CZ:Core Articles/Physics

String theory: Add brief definition or description General relativity: A mathematical theory relating gravity to non-Euclidean distortions in the geometry of space and time introduced by mass and energy, and reducing to the special theory of relativity in localized regions of space and time. [e] Mathematical physics: Add brief definition or description Statistical mechanics: A theoretical model by which one can derive the laws of thermodynamics via statistical analysis of the dynamics of a large number of atoms and molecules [e] Optics: A field of scientific, technological, and engineering study and application concerned with understanding light, — typically in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum — and harnessing it for useful tasks. [e] Condensed matter physics: Add brief definition or description Atomic, molecular, and optical physics: Add brief definition or description Nuclear physics: A branch of the science of physics involving nuclei of atoms, sub-atomic particles, and any reactions involving them. [e] Materials physics: Add brief definition or description Computational physics: Add brief definition or description  Standard Model: A mathematical theory that describes the weak, electromagnetic and strong interactions between leptons and quarks, the basic particles of particle physics. [e] Particle accelerators: Add brief definition or description Huygen's principle: Add brief definition or description Lagrangian mechanics: Add brief definition or description Wave: Add brief definition or description Standing waves: Add brief definition or description Harmonic oscillator: Add brief definition or description Relativistic quantum mechanics: Add brief definition or description Fluid: Add brief definition or description Perturbation theory: Add brief definition or description Strong force: Add brief definition or description Fermion: Add brief definition or description  Lepton: A spin 1/2 elementary particle, such as an electron, muon or neutrino, that is not subject to the strong force. [e]  Hadron: A composite particle made up of quarks bound together by the strong force, such as a meson, proton, or a neutron. [e] Dirac equation: Add brief definition or description Klein-Gordon equation: Add brief definition or description Čerenkov radiation: Add brief definition or description Refractive index: Add brief definition or description Ferromagnetism: Add brief definition or description

Paramagnetism: Add brief definition or description Diamagnetism: Add brief definition or description  Semiconductor: A substance (usually a solid) with electrical conductivity intermediate between metals and insulators. [e] Bernouilli's equation: Add brief definition or description Viscosity: Add brief definition or description Pascal's principle: Add brief definition or description Rutherford scattering: Add brief definition or description Quantum field theory: Add brief definition or description Charge (disambiguation) Four vector: Add brief definition or description Photo-electric effect: Add brief definition or description Blackbody radiation: Add brief definition or description Supersymmetry: Add brief definition or description Electroweak unification: Add brief definition or description Grand unified theory: Add brief definition or description Quantum harmonic oscillator: Add brief definition or description Double beta decay: Add brief definition or description Large extra dimension: Add brief definition or description Millikan oildrop experiment: Add brief definition or description Michelson-Morley experiment: Add brief definition or description Polarization (disambiguation) Archimedes' principle: Add brief definition or description Tensor: Add brief definition or description Potential energy: Add brief definition or description Electric potential: Add brief definition or description