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  2. Carrier-sense multiple access - Wikipedia

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    P-persistent This approach lies between the 1-persistent and non-persistent CSMA access modes. [1] When the transmitting node is ready to transmit data, it senses the transmission medium for idle or busy. If idle, then it transmits immediately. If busy, then it senses the transmission medium continuously until it becomes idle, then transmits ...

  3. Converted-wave analysis - Wikipedia

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    Due to mode conversion, a P-wave can reflect upwards as an S-wave (also known as a secondary, shear or transverse wave) when it hits an interface (e.g., solid-liquid). Other P-wave to S-wave (P-S) conversions can occur, but the down-up conversion is the primary focus. Unlike P-waves, converted shear waves are largely unaffected by fluids. [1]

  4. pp-wave spacetime - Wikipedia

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    It is a purely mathematical fact that the characteristic polynomial of the Einstein tensor of any pp-wave spacetime vanishes identically. Equivalently, we can find a Newman–Penrose complex null tetrad such that the Ricci-NP scalars (describing any matter or nongravitational fields which may be present in a spacetime) and the Weyl-NP scalars (describing any gravitational field which may be ...

  5. Pierson–Moskowitz spectrum - Wikipedia

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    Pierson and Moskowitz developed their spectrum from measurements in the North Atlantic during 1964, and presented the following relationship between energy distribution and wind: [1] [2] The observations of Pierson and Moskowitz were carefully re-analyzed in a 2003 investigation, [3] which confirmed some values and proposed new thresholds to ...

  6. Electromagnetic electron wave - Wikipedia

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    The R wave and the L wave are right-hand and left-hand circularly polarized, respectively. The R wave has a cut-off at ω R (hence the designation of this frequency) and a resonance at ω c. The L wave has a cut-off at ω L and no resonance. R waves at frequencies below ω c /2 are also known as whistler modes. [6]

  7. Probability current - Wikipedia

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    In quantum mechanics, the probability current (sometimes called probability flux) is a mathematical quantity describing the flow of probability.Specifically, if one thinks of probability as a heterogeneous fluid, then the probability current is the rate of flow of this fluid.

  8. Periodic travelling wave - Wikipedia

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    Periodic travelling waves play a fundamental role in many mathematical equations, including self-oscillatory systems, [1] [2] excitable systems [3] and reaction–diffusion–advection systems. [4] Equations of these types are widely used as mathematical models of biology, chemistry and physics, and many examples in phenomena resembling ...

  9. Landau damping - Wikipedia

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    Eq. 1 A more rigorous approach shows the strongest synchronization occurs for particles with a velocity in the wave frame proportional to the damping rate and independent of the wave amplitude. [ 10 ] : §3.2 Since Landau damping occurs for waves with arbitrarily small amplitudes, this shows the most active particles in this damping are far ...