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  2. Equipotential - Wikipedia

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    If a and b are any two points within or at the surface of a given conductor, and given there is no flow of charge being exchanged between the two points, then the potential difference is zero between the two points. Thus, an equipotential would contain both points a and b as they have the same potential. Extending this definition, an ...

  3. Gauss's law - Wikipedia

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    The electric field is perpendicular, locally, to the equipotential surface of the conductor, and zero inside; its flux πa 2 ·E, by Gauss's law equals πa 2 ·σ/ε 0. Thus, σ = ε 0 E. In problems involving conductors set at known potentials, the potential away from them is obtained by solving Laplace's equation, either analytically or ...

  4. Common envelope - Wikipedia

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    Cataclysmic variables, X-ray binaries and systems of close double white dwarfs or neutron stars are examples of systems of this type which can be explained as having undergone common envelope evolution. In all these examples there is a compact remnant (a white dwarf, neutron star or black hole) which must have been the core of a star which was ...

  5. Ray (optics) - Wikipedia

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    The principal ray or chief ray (sometimes known as the b ray) in an optical system is the meridional ray that starts at an edge of an object and passes through the center of the aperture stop. [5] [8] [7] The distance between the chief ray (or an extension of it for a virtual image) and the optical axis at an image location defines the size of ...

  6. External ray - Wikipedia

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    An external ray is a curve that runs from infinity toward a Julia or Mandelbrot set. [1] Although this curve is only rarely a half-line (ray) it is called a ray because it is an image of a ray. External rays are used in complex analysis , particularly in complex dynamics and geometric function theory .

  7. Roche lobe - Wikipedia

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    A critical equipotential intersects itself at the L 1 Lagrangian point of the system, forming a two-lobed figure-of-eight with one of the two stars at the center of each lobe. This critical equipotential defines the Roche lobes. [2] Where matter moves relative to the co-rotating frame it will seem to be acted upon by a Coriolis force.

  8. Implicit surface - Wikipedia

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    The equipotential surface for the potential value is the implicit surface (,,) = which is a sphere with center at point . The potential of 4 {\displaystyle 4} point charges is represented by

  9. Einstein coefficients - Wikipedia

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    The value of A and B coefficients can be calculated using quantum mechanics where dipole approximations in time dependent perturbation theory is used. While the calculation of B coefficient can be done easily, that of A coefficient requires using results of second quantization. This is because the theory developed by dipole approximation and ...