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212 Index<br />
LCR circuits [7.152], 148<br />
quantum concentration [5.83], 112<br />
Quantum definitions, 90<br />
Quantum paramagnetism, 101<br />
Quantum physics, 89–104<br />
Quantum uncertainty relations, 90<br />
quarter-wave condition [8.3], 162<br />
quarter-wave plate [8.85], 170<br />
quartic minimum, 42<br />
R<br />
Radial forms, 22<br />
radian (unit), 4<br />
radiance [5.156], 118<br />
radiant<br />
energy [5.145], 118<br />
energy density [5.148], 118<br />
exitance [5.150], 118<br />
flux [5.147], 118<br />
intensity (dimensions), 17<br />
intensity [5.154], 118<br />
radiation<br />
blackbody [5.184], 121<br />
bremsstrahlung [7.297], 160<br />
Cherenkov [7.247], 156<br />
field <strong>of</strong> a dipole [7.207], 153<br />
flux from dipole [7.131], 146<br />
resistance [7.209], 153<br />
synchrotron [7.287], 159<br />
Radiation pressure, 152<br />
radiation pressure<br />
extended source [7.203], 152<br />
isotropic [7.200], 152<br />
momentum density [7.199], 152<br />
point source [7.204], 152<br />
specular reflection [7.202], 152<br />
Radiation processes, 118<br />
Radiative transfer, 120<br />
radiative transfer equation [5.179], 120<br />
radiative transport (in stars) [9.63], 181<br />
radioactivity, 103<br />
Radiometry, 118<br />
radius <strong>of</strong> curvature<br />
definition [2.282], 39<br />
in bending [3.258], 82<br />
relation to curvature [2.287], 39<br />
radius <strong>of</strong> gyration (see footnote), 75<br />
Ramsauer effect [4.52], 93<br />
Random walk, 59<br />
random walk<br />
Brownian motion [5.98], 113<br />
one-dimensional [2.562], 59<br />
three-dimensional [2.564], 59<br />
range (<strong>of</strong> projectile) [3.90], 69<br />
Rankine conversion [1.3], 15<br />
Rankine-Hugoniot shock relations [3.334],<br />
87<br />
Rayleigh<br />
distribution [2.554], 58<br />
resolution criterion [8.41], 165<br />
scattering [7.236], 155<br />
theorem [2.496], 53<br />
Rayleigh-Jeans law [5.187], 121<br />
reactance (definition), 148<br />
reciprocal<br />
lattice vector [6.8], 126<br />
matrix [2.83], 25<br />
vectors [2.16], 20<br />
reciprocity [2.330], 42<br />
Recognised non-SI units, 5<br />
rectangular aperture diffraction [8.39],<br />
165<br />
rectangular coordinates, 21<br />
rectangular cuboid moment <strong>of</strong> inertia [3.158],<br />
75<br />
rectifying plane, 39<br />
recurrence relation<br />
associated Legendre functions [2.433],<br />
48<br />
Legendre polynomials [2.423], 47<br />
redshift<br />
–flux density relation [9.99], 185<br />
cosmological [9.86], 184<br />
gravitational [9.74], 183<br />
Reduced mass (<strong>of</strong> two interacting bodies),<br />
69<br />
reduced units (thermodynamics) [5.71],<br />
111<br />
reflectance coefficient<br />
and Fresnel equations [7.227], 154<br />
dielectric film [8.4], 162<br />
dielectric multilayer [8.8], 162<br />
reflection coefficient<br />
acoustic [3.283], 83<br />
dielectric boundary [7.230], 154<br />
potential barrier [4.58], 94<br />
potential step [4.41], 92<br />
potential well [4.48], 93
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