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  2. 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 .

  3. Zero-point energy - Wikipedia

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    This theory led Planck to his new radiation law, but in this version energy resonators possessed a zero-point energy, the smallest average energy a resonator could take on. Planck's radiation equation contained a residual energy factor, one ⁠ hν / 2 ⁠ , as an additional term dependent on the frequency ν , which was greater than zero ...

  4. Mathematical formulation of the Standard Model - Wikipedia

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    For energy much less than the mass of the W-boson, the effective theory becomes the current–current contact interaction of the Fermi theory, + . However, gauge invariance now requires that the component W 3 {\displaystyle W^{3}} of the gauge field also be coupled to a current that lies in the triplet of SU(2).

  5. Energy–momentum relation - Wikipedia

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    However the total energy of the particle E and its relativistic momentum p are frame-dependent; relative motion between two frames causes the observers in those frames to measure different values of the particle's energy and momentum; one frame measures E and p, while the other frame measures E ′ and p ′, where E ′ ≠ E and p ′ ≠ p ...

  6. Branches of physics - Wikipedia

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    The quantum theory shows that those frequencies correspond to definite energies of the light quanta, or photons, and result from the fact that the electrons of the atom can have only certain allowed energy values, or levels; when an electron changes from one allowed level to another, a quantum of energy is emitted or absorbed whose frequency is ...

  7. Particle in a ring - Wikipedia

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    The statement that any wavefunction for the particle on a ring can be written as a superposition of energy eigenfunctions is exactly identical to the Fourier theorem about the development of any periodic function in a Fourier series. This simple model can be used to find approximate energy levels of some ring molecules, such as benzene.

  8. Kinetic theory of gases - Wikipedia

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    Thus, the energy added to the system per gas particle kinetic degree of freedom is =. Therefore, the kinetic energy per kelvin of one mole of monatomic ideal gas ( D = 3) is K = D 2 k B N A = 3 2 R , {\displaystyle K={\frac {D}{2}}k_{\text{B}}N_{\text{A}}={\frac {3}{2}}R,} where N A {\displaystyle N_{\text{A}}} is the Avogadro constant , and R ...

  9. Quantum mechanics - Wikipedia

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    In string theory, one of the many vibrational states of the string corresponds to the graviton, a quantum mechanical particle that carries gravitational force. [48] [49] Another popular theory is loop quantum gravity (LQG), which describes quantum properties of gravity and is thus a theory of quantum spacetime. LQG is an attempt to merge and ...