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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Eötvös experiment

Materials science; Material physics

Published in 1890, this experiment determined the equivalence of the gravitational and inertial masses of an object. The experiment suspended two equal weights of different materials from a tortion ...

ultrashort pulses

Materials science; Material physics

Pulses in which the pulse duration is comparable to the period of oscillation of the electric field.

compressor

Materials science; Material physics

Pump classification in which the pressure rise of the gas is approximately greater than 1 atmosphere or more; the large increase in pressure causes a density increase or compression of the working ...

blower

Materials science; Material physics

Pump classification in which the pressure rise of the gas is approximately less than 1 atmosphere but still significant; the increase in pressure may cause a slight density change, but the working ...

lattice QCD

Materials science; Material physics

Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the accepted theory of strong interactions. To facilitate theoretical studies within QCD (which is a highly non-linear theory), numerical calculations are performed in ...

measurement theory

Materials science; Material physics

Quantum mechanics has been successful in understanding nature. It is self-contained, providing self-consistent logics and necessary information of whatever subject. From a practical point of view, ...

norm

Materials science; Material physics

Quantum mechanics was formulated within the geometric framework of Hilbert spaces. A Hilbert space is a vector space. Each vector in this space represents a quantum mechanical state. The vector can ...