Famous Physicists
Electromagnetism
Mechanics and Relativity
Quantum Mechanics
Physics Toolbox
100
With expertise in condensed matter physics, this professor has contributed work to an array of nanomaterial research, including engineering the atomic force microscope and fabricating single walled carbon nanotubes.
Who is Sean Washburn?
100
In electromagnetism, this principle asserts that the total number of charges cannot increase or decrease.
What is the principle of conservation of charge?
100
This approximation is used to linearize harmonic potentials for the purpose of finding the newtonian force equations
What is the small angle approximation?
100
This crucial step in all quantum mechanics problems is a limitation that requires the particle in question exists.
What is wavefunction normalization?
100
This differential vector identity operated on a field asserts no external torque is applied and the sources in the field are stationary, resulting in a scalar value of zero.
What is the divergence of the curl?
200
Father of American theoretical physicist and child prodigy Lenhard ___ and academic son of prominent physicst and pioneer of electroweak theory Julian Schwinger, this professor is best known for his quirky stories and upbeat lecture style.
Who is Jack Ng?
200
This procedure allows one to find the scalar potential and electric field for a system that has distinct boundary conditions but a seeming lack of elements to construct said system.
What is the method of image charges?
200
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What is the moment of inertia tensor for a cube?
200
This function property simplifies a great number of quantum mechanics problems, sourced from the fact that the entirety of frequency space can be represented as a complete set of basis vectors, and inner products of them can be represented as a Kronecker delta.
What is orthogonality/parity?
200
This mathematical tool allows transformation between real and reciprocal space.
What is a Fourier transform?
300
Born abroad and driven to be the best, this computational condensed matter physics professor also takes pride in his woodworking capabilities and meme-worthiness.
Who is Joaquin Drut?
300
Under the influence of an external electric field, a dielectric will react in a way that is characteristic of its electrical permittivity, and is defined by this term.
What is electric susceptibility?
300
Also called the Euler principle, this problem solving strategy drove famous physicists including Feynman and Leibniz to nearly philosophically driven and motivated problem solving techniques.
What is the Least Action Principle?
300
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What is the general form of a particle in a 2D box?
300
This attempt at simplifying entropy-related logarithmic expressions is used throughout thermodynamic systems where counting becomes difficult.
What is Sterling's approximation?
400
Working at the junction of chemistry and physics, this material science physics professor lived through the realization of the Bose-Einstein condensate and enjoys drawing refrigerators in windows to demonstrate the futility of cooling the universe.
Who is Rene Lopez?
400
By employing this rotational transformation, it is possible to show that, should magnetic monopoles exist, Maxwell's equations can be reduced to two equations that relate the magnetic and electric fields to one another.
What is duality/gauge transformation?
400
Rotationally invariant, the path integral of any field generated from a source produces this energy-related gradient that dictates the motion of objects placed within said fields. Its rotationally invariant character makes it a highly utilized tool in solving difficult problems including many-body problems and time-independent calculations.
What is a scalar potential?
400
Famous for requiring tunneling in its general solution, this solvable quantum mechanical system is the starting place for developing sets of harmonic solutions in soft-walled (walls of not infinite size) systems.
What is the harmonic oscillator?
400
This infinite series is frequently used to approximate small-changes, used throughout all kinds of mechanical equations, and especially useful in perturbed systems with statistical, Brownian character.
What is the power series?
500
Bridging the gap between biomedical engineering and physics, this nuclear magnetic resonance imaging physicist worked under a professor who's first name and last name are identical.
Who is Rosa Branca?
500
This operator is employed to demonstrate the relativistic invariance of electromagnetism.
What is the d'Alembertian space-time 4D operator?
500
1/gamma = 0.07740155037
What is the length contraction ratio at 0.997c?
500
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What is the general form of perturbation theory?
500
This computational method employs finite steps in loosely related or unrelated variables in order to approximate small changes in the system of interest. By alternating the direction and taking averages within finite steps, this method reduces error by interpolating between extrapolated steps.
What is the alternating direction implicit method?
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