The_Cambridge_Handbook_of_Physics_Formulas

218 Index
tions, 34
Trigonometric and hyperbolic formulas, 32
Trigonometric and hyperbolic integrals,
45
Trigonometric derivatives, 41
Trigonometric relationships, 32
triple-α process, 182
true anomaly [3.104], 71
tube, see pipe
Tully-Fisher relation [9.49], 180
tunnelling (quantum mechanical), 94
tunnelling probability [4.61], 94
turns ratio (of transformer) [7.163], 149
two-level system (microstates of) [5.107],
114
U
U (Stokes parameter) [8.92], 171
UBV magnitude system [9.36], 179
umklapp processes [6.59], 131
uncertainty relation
energy-time [4.8], 90
general [4.6], 90
momentum-position [4.7], 90
number-phase [4.9], 90
underdamping [3.198], 78
unified atomic mass unit, 5, 6
uniform distribution [2.550], 58
uniform to normal distribution transformation,
58
unitary matrix [2.88], 25
units (conversion of SI to Gaussian), 135
Units, constants and conversions, 3–18
universal time [9.4], 177
Uranus data, 176
UTC [9.4], 177
V
V (Stokes parameter) [8.94], 171
van der Waals equation [5.67], 111
Van der Waals gas, 111
van der Waals interaction [6.50], 131
Van-Cittert Zernicke theorem [8.108], 172
variance estimator [2.542], 57
variations, calculus of [2.334], 42
Vector algebra, 20
Vector integral transformations, 23
vector product [2.2], 20
vector triple product [2.12], 20
Vectors and matrices, 20
velocity (dimensions), 17
velocity distribution (Maxwell-Boltzmann)
[5.84], 112
velocity potential [3.296], 84
Velocity transformations, 64
Venus data, 176
virial coefficients [5.65], 110
Virial expansion, 110
virial theorem [3.102], 71
vis-viva equation [3.112], 71
viscosity
dimensions, 17
from kinetic theory [5.97], 113
kinematic [3.302], 85
shear [3.299], 85
viscous flow
between cylinders [3.306], 85
between plates [3.303], 85
through a circular pipe [3.305], 85
through an annular pipe [3.307], 85
Viscous flow (incompressible), 85
volt (unit), 4
voltage
across an inductor [7.146], 147
bias [6.92], 134
Hall [6.68], 132
law (Kirchhoff’s) [7.162], 149
standing wave ratio [7.180], 150
thermal noise [5.141], 117
transformation [7.164], 149
volume
dimensions, 17
of cone [2.272], 37
of cube, 38
of cylinder [2.270], 37
of dodecahedron, 38
of ellipsoid [2.268], 37
of icosahedron, 38
of octahedron, 38
of parallelepiped [2.10], 20
of pyramid [2.272], 37
of revolution [2.281], 39
of sphere [2.264], 37
of spherical cap [2.276], 37
of tetrahedron, 38
of torus [2.274], 37
volume expansivity [5.19], 107
volume strain [3.236], 80
vorticity and Kelvin circulation [3.287],