In physics, helicity is the projection of the spin onto the direction of momentum. Mathematically, helicity is the sign of the projection of the spin vector...
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operator with the helicity operator. Since the helicity of massive particles is frame-dependent, it might seem that the same particle would interact with...
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corkscrew-like motion occurs Helicity (particle physics), the projection of the spin onto the direction of momentum Magnetic helicity, the extent to which a...
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electron's spin responds to the field. Chirality (physics) Dynamic nuclear polarization Helicity (particle physics) Holstein–Primakoff transformation Kramers'...
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Neutrino (redirect from Ν particle)
of a massive particle is not a constant of motion; helicity is, but the chirality operator does not share eigenstates with the helicity operator. Free...
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In particle physics, tracking is the process of reconstructing the trajectory (or track) of electrically charged particles in a particle detector known...
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Antiparticle (redirect from Anti-particle)
In particle physics, every type of particle of "ordinary" matter (as opposed to antimatter) is associated with an antiparticle with the same mass but with...
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hypothesized microscopic particles in particle physics, condensed matter physics and cosmology. Elementary particles are particles with no measurable internal...
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Higgs boson (redirect from God particle (physics))
Higgs boson, sometimes called the Higgs particle, is an elementary particle in the Standard Model of particle physics produced by the quantum excitation of...
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This is a list of hypothetical subatomic particles in physics. Some theories predict the existence of additional elementary bosons and fermions that are...
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research in particle physics. Accelerators are also used as synchrotron light sources for the study of condensed matter physics. Smaller particle accelerators...
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In particle physics, flavour or flavor refers to the species of an elementary particle. The Standard Model counts six flavours of quarks and six flavours...
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{\displaystyle h} , helicity Φ {\displaystyle \Phi } , magnetic flux x {\displaystyle \mathbf {x} } , the position of a particle in three-space v {\displaystyle...
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The automatic calculation of particle interaction or decay is part of the computational particle physics branch. It refers to computing tools that help...
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In plasma physics, magnetic helicity is a measure of the linkage, twist, and writhe of a magnetic field. Magnetic helicity is a useful concept in the analysis...
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Photon (redirect from Light particle)
Einstein's approach. In the Standard Model of particle physics, photons and other elementary particles are described as a necessary consequence of physical...
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MHV may refer to: MHV Amplitudes (particle physics) - maximally helicity violating amplitudes MHV connector (electronics) - miniature high voltage RF connector...
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Majorana fermion (redirect from Majorana particle)
In particle physics a Majorana fermion (/maɪəˈrɑːnə/) or Majorana particle is a fermion that is its own antiparticle. They were hypothesised by Ettore...
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Lepton (category Elementary particles)
visualized property called helicity. The helicity of a particle is the direction of its spin relative to its momentum; particles with spin in the same direction...
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Quantum field theory (category Mathematical physics)
mechanics.: xi QFT is used in particle physics to construct physical models of subatomic particles and in condensed matter physics to construct models of quasiparticles...
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Sterile neutrino (category Hypothetical elementary particles)
suggests new, unknown physics. This unexpected mass explains neutrinos with right-handed helicity and antineutrinos with left-handed helicity: Since they do...
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Electron (redirect from Beta minus particle)
property of elementary particles known as helicity. The electron has no known substructure. Nevertheless, in condensed matter physics, spin–charge separation...
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travelling. Particle physics Particle physics (also known as high energy physics) is a branch of physics that studies the nature of the particles that constitute...
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In particle physics, a pion (/ˈpaɪ.ɒn/, PIE-on) or pi meson, denoted with the Greek letter pi (π), is any of three subatomic particles: π0 , π+ , and...
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Conservation law (redirect from Conservation laws (physics))
quantity Some kinds of helicity are conserved in dissipationless limit: hydrodynamical helicity, magnetic helicity, cross-helicity. Principle of mutability...
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In theoretical particle physics, maximally helicity violating amplitudes (MHV) are amplitudes with n {\displaystyle n} massless external gauge bosons,...
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The Helical engine is a proposed spacecraft propulsion drive that, like other reactionless drives, would violate the laws of physics. The concept was proposed...
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Relativistic quantum mechanics (category Particle physics)
fields; one is for the particle in one helicity state corresponding to +s and the other for the antiparticle in the opposite helicity state corresponding...
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Beta decay (category Nuclear physics)
In nuclear physics, beta decay (β-decay) is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits a beta particle (fast energetic electron or positron)...
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