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Physics basics
This section contains 77 articles.
Physics basics: General
This section contains 61 articles.
Physics (Level 2)
Outline of physics
Physical property
Physical quantity
Energy (Level 2)
Homogeneity (physics)
Matter (Level 3)
Vacuum (Level 3)
Fundamental interaction
Spacetime (Level 4)
Mass–energy equivalence (Level 4)
Conservation law
Hysteresis
Transport phenomena
Radiation (Level 4)
Scalar (physics)
Field (physics) (Level 4)
Gauge theory (Level 4)
Symmetry (physics) (Level 4)
Instability
Classical physics
Modern physics
Naïve physics
Theoretical physics (Level 4)
Experimental physics
Computational physics
Atmospheric physics
Biophysics
Chemical physics
Polymer physics
Mathematical physics
List of unsolved problems in physics
Scale invariance
Classical limit
Macroscopic scale
Physical constants
This section contains 16 articles.
Physical constant
Bohr magneton
Bohr radius
Boltzmann constant
Electron magnetic moment
Nucleon magnetic moment
Elementary charge
Fine-structure constant
Gravitational constant
Impedance of free space
Magnetic flux quantum
Planck constant
Speed of light (Level 3)
Vacuum permeability
Vacuum permittivity
Atomic and molecular physics
This section contains 48 articles.
Atomic physics
This section contains 39 articles.
Atom (Level 2)
Atomic physics (Level 4)
Atomic orbital (Level 4)
Binding energy (Level 4)
Plum pudding model
Rutherford model
Bohr model (Level 4)
Electron configuration (Level 4)
Electron shell (Level 4)
Exotic atom
Ion (Level 4)
Energy level (Level 4)
Rutherford scattering experiments (Level 4)
Principal quantum number
Azimuthal quantum number
Magnetic quantum number
Spin quantum number
Spectral line
Spherical harmonics
Density functional theory
Molecular physics
This section contains 9 articles.
Color
This section contains 86 articles.
Basics
This section contains 39 articles.
Color (Level 3)
Blacklight
CIE 1931 color space
CIELAB color space
CIELUV
CMYK color model (Level 4)
Color theory (Level 4)
Color model
Color space
Gamut
Gloss (optics) (Level 4)
HCL color space
HSL and HSV
HWB color model
ISCC–NBS system
Munsell color system
RGB color model (Level 4)
RGBA color model
RYB color model
Impossible color
Chromaticity
Hue
Tint, shade and tone
Web colors
Colors
This section contains 47 articles.
Amber (color)
Azure (color)
Beige
Black (Level 4)
Blue (Level 4)
Brown (Level 4)
Burgundy (color)
Celadon
Cerulean
Chartreuse (color)
Bronze (color)
Cyan
Fuchsia (color)
Gold (color)
Green (Level 4)
Grey (Level 4)
Indigo
Lavender (color)
Magenta
Mauve
Olive (color)
Orange (colour) (Level 4)
Pink (Level 4)
Purple (Level 4)
Red (Level 4)
Rose (color)
Ruby (color)
Saffron (color)
Silver (color)
Spring green
Tan (color)
Teal
Turquoise (color)
Vermilion
Violet (color)
Viridian
White (Level 4)
Yellow (Level 4)
Condensed matter physics
This section contains 93 articles.
Basics
This section contains 17 articles.
Condensed matter physics (Level 4)
Solid-state physics (Level 4)
Mesoscopic physics
Einstein solid
Electronic band structure
Free electron model
Hubbard model
Soft matter
Bonding in solids
Rock magnetism
Bloch's theorem
Plasmon
Polaron
Crystallography
This section contains 32 articles.
Crystallography (Level 4)
Crystal (Level 4)
Crystallization (Level 4)
Crystal structure
Crystal optics
Crystallographic defect
Crystal twinning
Miller index
Atomic packing factor
Coordination number
Crystal polymorphism
X-ray crystallography
Crystal engineering
States of matter
This section contains 19 articles.
State of matter (Level 3)
Solid (Level 4)
Liquid (Level 4)
Gas (Level 4)
Plasma (physics) (Level 4)
Degenerate matter (Level 4)
Bose–Einstein condensate (Level 4)
Superfluidity
Supercritical fluid
Supersolid
Liquid crystal
Quasiparticle
Phase transitions
This section contains 25 articles.
