List of concepts

This is an alphabetical list of the concepts in this knowledge base.

A

• Alfvén waves
• Archimedes’ principle

B

• BB84 protocol
• Bell state
• Bell’s theorem
• Beltrami identity
• Bernoulli’s theorem
• Bernstein-Vazirani algorithm
• Berry phase
• Binomial distribution
• Blasius boundary layer
• Bloch sphere
• Bloch’s theorem
• Boltzmann equation
• Boltzmann relation
• Bose-Einstein distribution

C

• Calculus of variations
• Canonical ensemble
• Capillary action
• Cauchy principal value
• Cauchy strain tensor
• Cauchy stress tensor
• Cavitation
• Central limit theorem
• Conditional expectation
• Convolution theorem
• Coulomb logarithm
• Coupled mode theory
• Curvature
• Curvilinear coordinates
• Cylindrical parabolic coordinates
• Cylindrical polar coordinates

D

• Debye length
• Density of states
• Density operator
• Detailed balance
• Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm
• Dielectric function
• Diffie-Hellman key exchange
• Dirac delta function
• Dirac notation
• Dispersive broadening
• Drude model
• Dynkin’s formula
• Dyson equation

E

• Ehrenfest’s theorem
• Einstein coefficients
• Elastic collision
• Electric dipole approximation
• Electric field
• Electromagnetic wave equation
• Equation-of-motion theory
• Euler equations
• Euler-Bernoulli law

F

• Fabry-Pérot cavity
• Fermi’s golden rule
• Fermi-Dirac distribution
• Feynman diagram
• Fick’s laws
• Fourier transform
• Fredholm alternative
• Fundamental solution
• Fundamental thermodynamic relation

G

• GHZ paradox
• Grad-Shafranov equation
• Gram-Schmidt method
• Grand canonical ensemble
• Green’s functions
• Grönwall-Bellman inequality
• Guiding center theory

H

• Hagen-Poiseuille equation
• Hamiltonian mechanics
• Harmonic oscillator
• Heaviside step function
• Heisenberg picture
• Hellmann-Feynman theorem
• Hermite polynomials
• Hilbert space
• Holomorphic function
• Hooke’s law
• Hydrostatic pressure

I

• Imaginary time
• Impulse response
• Interaction picture
• Ion sound wave
• Itō integral
• Itō process

J

• Jellium

K

• Kolmogorov equations
• Kramers-Kronig relations
• Kubo formula

L

• Lagrange multiplier
• Lagrangian mechanics
• Laguerre polynomials
• Landau quantization
• Langmuir waves
• Laplace transform
• Larmor precession
• Laser rate equations
• Laws of thermodynamics
• Lawson criterion
• Legendre polynomials
• Legendre transform
• Lehmann representation
• Lindhard function
• Lorentz force
• Lubrication theory

M

• Magnetic field
• Magnetohydrodynamics
• Markov process
• Martingale
• Material derivative
• Matsubara Green’s function
• Matsubara sum
• Maxwell relations
• Maxwell’s equations
• Maxwell-Bloch equations
• Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
• Meniscus
• Metacentric height
• Microcanonical ensemble
• Modulational instability
• Multi-photon absorption

N

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

O

• Optical wave breaking

P

• Parseval’s theorem
• Partial fraction decomposition
• Path integral formulation
• Pauli exclusion principle
• Planck’s law
• Prandtl equations
• Probability current
• Propagator
• Pulay mixing

Q

• Quantum Fourier transform
• Quantum entanglement
• Quantum gate
• Quantum teleportation

R

• Rabi oscillation
• Random phase approximation
• Random variable
• Rayleigh-Plateau instability
• Rayleigh-Plesset equation
• Reduced mass
• Rényi entropy
• Repetition code
• Residue theorem
• Reynolds number
• Ritz method
• Rotating wave approximation
• Runge-Kutta method
• Rutherford scattering

S

• σ-algebra
• SALT equation
• Schwartz distribution
• Screw pinch
• Second quantization
• Selection rules
• Self-energy
• Self-phase modulation
• Self-steepening
• Shor’s algorithm
• Simon’s algorithm
• Slater determinant
• Sokhotski-Plemelj theorem
• Spherical coordinates
• Spitzer resistivity
• Step-index fiber
• Stochastic process
• Stokes’ law
• Sturm-Liouville theory
• Superdense coding

T

• Thermodynamic potential
• Time-dependent perturbation theory
• Time-independent perturbation theory
• Time-ordered product
• Toffoli gate
• Two-fluid equations

V

• Viscosity
• Von Neumann extractor
• Vorticity

W

• Wetting
• Wick’s theorem
• Wiener process
• WKB approximation

Y

• Young-Dupré relation
• Young-Laplace law