The_Cambridge_Handbook_of_Physics_Formulas

Index
199
energy [6.73], 133
temperature [6.74], 133
velocity [6.72], 133
wavenumber [6.71], 133
fermi (unit), 5
Fermi energy [5.122], 115
Fermi gas, 133
Fermi’s golden rule [4.162], 102
Fermi–Dirac distribution [5.121], 115
fermion statistics [5.121], 115
fibre optic
acceptance angle [8.77], 169
dispersion [8.79], 169
numerical aperture [8.78], 169
Fick’s first law [5.92], 113
Fick’s second law [5.95], 113
field equations (gravitational) [3.42], 66
Field relationships, 139
fields
depolarising [7.92], 142
electrochemical [6.81], 133
electromagnetic, 139
gravitational, 66
static E and B, 136
velocity [3.285], 84
Fields associated with media, 142
film reflectance [8.4], 162
fine-structure constant
expression [4.75], 95
value, 6, 7
finesse (coefficient of) [8.12], 163
finesse (Fabry-Perot etalon) [8.14], 163
first law of thermodynamics [5.3], 106
fitting straight-lines, 60
fluctuating dipole interaction [6.50], 131
fluctuation
of density [5.137], 116
of entropy [5.135], 116
of pressure [5.136], 116
of temperature [5.133], 116
of volume [5.134], 116
probability (thermodynamic) [5.131],
116
variance (general) [5.132], 116
Fluctuations and noise, 116
Fluid dynamics, 84
fluid stress [3.299], 85
Fluid waves, 86
flux density [5.171], 120
flux density–redshift relation [9.99], 185
flux linked [7.149], 147
flux of molecules through a plane [5.91],
113
flux–magnitude relation [9.32], 179
focal length [8.64], 168
focus (of conic section), 38
force
and acoustic impedance [3.276], 83
and stress [3.228], 80
between two charges [7.119], 145
between two currents [7.120], 145
between two masses [3.40], 66
central [4.113], 98
centrifugal [3.35], 66
Coriolis [3.33], 66
critical compression [3.261], 82
definition [3.63], 68
dimensions, 16
electromagnetic, 145
Newtonian [3.63], 68
on
charge in a field [7.122], 145
current in a field [7.121], 145
electric dipole [7.123], 145
magnetic dipole [7.124], 145
sphere (potential flow) [3.298], 84
sphere (viscous drag) [3.308], 85
relativistic [3.71], 68
unit, 4
Force, torque, and energy, 145
Forced oscillations, 78
form factor [6.30], 128
formula (the) [2.455], 50
Foucault’s pendulum [3.39], 66
four-parts formula [2.259], 36
four-scalar product [3.27], 65
four-vector
electromagnetic [7.79], 141
momentum [3.21], 65
spacetime [3.12], 64
Four-vectors, 65
Fourier series
complex form [2.478], 52
real form [2.476], 52
Fourier series, 52
Fourier series and transforms, 52
Fourier symmetry relationships, 53
Fourier transform
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