Physics

This is an alphabetical list of the concepts in this category.

A

• Archimedes' principle

B

• Bell's theorem
• Bernoulli's theorem
• Blasius boundary layer

C

• Calculus of variations
• Capillary action
• Cauchy strain tensor
• Cauchy stress tensor
• Cavitation
• Curvilinear coordinates

D

• Density of states
• Density operator
• Dirac delta function
• Dirac notation
• Dispersive broadening

E

• Ehrenfest's theorem
• Euler equations
• Euler-Bernoulli law

F

• Fourier transform

G

• GHZ paradox

H

• Hagen-Poiseuille equation
• Harmonic oscillator
• Heaviside step function
• Heisenberg picture
• Hooke's law
• Hydrostatic pressure

I

• Impulse response

K

• Kramers-Kronig relations

L

• Lagrange multiplier
• Legendre transform
• Lubrication theory

M

• Material derivative
• Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
• Meniscus
• Modulational instability

N

• Navier-Cauchy equation
• Navier-Stokes equations
• Newton's bucket
• No-cloning theorem

O

• Optical wave breaking

P

• Parabolic cylindrical coordinates
• Parseval's theorem
• Pauli exclusion principle
• Prandtl equations
• Probability current

Q

• Quantum entanglement

R

• Rayleigh-Plateau instability
• Rayleigh-Plesset equation
• Reynolds number

S

• Second quantization
• Selection rules
• Self-phase modulation
• Self-steepening
• Slater determinant
• Spherical coordinates
• Stokes' law
• Sturm-Liouville theory

T

• Time-dependent perturbation theory
• Time-independent perturbation theory

V

• Viscosity
• Vorticity

W

• Wetting
• Wick's theorem
• WKB approximation

Y

• Young-Dupré relation
• Young-Laplace law