In general relativity, the monochromatic electromagnetic plane wave spacetime is the analog of the monochromatic plane waves known from Maxwell's theory...
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In physics, electromagnetic radiation (EMR) is a self-propagating wave of the electromagnetic field that carries momentum and radiant energy through space...
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electromagnetic wave is given by its electric field vector. Considering a monochromatic plane wave of optical frequency f (light of vacuum wavelength λ has a frequency...
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The electromagnetic wave equation is a second-order partial differential equation that describes the propagation of electromagnetic waves through a medium...
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and longitudinal waves; on the other hand electromagnetic plane waves are strictly transverse while sound waves in fluids (such as air) can only be longitudinal...
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of the electromagnetic field itself. When we do this, purely electromagnetic plane waves provide the direct generalization of ordinary plane wave solutions...
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object). The pp-waves include the gravitational plane waves and the monochromatic electromagnetic plane wave. A specific example of considerable interest...
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the gravitational equivalent of electromagnetic waves. In 1916, Albert Einstein demonstrated that gravitational waves result from his general theory of...
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In physics, monochromatic radiation is electromagnetic radiation with a single constant frequency or wavelength. When that frequency is part of the visible...
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Electrovacuum solution (category Electromagnetism)
include: the monochromatic electromagnetic plane wave, an exact solution which is the general relativitistic analogue of the plane waves in classical...
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Coherence (physics) (redirect from Wave coherence)
for two waves to interfere. Two monochromatic beams from a single source always interfere.: 286 Wave sources are not strictly monochromatic: they may...
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water waves, sound waves and seismic waves) or electromagnetic waves (including light waves). It arises in fields like acoustics, electromagnetism, and...
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from some fixed plane. It is also called a monochromatic plane wave, with constant frequency (as in monochromatic radiation). For any position x → {\displaystyle...
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Sticky bead argument (category Gravitational waves)
sticky-bead device is a variant. Monochromatic electromagnetic plane wave and monochromatic gravitational plane wave, for a modern account of two exact...
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etc.; (b) electromagnetic fields, e.g. voltages, the Liénard–Wiechert potentials, the monochromatic plane waves, optical rays, radio waves, microwaves...
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pendulum Lamé function List of mathematical functions Monochromatic electromagnetic plane wave Mathieu (1868). Morse and Feshbach (1953). Brimacombe,...
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possible. The discussion above assumes that the waves which interfere with one another are monochromatic, i.e. have a single frequency—this requires that...
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have an intensity associated with it. For a monochromatic propagating electromagnetic wave, such as a plane wave or a Gaussian beam, if E is the complex amplitude...
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This is a list of wave topics. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z...
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to be produced with holography. The complex amplitude of a monochromatic electromagnetic wave can be represented by: Section 8.10 : Section 2.2 U ( r )...
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photoelectric effect is the emission of electrons from a material caused by electromagnetic radiation such as ultraviolet light. Electrons emitted in this manner...
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Optics (category Electromagnetic radiation)
Light is a type of electromagnetic radiation, and other forms of electromagnetic radiation such as X-rays, microwaves, and radio waves exhibit similar properties...
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Therefore, an X-wave can be constructed as a non-monochromatic superposition of Bessel beams. Like ideal Bessel beams, ideal X-waves are mathematical...
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X-rays, but suspected that they were waves of electromagnetic radiation. The Maxwell theory of electromagnetic radiation was well accepted, and experiments...
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forms of diffracting apertures, specially for normally incident monochromatic plane wave. A qualitative discussion of Fraunhofer diffraction can be found...
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Helmholtz equation (category Waves)
the substitution ω = kc, where k is the wave number, and ω is the angular frequency (assuming a monochromatic field), the second equation becomes d 2...
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Two-state quantum system A momentum eigenstate would be a perfectly monochromatic wave of infinite extent, which is not square-integrable. Likewise, a position...
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^{2}} directed along a magnetic field vector. For the flat, monochromatic, linearly polarized wave with a field E {\displaystyle E} directed along the axis...
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resolve 10 binaries currently known from electromagnetic observations (and find ≈500 more with electromagnetic counterparts within one square degree)....
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Thermal radiation (category Electromagnetic radiation)
of electromagnetic waves. Television and radio broadcasting waves are types of electromagnetic waves with specific wavelengths. All electromagnetic waves...
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