Phase transition (Level 4)
Phase (matter) (Level 4)
Phase diagram (Level 4)
Boiling (Level 4)
Melting (Level 4)
Freezing (Level 4)
Evaporation (Level 4)
Condensation (Level 4)
Vaporization
Ionization (Level 4)
Plasma recombination
Sublimation (phase transition)
Deposition (phase transition)
Critical point (thermodynamics) (Level 4)
Triple point (Level 4)
Miscibility
Metallization pressure
Curie temperature
Phase rule
Electromagnetism
This section contains 141 articles.
Basics
This section contains 14 articles.
Classical electromagnetism
Electricity (Level 2)
Magnetism (Level 3)
Dipole (Level 4)
Metamaterial (Level 4)
Oil drop experiment (Level 4)
Photoelectric effect (Level 4)
Bubble chamber
Electrostatics
This section contains 19 articles.
Electrostatics (Level 4)
Coulomb's law (Level 4)
Electric charge (Level 4)
Electric field (Level 4)
Electric potential (Level 4)
Electric potential energy
Electric flux
Electric dipole moment
Polarization density
Dielectric (Level 4)
Electric susceptibility
Electrostatic induction
Permittivity
Magnetostatics
This section contains 20 articles.
Magnetostatics (Level 4)
Magnetic field (Level 4)
Magnetic flux
Biot–Savart law
Magnetic dipole
Magnetic moment
Magnetization
Magnetic susceptibility
Permeability (electromagnetism)
Magnetic monopole
Magnetohydrodynamics
Ampère's force law
Electrodynamics
This section contains 26 articles.
Maxwell's equations (Level 4)
Lorentz force (Level 4)
Electromagnetic field (Level 4)
Electromagnetic four-potential
Electric current (Level 4)
Displacement current
Electric power
Electromagnetic induction (Level 4)
Electromotive force (Level 4)
Eddy current (Level 4)
Hall effect
Electrical resistivity and conductivity
Retarded time
Lenz's law
Poynting's theorem
Right-hand rule
Electromagnetic radiation
This section contains 38 articles.
Electromagnetic radiation (Level 3)
Electromagnetic spectrum (Level 4)
Poynting vector
Evanescent field
Transverse mode
Waveguide (radio frequency)
Larmor formula
Bremsstrahlung (Level 4)
Cyclotron radiation
Synchrotron radiation
Compton scattering
Radiative transfer
Faraday effect
Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)
Near and far field
Radiant flux
Irradiance
Point source
Radiance
Radiometry
Spectral density
Luminescence
Thermal radiation
Electrical circuits
This section contains 24 articles.
Electrical network (Level 4)
Electrical impedance (Level 4)
Electrical reactance
Electrical resistance and conductance (Level 4)
Electrical conductor
Insulator (electricity)
Semiconductor (Level 4)
Superconductivity (Level 4)
Capacitance (Level 4)
Gain (electronics) (Level 4)
Ground (electricity)
Inductance (Level 4)
Kirchhoff's circuit laws (Level 4)
Mechanics
This section contains 375 articles.
Basics
This section contains 25 articles.
Mechanics (Level 4)
Oscillation (Level 4)
Collision
Degrees of freedom (mechanics)
Free particle
Point particle
Virial theorem
Shock (mechanics)
Mechanical equilibrium
Displacement (geometry)
Test particle
Quantum mechanics
This section contains 98 articles.
Quantum mechanics (Level 3)
AdS/CFT correspondence
Born rule
Bra–ket notation
Correspondence principle
Dirac equation
Expectation value (quantum mechanics)
Gyromagnetic ratio
Interpretations of quantum mechanics
Hidden-variable theory
Mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics
Matrix mechanics
Measurement in quantum mechanics
Observable
Operator (physics)
Parity (physics)
Particle in a box
Path integral formulation
Pauli exclusion principle (Level 4)
Perturbation theory
Planck postulate
Position and momentum spaces
Probability amplitude
Quantization (physics)
Quantum chromodynamics (Level 4)
Quantum electrodynamics (Level 4)
Quantum entanglement (Level 4)
Quantum field theory (Level 4)
Quantum fluctuation
Quantum gravity (Level 4)
Quantum harmonic oscillator
Quantum indeterminacy
Quantum number
Quantum state
Quantum superposition
Quantum tunnelling (Level 4)
Relativistic quantum mechanics
Schrödinger equation (Level 4)
Stern–Gerlach experiment
Symmetry in quantum mechanics
Uncertainty principle (Level 4)
Wave function (Level 4)
Wave–particle duality (Level 4)
WKB approximation
Zero-point energy
Variational method (quantum mechanics)
Theory of relativity
This section contains 45 articles.
