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  2. Atomic, molecular, and optical physics - Wikipedia

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    Atomic, molecular, and optical physics (AMO) is the study of mattermatter and light–matter interactions, at the scale of one or a few atoms [1] and energy scales around several electron volts. [2]: 1356 [3] The three areas are closely interrelated. AMO theory includes classical, semi-classical and quantum treatments.

  3. List of states of matter - Wikipedia

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    Time crystals: A state of matter where an object can have movement even at its lowest energy state. Hidden states of matter: Phases that are unattainable or do not exist in thermal equilibrium, but can be induced e.g. by photoexcitation. Microphase separation: Constituent units forming diverse phases while also keeping united.

  4. 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 ...

  5. History of molecular theory - Wikipedia

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    Newton, though he acknowledged the various atom attachment theories in vogue at the time, i.e. "hooked atoms", "glued atoms" (bodies at rest), and the "stick together by conspiring motions" theory, rather believed, as famously stated in "Query 31" of his 1704 Opticks, that particles attract one another by some force, which "in immediate contact ...

  6. Atoms in molecules - Wikipedia

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    In quantum chemistry, the quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM), sometimes referred to as atoms in molecules (AIM), is a model of molecular and condensed matter electronic systems (such as crystals) in which the principal objects of molecular structure - atoms and bonds - are natural expressions of a system's observable electron density distribution function.

  7. Branches of physics - Wikipedia

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    By modeling matter as collections of hard spheres, it is possible to describe the kinetic theory of gases, upon which classical thermodynamics is based. Thermodynamics studies the effects of changes in temperature, pressure, and volume on physical systems on the macroscopic scale, and the transfer of energy as heat.

  8. Outline of physics - Wikipedia

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    Energy source the transfer of energy from one source to work in another. Kinetic molecular theory. Phases of matter and phase transitions; Temperature and thermometers; Energy and heat; Heat flow: conduction, convection, and radiation; The four laws of thermodynamics; The principles of waves and sound; The principles of electricity, magnetism ...

  9. Molecular physics - Wikipedia

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    These are the smallest energy spacings, and their size can be understood by comparing the energy of a diatomic molecule with internuclear spacing ~ 1 Å to the energy of a valence electron (estimated above as ~ ħ/a). [1] Actual molecular spectra also show transitions which simultaneously couple electronic, vibrational, and rotational states.