notations of fundamental concepts in physics
This is a contributed topic entry (in progress) listing notations of fundamental quantities and observables
in physics, as well as a listing of related notations of mathematical concepts
employed in mathematical physics and physical mathematics.
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in a system
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or (Relative) Reference Frame
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(relative to a system of reference
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between two points of relative positions
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(for example in a solid)
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of a Fluid
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(relative to a system of reference
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in Newtonian mechanics
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observable or, respectively operator
in theoretical and quantum physics
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in classical mechanics
and relativity theories.
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in quantum mechanics, QFT, etc.
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quantities
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in general relativity
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(term coined by Thomas Young in 1807)
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or Schrödinger operator
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(in QCD)
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Particle
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and spin
Operator
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(Thermodynamic
state function)
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in vacuum
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, or electrical permitivity of vacuum
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of vacuum
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constant
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constant
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- Electron mass
(at rest),
- Proton mass (at rest)
- Fine-structure constant,
, is the emf coupling constant (that characterizes the strength of the electromagnetic interaction);
(i.e., approximately
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- Neutrino
masses (at rest),
- Electron charge,
- Electron Magnetic Moment,
- Proton Magnetic Moment,
- neutron
Magnetic Moment,
- Gyromagnetic Ratios of nucleons
or Nuclei,
- gyromagnetic ratio
of the Electron,
- Gyromagnetic Ratio of the Muon,
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(introduced by Einstein
in Relativity Theory)
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