Theory of relativity (Level 3)
General relativity (Level 4)
Special relativity (Level 4)
Principle of covariance
Principle of relativity (Level 4)
Equivalence principle (Level 4)
Gravitational wave (Level 4)
Lorentz transformation (Level 4)
Michelson–Morley experiment (Level 4)
Four-vector
Relativity of simultaneity
Time dilation
Length contraction
Causality (physics) (Level 4)
Proper time
Lorentz factor
Cherenkov radiation
Energy–momentum relation
Minkowski space
Luminiferous aether
Gravitational singularity
Hawking radiation
Spacetime diagram
Stress–energy tensor
No-hair theorem
Classical mechanics
This section contains 96 articles.
Classical mechanics (Level 3)
Mass (Level 3)
Momentum (Level 3)
Force (Level 3)
Motion (Level 3)
Kinetic energy (Level 4)
Potential energy (Level 4)
Scalar potential
Vector potential
Moment (physics)
Inertia (Level 4)
Moment of inertia (Level 4)
Friction (Level 4)
Impulse (physics) (Level 4)
Power (physics) (Level 4)
Work (physics) (Level 4)
Action (physics)
Angular displacement
Angular frequency
Angular velocity
Angular acceleration
Rotation (Level 4)
Rolling
Torque (Level 4)
Weight (Level 4)
Frame of reference (Level 4)
Newton's law of universal gravitation (Level 4)
Fictitious force
Free body diagram
Central force
Restoring force
n-body problem
Radiation pressure
Gravitational field
Gravitational potential
Tidal force
Impact (mechanics)
Precession
Vibration
Damping
Conservative force
Force field (physics)
Normal force
Canonical coordinates
Resultant force
Perpetual motion
Galilean transformation
Projectile
Reaction (physics)
Fluid mechanics
This section contains 52 articles.
Fluid mechanics (Level 4)
Computational fluid dynamics
Rheology
Bernoulli's principle (Level 4)
Buoyancy (Level 4)
Convection (Level 4)
Drag (physics) (Level 4)
Diffusion (Level 4)
Fluid dynamics (Level 4)
Hydrostatics
Lift (force) (Level 4)
Navier–Stokes equations (Level 4)
Osmosis (Level 4)
Reynolds number (Level 4)
Surface tension (Level 4)
Turbulence (Level 4)
Viscosity (Level 4)
Flow measurement
Flow velocity
Fluid
Mass flow (life sciences)
Vorticity
Laminar flow
Compressible flow
Incompressible flow
Deformation (physics)
Boundary layer
Euler equations (fluid dynamics)
Circulation (physics)
Pipe flow
Slosh dynamics
Solid mechanics
This section contains 30 articles.
Solid mechanics (Level 4)
Deformation (engineering) (Level 4)
Elastic modulus (Level 4)
Elasticity (physics) (Level 4)
Fatigue (material) (Level 4)
Hooke's law (Level 4)
Plasticity (physics) (Level 4)
Rigid body
Stiffness (Level 4)
Strength of materials (Level 4)
Stress (mechanics) (Level 4)
Shearing (physics)
Bulk modulus
Finite strain theory
Shear modulus
Young's modulus
Contact mechanics
Piezoelectricity
Toughness
Fracture toughness
Crystallite
Soil mechanics
This section contains 3 articles.
Statistical mechanics
This section contains 26 articles.
Statistical mechanics (Level 4)
Microstate (statistical mechanics)
Boltzmann distribution
Partition function (statistical mechanics)
Distribution function (physics)
Density of states
Indistinguishable particles
Particle statistics
Entropy (statistical thermodynamics)
Ensemble (mathematical physics)
Maxwell's demon
Work (thermodynamics)
Molecular diffusion
Detailed balance
Fluctuation–dissipation theorem
Nuclear physics
This section contains 34 articles.
