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  2. Real image - Wikipedia

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    A real image is the collection of focus points actually made by converging/diverging rays, while a virtual image is the collection of focus points made by extensions of diverging or converging rays. In other words, a real image is an image which is located in the plane of convergence for the light rays that originate from a given object.

  3. Spin angular momentum of light - Wikipedia

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    The general expression for the spin angular momentum is [1] =, where is the speed of light in free space and is the conjugate canonical momentum of the vector potential.The general expression for the orbital angular momentum of light is =, where = {,,,} denotes four indices of the spacetime and Einstein's summation convention has been applied.

  4. Image segmentation - Wikipedia

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    The result of image segmentation is a set of segments that collectively cover the entire image, or a set of contours extracted from the image (see edge detection). Each of the pixels in a region are similar with respect to some characteristic or computed property, [ 3 ] such as color , intensity , or texture .

  5. Virtual image - Wikipedia

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    A real image is the collection of focus points made by converging rays, while a virtual image is the collection of focus points made by backward extensions of diverging rays. In other words, a virtual image is found by tracing real rays that emerge from an optical device ( lens , mirror , or some combination) backward to perceived or apparent ...

  6. Dispersion (optics) - Wikipedia

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    However, in lenses, dispersion causes chromatic aberration, an undesired effect that may degrade images in microscopes, telescopes, and photographic objectives. The phase velocity v of a wave in a given uniform medium is given by =, where c is the speed of light in vacuum, and n is the refractive index of the medium.

  7. Sean M. Carroll - Wikipedia

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    Carroll has worked on a number of areas of theoretical cosmology, field theory and gravitation theory. His research papers include models of, and experimental constraints on, violations of Lorentz invariance; the appearance of closed timelike curves in general relativity; varieties of topological defects in field theory; and cosmological dynamics of extra spacetime dimensions.

  8. Theory of everything - Wikipedia

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    There is a philosophical debate within the physics community as to whether a theory of everything deserves to be called the fundamental law of the universe. [57] One view is the hard reductionist position that the theory of everything is the fundamental law and that all other theories that apply within the universe are a consequence of the ...

  9. Physics of optical holography - Wikipedia

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    A holographic image can also be obtained using a different laser beam configuration to the original recording object beam, but the reconstructed image will not match the original exactly. [2]: Section 2.3 When a laser is used to reconstruct the hologram, the image is speckled just as the original image will have been. This can be a major ...