressure (Level 4)
    1. Internal pressure
    2. Partial pressure
    3. Pressure gradient
    4. Pressure–volume diagram
  5. Particle number
  6. Laws of thermodynamics (Level 4)
    1. Zeroth law of thermodynamics
    2. First law of thermodynamics
    3. Second law of thermodynamics
    4. Third law of thermodynamics
  7. Fundamental thermodynamic relation
  8. Heat capacity (Level 4)
    1. Heat capacity ratio
    2. Specific heat capacity
  9. Latent heat
  10. Heat transfer (Level 4)
    1. Heat equation
    2. Thermal conduction
    3. Convection (heat transfer)
    4. Thermal radiation
    5. Newton's law of cooling
  11. Entropy (Level 4)
    1. Introduction to entropy
    2. Entropy (classical thermodynamics)
    3. Boltzmann's entropy formula
  12. Internal energy (Level 4)
  13. Thermodynamic cycle (Level 4)
    1. Brayton cycle
    2. Carnot cycle
    3. Diesel cycle
    4. Ericsson cycle
    5. Heat pump and refrigeration cycle
    6. Otto cycle
    7. Rankine cycle
    8. Stirling cycle
  14. Thermodynamic free energy (Level 4)
  15. Ideal gas
    1. Ideal gas law (Level 4)
  16. Heat engine
    1. Carnot heat engine
    2. Stirling engine
  17. Energy conversion efficiency
  18. Kinetic theory of gases
    1. Effusion
    2. Mean free path
  19. Thermodynamic state
    1. Equation of state
      1. Van der Waals equation
      2. Redlich–Kwong equation of state
      3. Virial expansion
  20. Thermal conductivity and resistivity
  21. Thermodynamic equilibrium
    1. Equilibrium thermodynamics
  22. Thermodynamic potential
    1. Enthalpy (Level 4)
      1. Enthalpy of vaporization
    2. Helmholtz free energy
    3. Gibbs free energy
  23. Black body
    1. Black-body radiation (Level 4)
      1. Planck's law
      2. Planckian locus
      3. Stefan–Boltzmann law
      4. Ultraviolet catastrophe
      5. Wien approximation
      6. Wien's displacement law
  24. Equipartition theorem
  25. Thermodynamic process
    1. Adiabatic process
    2. Isenthalpic process
      1. Joule–Thomson effect
    3. Isothermal process
    4. Endothermic process
    5. Exothermic process
    6. Quasistatic process
    7. Reversible process (thermodynamics)
    8. Irreversible process
  26. Chemical potential
  27. Intensive and extensive properties
  28. Thermodynamic system
    1. Closed system
  29. Brownian motion
  30. Photon gas
  31. Entropy of mixing
  32. Fluctuation theorem
  33. Thermal energy
  34. Thermal equilibrium
  35. Thermodynamic equations
  36. Boltzmann equation
    1. H-theorem
    2. Loschmidt's paradox
  37. Maxwell relations
  38. Thermal expansion
  39. Thermal fluctuations
  40. Thermodynamic limit

Waves

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This section contains 47 articles.

  1. Wave (Level 3)
    1. Transverse wave
    2. Longitudinal wave
  2. Mechanical wave
  3. Acoustics (Level 4)
    1. Sound (Level 3)
      1. Speed of sound (Level 4)
      2. Sonic boom
      3. Sound pressure
      4. Loudness
    2. Ultrasound (Level 4)
    3. Beat (acoustics)
    4. Echo
    5. Acoustic resonance
  4. Amplitude (Level 4)
  5. Phase (waves)
  6. Frequency (Level 4)
  7. Wavelength (Level 4)
  8. Wavenumber
  9. Wave vector
  10. Diffraction (Level 4)
    1. Diffraction-limited system
    2. Fraunhofer diffraction
    3. Huygens–Fresnel principle
      1. Fermat's principle
    4. Bragg's law
  11. Doppler effect (Level 4)
    1. Relativistic Doppler effect
  12. Wave interference (Level 4)
  13. Noise (Level 4)
  14. Resonance (Level 4)
  15. Superposition principle (Level 4)
  16. Wave equation (Level 4)
  17. Node (physics)
  18. Radio frequency
  19. Wavefront
  20. Harmonic
  21. Pulse (physics)
  22. Group velocity
  23. Phase velocity
  24. Shock wave
  25. Waveform
  26. Coherence (physics)
  27. Standing wave
  28. Wave packet
  29. Dispersion (water waves)
  30. Plane wave


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