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Wigner quasiprobability distribution
The Wigner distribution function in physics as opposed to in signal processing
thermodynamic limit
mathematical and physics concept
covariant formulation of classical electromagnetism
ways of writing the laws of classical electromagnetism in a form that is manifestly invariant under Lorentz transformations, in the formalism of special relativity using rectilinear inertial coordinate systems
regularization
procedure to render finite infinite integrals arising in perturbation theory
Newton's theorem of revolving orbits
Theorem in classical mechanics
Temporal resolution
the sampling frequency of a digital audio device
Curie’s principle
Symmetry principle
non-contact force
force which acts on an object without coming physically in contact with it
classical limit
concept of modern physics theories that they should, under some circumstances, approximate the predictions of classical physics
Negative frequency
indication of rate and sense of rotation
Ternary fission
type of nuclear fission
active and passive transformation
distinction between meanings of Euclidean space transformations
spatial scale
extent or size of a length, distance, or area being studied or described
Hohlraum
In radiation thermodynamics, a Hohlraum (; a non-specific German word for a "hollow space", "empty room", or "cavity") is a cavity whose walls are in radiative equilibrium with the radiant energy within the cavity. First proposed by Gustav Kirchhoff in 1860 and used in the study of black-body radiation (Hohlraumstrahlung), this idealized cavity can be approximated in practice by a hollow container of any opaque material. The radiation escaping through a small perforation in the wall of such a container will be a good approximation of black-body radiation at the temperature of the interior of t
QED vacuum
lowest-energy state
Wigner–Weyl transform
mapping between functions in the quantum phase space
time translation symmetry
mathematical transformation in physics that moves the times of events through a common interval
quantum state space
mathematical space representing physical quantum systems