Nuclear physics (Level 4)
Atomic nucleus (Level 4)
Nucleon
Nuclide (Level 4)
Radioactive decay (Level 3)
Nuclear binding energy
Nuclear fission (Level 4)
Nuclear fusion (Level 4)
Nuclear reaction
Nuclear isomer
High-energy nuclear physics
Nuclear force
Nuclear structure
Nucleosynthesis (Level 4)
Semi-empirical mass formula
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Island of stability
Hypernucleus
Particle physics
This section contains 124 articles.
Particle physics: General
This section contains 49 articles.
Particle physics (Level 3)
Standard Model (Level 3)
Physics beyond the Standard Model (Level 4)
Particle (Level 4)
Scattering (Level 4)
Annihilation
CP violation
CPT symmetry
Electroweak interaction
Hierarchy problem
Feynman diagram
Generation (particle physics)
Pair production
Particle decay
Discovery of the neutron
Charge conservation
QCD matter
Quark model
Scalar field theory
Symmetry breaking
Noether's theorem
Baryon asymmetry
Vacuum energy
Quantum numbers
This section contains 12 articles.
Spin (physics) (Level 4)
Baryon number
Lepton number
Color charge
Flavour (particle physics)
Strangeness
Isospin
Weak isospin
Hypercharge
Weak hypercharge
Chirality (physics)
Devices
This section contains 11 articles.
Subatomic particles
This section contains 45 articles.
Subatomic particles: General
This section contains 10 articles.
Subatomic particle (Level 3)
Elementary particle
Force carrier
List of particles
Hadron (Level 4)
Massless particle
Virtual particle
Tachyon
Fermions
This section contains 22 articles.
Bosons
This section contains 13 articles.
Antimatter
This section contains 7 articles.
Thermodynamics
This section contains 102 articles.
Thermodynamics (Level 3)
Heat (Level 3)
Temperature (Level 3)
Pressure (Level 4)
Particle number
Laws of thermodynamics (Level 4)
Fundamental thermodynamic relation
Heat capacity (Level 4)
Latent heat
Heat transfer (Level 4)
Entropy (Level 4)
Internal energy (Level 4)
Thermodynamic cycle (Level 4)
Thermodynamic free energy (Level 4)
Ideal gas
Heat engine
Energy conversion efficiency
Kinetic theory of gases
Thermodynamic state
Thermal conductivity and resistivity
Thermodynamic equilibrium
Thermodynamic potential
Black-body radiation (Level 4)
Equipartition theorem
Thermodynamic process
Chemical potential
Intensive and extensive properties
Thermodynamic system
Brownian motion
Photon gas
Entropy of mixing
Fluctuation theorem
Thermal energy
Thermal equilibrium
Thermodynamic equations
Boltzmann equation
Maxwell relations
Thermal expansion
Thermal fluctuations
Thermodynamic limit
Waves
This section contains 99 articles.
Wave (Level 3)
Mechanical wave
Acoustics (Level 4)
Amplitude (Level 4)
Phase (waves)
Frequency (Level 4)
Wavelength (Level 4)
Wavenumber
Wave vector
Diffraction (Level 4)
Doppler effect (Level 4)
Wave interference (Level 4)
Noise (Level 4)
Resonance (Level 4)
Superposition principle (Level 4)
Wave equation (Level 4)
Node (physics)
Radio frequency
Wavefront
Harmonic
Pulse (physics)
Group velocity
Phase velocity
Shock wave
Waveform
Coherence (physics)
Standing wave
Wave packet
Dispersion (water waves)
Plane wave
Optics
This section contains 52 articles.
Optics (Level 3)
Geometrical optics
Physical optics
Focus (optics) (Level 4)
Focal length (Level 4)
Optical aberration
Photonics
Polarization (waves) (Level 4)
Reflection (physics) (Level 4)
Refraction (Level 4)
Transparency and translucency (Level 4)
Opacity
Optical depth
Optical power
Fresnel equations
Nonlinear optics
Birefringence
Intensity (physics)
Rayleigh scattering
Aperture
Angle of incidence (optics)
Virtual image
Dispersion (optics)
Shadow
Beer–Lambert law
Fourier optics
Invisibility
Iridescence
Magnification
Moiré pattern
Photometry (optics)
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