The_Cambridge_Handbook_of_Physics_Formulas

Index
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solenoid
finite [7.38], 138
infinite [7.33], 138
self inductance [7.23], 137
solid angle (subtended by a circle) [2.278],
37
Solid state physics, 123–134
sound speed (in a plasma) [7.275], 158
sound, speed of [3.317], 86
space cone, 77
space frequency [3.188], 77
space impedance [7.197], 152
spatial coherence [8.108], 172
Special functions and polynomials, 46
special relativity, 64
specific
charge on electron, 8
emission coefficient [5.174], 120
heat capacity, see heat capacity
definition, 105
dimensions, 17
intensity (blackbody) [5.184], 121
intensity [5.171], 120
specific impulse [3.92], 70
speckle intensity distribution [8.110], 172
speckle size [8.111], 172
spectral energy density
blackbody [5.186], 121
definition [5.173], 120
spectral function (synchrotron) [7.295],
159
Spectral line broadening, 173
speed (dimensions), 17
speed distribution (Maxwell-Boltzmann) [5.84],
112
speed of light (equation) [7.196], 152
speed of light (value), 6
speed of sound [3.317], 86
sphere
area [2.263], 37
Brownian motion [5.98], 113
capacitance [7.12], 137
capacitance of adjacent [7.14], 137
capacitance of concentric [7.18], 137
close-packed, 127
collisions of, 73
electric field [7.27], 138
geometry on a, 36
gravitation field from a [3.44], 66
in a viscous fluid [3.308], 85
in potential flow [3.298], 84
moment of inertia [3.152], 75
Poincaré, 171
polarisability, 142
volume [2.264], 37
spherical Bessel function [2.420], 47
spherical cap
area [2.275], 37
centre of mass [3.177], 76
volume [2.276], 37
spherical excess [2.260], 36
Spherical harmonics, 49
spherical harmonics
definition [2.436], 49
Laplace equation [2.440], 49
orthogonality [2.437], 49
spherical polar coordinates, 21
spherical shell (moment of inertia) [3.153],
75
spherical surface (capacitance of near) [7.16],
137
Spherical triangles, 36
spin
and total angular momentum [4.128],
100
degeneracy, 115
electron magnetic moment [4.141],
100
Pauli matrices, 26
spinning bodies, 77
spinors [4.182], 104
Spitzer conductivity [7.254], 156
spontaneous emission [8.119], 173
spring constant and wave velocity [3.272],
83
Square matrices, 25
standard deviation estimator [2.543], 57
Standard forms, 44
Star formation, 181
Star–delta transformation, 149
Static fields, 136
statics, 63
Stationary points, 42
Statistical entropy, 114 I
Statistical thermodynamics, 114
Stefan–Boltzmann constant, 9
Stefan–Boltzmann constant (dimensions),
17