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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presheath

Materials science; Material physics

Plasma region that is more than a Debye length away from contact with matter, in which ions are accelerated by an electrostatic potential to a large fraction of the ion sound speed.

electron cyclotron wave

Materials science; Material physics

Plasma waves at the electron cyclotron frequency.

twinning

Materials science; Material physics

Plastic deformation of a crystal that results in a partial displacement of neighboring planes. The deformed part of the crystal becomes the mirror image of the undeformed part.

stress

Materials science; Material physics

Normal or shear surface force given by the stress tensor.

direct reaction

Materials science; Material physics

Nuclear reactions are generally described as compound or direct. Although this classification is not well-defined, a compound reaction usually occurs at low energy when a particle is absorbed by a ...

hypernucleus

Materials science; Material physics

Nuclei where some of the nucleons are replaced by hyperons. See hyperon.

valence nucleon

Materials science; Material physics

Nucleons in a shell model are divided into core and valence (active) nucleons. Core nucleons are assumed inactive, except they provide the binding energy to the valence nucleons. The core is one of ...