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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Rankine body

Materials science; Material physics

Source and sink in potential flow in a uniform stream that generates flow over an oval shaped body.

general relativity

Materials science; Material physics

Special relativity requires that the velocity of light in a vacuum is constant in inertial reference (non-accelerating) frames. The extension of special relativity to non-inertial frames is called ...

antimatter

Materials science; Material physics

Species of subatomic particles that have the same mass and spin as normal particles, but opposite electrical charge (and therefore magnetic moment) from their normal matter counterparts. Antineutrons ...

antiparticle

Materials science; Material physics

Wiggler magnets

Materials science; Material physics

Specific combinations of short bending magnets with alternating field used in electron accelerators to produce coherent and incoherent photon beams or to manipulate electron beam properties. They are ...

sampling calorimeters

Materials science; Material physics

Specific devices for calorimetric measurements in high-energy physics. At very high energies, magnetic measurements become expensive because they require very strong magnetic fields or very long ...

cavitation

Materials science; Material physics

Spontaneous vaporization of a liquid when the pressure drops below the vapor pressure. Cavitation commonly occurs in pumps or marine propellers where high fluid speeds are present. Excessive speed of ...