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"High school physics textbooks" (PDF). Reports on high school physics. American Institute of Physics; Zitzewitz, Paul W. (2005). Physics: principles and problems. New York: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0078458132
The classical expression for this alignment torque is given by τ = μ 0 m × H {\displaystyle {\boldsymbol {\tau }}=\mu _{0}\mathbf {m} \times \mathbf {H} } , and shows that the torque is proportional to the strengths of the moment and field and to the angle of misalignment between them.
Classical mechanics is the branch of physics used to describe the motion of macroscopic objects. [1] It is the most familiar of the theories of physics. The concepts it covers, such as mass, acceleration, and force, are commonly used and known. [2] The subject is based upon a three-dimensional Euclidean space with fixed axes, called a frame of ...
Galileo deduced the equation s = 1 / 2 gt 2 in his work geometrically, [4] using the Merton rule, now known as a special case of one of the equations of kinematics. Galileo was the first to show that the path of a projectile is a parabola. Galileo had an understanding of centrifugal force and gave a correct definition of momentum. This ...
The electroweak interaction is described by the gauge group SU(2) × U(1), while QCD is an SU(3) Yang–Mills theory. The massless gauge bosons of the electroweak SU(2) × U(1) mix after spontaneous symmetry breaking to produce the three massive bosons of the weak interaction (W +, W −, and Z 0) as well as the still-massless photon field.
Founded in 1847, City College was the first free public institution of higher education in the United States. [4] It is the oldest of CUNY's 25 institutions of higher learning [5] and is considered its flagship institution. [6]
An example of this paradox in eastern thought can be found in the origin of the Chinese word for contradiction (Chinese: 矛盾; pinyin: máodùn; lit. 'spear-shield'). This term originates from a story (see Kanbun § Example) in the 3rd century BC philosophical book Han Feizi. [2]
Band diagrams for a straddling-gap type heterojunction, as understood by Anderson's rule. The junction alignment at equilibrium (bottom) is predicted based on a hypothetical flat-vacuum alignment (top). Anderson's rule is used for the construction of energy band diagrams of the heterojunction between two semiconductor materials.