The_Cambridge_Handbook_of_Physics_Formulas

204 Index
169
internal energy
definition [5.28], 108
from partition function [5.116], 115
ideal gas [5.62], 110
Joule’s law [5.55], 110
monatomic gas [5.79], 112
interval (in general relativity) [3.45], 67
invariable plane, 63, 77
inverse Compton scattering [7.239], 155
Inverse hyperbolic functions, 35
inverse Laplace transform [2.518], 55
inverse matrix [2.83], 25
inverse square law [3.99], 71
Inverse trigonometric functions, 34
ionic bonding [6.55], 131
irradiance (definition) [5.152], 118
irradiance (dimensions), 17
isobaric expansivity [5.19], 107
isophotal wavelength [9.39], 179
isothermal bulk modulus [5.22], 107
isothermal compressibility [5.20], 107
Isotropic elastic solids, 81
J
Jacobi identity [2.93], 26
Jacobian
definition [2.332], 42
in change of variable [2.333], 42
Jeans length [9.56], 181
Jeans mass [9.57], 181
Johnson noise [5.141], 117
joint probability [2.568], 59
Jones matrix [8.85], 170
Jones vectors
definition [8.84], 170
examples [8.84], 170
Jones vectors and matrices, 170
Josephson frequency-voltage ratio, 7
joule (unit), 4
Joule expansion (and Joule coefficient) [5.25],
108
Joule expansion (entropy change) [5.64],
110
Joule’s law (of internal energy) [5.55],
110
Joule’s law (of power dissipation) [7.155],
148
Joule-Kelvin coefficient [5.27], 108
Julian centuries [9.5], 177
Julian day number [9.1], 177
Jupiter data, 176
K
katal (unit), 4
Kelvin
circulation theorem [3.287], 84
relation [6.83], 133
temperature conversion, 15
temperature scale [5.2], 106
wedge [3.330], 87
kelvin (SI definition), 3
kelvin (unit), 4
Kelvin-Helmholtz timescale [9.55], 181
Kepler’s laws, 71
Kepler’s problem, 71
Kerr solution (in general relativity) [3.62],
67
ket vector [4.34], 92
kilo, 5
kilogram (SI definition), 3
kilogram (unit), 4
kinematic viscosity [3.302], 85
kinematics, 63
kinetic energy
definition [3.65], 68
for a rotating body [3.142], 74
Galilean transformation [3.6], 64
in the virial theorem [3.102], 71
loss after collision [3.128], 73
of a particle [3.216], 79
of monatomic gas [5.79], 112
operator (quantum) [4.20], 91
relativistic [3.73], 68
w.r.t. principal axes [3.145], 74
Kinetic theory, 112
Kirchhoff’s (radiation) law [5.180], 120
Kirchhoff’s diffraction formula, 166
Kirchhoff’s laws, 149
Klein–Nishina cross section [7.243], 155
Klein-Gordon equation [4.181], 104
Knudsen flow [5.99], 113
Kronecker delta [2.442], 50
kurtosis estimator [2.545], 57
L
ladder operators (angular momentum) [4.108],
98