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  2. Parasequence - Wikipedia

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    The succession is supposed to be relatively conformable in the sense that breaks in deposition within the parasequence are much shorter than the time of deposition of the parasequence itself. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] Most parasequences show a shallowing upward, [ 3 ] which is sometimes also included into the definition.

  3. Cyclic sediments - Wikipedia

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    Ginsburg (1971) suggested that asymmetric, shallowing-upward parasequences could be produced under conditions of steady subsidence and constant eustatic sea level by landward transport of carbonate sediment from subtidal zones, leading to progradation of inter- and supratidal zones. Continuing progradation reduces the size of the productive ...

  4. Electromagnetic spectrum - Wikipedia

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    By definition, visible light is the part of the EM spectrum the human eye is the most sensitive to. Visible light (and near-infrared light) is typically absorbed and emitted by electrons in molecules and atoms that move from one energy level to another. This action allows the chemical mechanisms that underlie human vision and plant photosynthesis.

  5. Coherence time - Wikipedia

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    The coherence time, usually designated τ, is calculated by dividing the coherence length by the phase velocity of light in a medium; approximately given by = where λ is the central wavelength of the source, Δν and Δλ is the spectral width of the source in units of frequency and wavelength respectively, and c is the speed of light in vacuum.

  6. Scientists Finally Manipulate Quantum Light, Fulfilling ... - AOL

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    Scientists stand ready to manipulate quantum light, just as Albert Einstein envisioned in 1916. Researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Basel successfully managed to ...

  7. Quantization of the electromagnetic field - Wikipedia

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    Photons are massless particles of definite energy, definite momentum, and definite spin. To explain the photoelectric effect, Albert Einstein assumed heuristically in 1905 that an electromagnetic field consists of particles of energy of amount hν, where h is the Planck constant and ν is the wave frequency.

  8. Relativity of simultaneity - Wikipedia

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    As the speed of light is, according to the second postulate of special relativity, same in all directions for all observers, the light headed for the back of the train will have less distance to cover than the light headed for the front. Thus, the flashes of light will strike the ends of the traincar at different times.

  9. Planck relation - Wikipedia

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    The Planck relation [1] [2] [3] (referred to as Planck's energy–frequency relation, [4] the Planck–Einstein relation, [5] Planck equation, [6] and Planck formula, [7] though the latter might also refer to Planck's law [8] [9]) is a fundamental equation in quantum mechanics which states that the energy E of a photon, known as photon energy, is proportional to its frequency ν: =.