Material physics

Material physics

Material physics is the use of physics to describe materials in many different ways. It covers a number of related fields such as chemistry, solid mechanics, fluid dynamics, condensed matter, solid state physics, nuclear physics, quantum mechanics, quantum optics, plasma physics, and thermodynamics.

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fractional quantum numbers

Materials science; Material physics

Quantum numbers associated with quasiparticles in certain systems that are simple fractions of the numbers for elementary particles.

probability

Materials science; Material physics

Quantum physics makes predictions for the probability for a given process to take place, or for a system to be found in a specific configuration. Determinism in quantum physics refers to the rules ...

shadow scattering

Materials science; Material physics

Quantum scattering that results from the interference of the incident wave and scattered waves.

phase

Materials science; Material physics

Quantum states are generally described by complex numbers, such as wave functions. The complex phase of the state is understood to be unobservable and is therefore considered arbitrary, as all ...

Bose statistics

Materials science; Material physics

Quantum statistics obeyed by a collection of bosons. Bose statistics lead to the Bose-Einstein distribution function and, for critical values of density and temperature, predict the novel quantum ...

quantum

Materials science; Material physics

Rabi flopping The flopping of a two-level atom between the upper and lower levels under the action of an electromagnetic field in the absence of damping. This oscillation between states is in ...

supernova neutrinos

Materials science; Material physics

Radiation of energy can take place in the formation of supernovas in several ways. Kinetic energy of matter ejected in space, gamma rays, positrons, and electron neutrinos are produced. Neutrinos and ...