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A simple resistor–capacitor circuit has an exponential timescale.
ModelPhysicsSeries RLC impedance magnitudeSinusoidal response combines resistance and net reactance.
ModelPhysicsFourier heat conductionA temperature gradient drives conductive heat flux.
ModelPhysicsLatent heat of a phase transitionEnergy changes phase at the specified coexistence conditions.
ModelPhysicsApproximate vapor-pressure relationVapor pressure changes with temperature through latent enthalpy.
ModelPhysicsBlackbody total emissionThermal equilibrium fixes an ideal absorber's total emitted power.
ModelPhysicsCanonical thermal ensembleFixed-temperature equilibrium weights states by energy.
ModelPhysics · InformationGibbs entropyMicrostate probabilities quantify statistical entropy.
DefinitionPhysicsQuantum observable expectationsA state and observable determine the mean of repeated outcomes.
ModelPhysicsRobertson uncertainty relationA commutator constrains two outcome spreads in the same state.
ModelPhysicsSpin one-half and Pauli operatorsA spin one-half state has two outcomes along a chosen axis.
ModelPhysics · InformationPure and mixed density operatorsA density operator represents quantum statistical states.
DefinitionPhysicsIdeal projective measurementProjectors determine outcome probabilities and conditional states.
ModelPhysics · InformationComposite states and entanglementA joint pure state can fail to factor into subsystem states.
DefinitionPhysicsExchange symmetry of identical particlesBoson and fermion states respond differently to exchange.
ModelPhysics · Mathematics & logicGeodesic motionFree test motion follows the metric connection.
ModelPhysicsEinstein gravitational field equationsSpacetime curvature responds to stress and energy.
ModelPhysicsSchwarzschild static-observer redshiftClocks at different radii measure different light frequencies.
ModelPhysics · Earth & cosmosFriedmann cosmological evolutionHomogeneity and isotropy reduce gravitational expansion to two balances.
ModelMeasurementCalibrationRelate indications to standards, then infer measurement results.
DefinitionMeasurementType A and Type B uncertainty evaluationThe classification describes how a component is evaluated.
MethodMeasurementExpanded uncertainty and coverageA coverage factor scales standard uncertainty to a reported interval.
MethodMeasurement · Mathematics & logicCovariance in uncertainty modelsShared input variation belongs in the joint uncertainty description.
MethodMeasurementMeasurement modelsSpecify how input quantities determine the measurand.
MethodMeasurement · InformationMonte Carlo uncertainty propagationSample the joint input model to approximate the output distribution.
MethodMeasurementRepeatability and reproducibilityPrecision depends on which measurement conditions are held or changed.
DefinitionMeasurementResolution and sensitivityDetectable change and response scale are different instrument properties.
DefinitionMeasurementDynamic instrument responseResponse depends on timescale, gain and phase.
MethodPhysicsHydrogen Coulomb energy levelsThe ideal one-electron atom has discrete bound energies.
ModelPhysics · ChemistryAtomic state labels and Pauli occupancyQuantum labels specify orbitals and spin states.
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