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Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei, usually deuterium and tritium (hydrogen isotopes), combine to form one or more different...

Scattering is a term used in physics to describe a wide range of physical processes where moving particles or radiation of some form, such as light or...

In physics, a conservation law states that a particular measurable property of an isolated physical system does not change as the system evolves over time...

Ettore Majorana (/maɪəˈrɑːnə/, Italian: [ˈɛttore majoˈraːna]; born on 5 August 1906 – likely dying in or after 1959) was an Italian theoretical physicist...

In particle physics, weak isospin is a quantum number relating to the electrically charged part of the weak interaction: Particles with half-integer weak...

The lumped-element model (also called lumped-parameter model, or lumped-component model) is a simplified representation of a physical system or circuit...

In astronomy, superluminal motion is the apparently faster-than-light motion seen in some radio galaxies, BL Lac objects, quasars, blazars and recently...

In theoretical physics, a central charge is an operator Z that commutes with all the other symmetry operators. The adjective "central" refers to the center...

In relativistic cosmology, Weyl's postulate stipulates that in the Friedmann model of the universe (a fluid cosmological model), the wordlines of fluid...

A photoelastic modulator (PEM) is an optical device used to modulate the polarization of a light source. The photoelastic effect is used to change the...

This is a list of scientific equations named after people (eponymous equations). Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Y Z See also References...

Momentum diffusion most commonly refers to the diffusion, or spread of momentum between particles (atoms or molecules) of matter, often in the fluid state...

Multicritical points are special points in the parameter space of thermodynamic or other systems with a continuous phase transition. At least two thermodynamic...

Plasma–Surface Interaction (PSI) studies study the interaction at the interface between plasma and materials. Focus of the research lies on providing both...

Arthur Kent Kerman (born May 3, 1929 – May 11, 2017) was a Canadian-American nuclear physicist, a fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the...

Petr Petrovich Lazarev (Russian: Пётр Петрович Лазарев; 14 April 1878 – 24 April 1942) was a biophysicist and a founder of the Soviet Institute of Physics...

The captive bubble method is a method for measuring contact angle between a liquid and a solid, by using drop shape analysis. In this method, a bubble...

Tina Asatiani (Georgian: თინათინ ლევანის ასული ასათიანი; Armenian: Թինա Լևանի Ասաթիանի; 12 March 1918 – 20 July 2011) was an Armenian physicist of Georgian...

Antonio Fernández-Rañada Menéndez de Luarca (1939 – 19 May 2022) was a Spanish theoretical physicist. Antonio Fernández-Ramada was born in Bilbao. Soon...