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  2. Ensemble (mathematical physics) - Wikipedia

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    If the number of parts in the system is allowed to vary among the systems in the ensemble (as in a grand ensemble where the number of particles is a random quantity), then it is a probability distribution over an extended phase space that includes further variables such as particle numbers N 1 (first kind of particle), N 2 (second kind of ...

  3. First law of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    The first law of thermodynamics is a formulation of the law of conservation of energy in the context of thermodynamic processes.The law distinguishes two principal forms of energy transfer, heat and thermodynamic work, that modify a thermodynamic system containing a constant amount of matter.

  4. Mathematical formulation of the Standard Model - Wikipedia

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    This article describes the mathematics of the Standard Model of particle physics, a gauge quantum field theory containing the internal symmetries of the unitary product group SU(3) × SU(2) × U(1). The theory is commonly viewed as describing the fundamental set of particles – the leptons , quarks , gauge bosons and the Higgs boson .

  5. Particle physics - Wikipedia

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    Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation. The field also studies combinations of elementary particles up to the scale of protons and neutrons , while the study of combination of protons and neutrons is called nuclear physics .

  6. Thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    where U 0 denotes the internal energy of the combined system, and U 1 and U 2 denote the internal energies of the respective separated systems. Adapted for thermodynamics, this law is an expression of the principle of conservation of energy , which states that energy can be transformed (changed from one form to another), but cannot be created ...

  7. Elementary particle - Wikipedia

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    String theory predicts 1- to 10-branes (a 1-brane being a string and a 10-brane being a 10-dimensional object) that prevent tears in the "fabric" of space using the uncertainty principle (e.g., the electron orbiting a hydrogen atom has the probability, albeit small, that it could be anywhere else in the universe at any given moment).

  8. Heat transfer physics - Wikipedia

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    The macroscopic energy equation for infinitesimal volume used in heat transfer analysis is [6] = +, ˙, where q is heat flux vector, −ρc p (∂T/∂t) is temporal change of internal energy (ρ is density, c p is specific heat capacity at constant pressure, T is temperature and t is time), and ˙ is the energy conversion to and from thermal ...

  9. Timeline of atomic and subatomic physics - Wikipedia

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    1926 Erwin Schrödinger proves that the wave and matrix formulations of quantum theory are mathematically equivalent; 1926 Erwin Schrödinger states his nonrelativistic quantum wave equation and formulates quantum wave mechanics; 1926 Gilbert N. Lewis introduces the term "photon", thought by him to be "the carrier of radiant energy." [5] [6]