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Who discovered that magnetic and electric could self-generate?
Maxwell
What was dificult to reconcile the photoelectric effect and the missing ultraviolet catastrophe?
electromagnetic theory
What was used to create a new electromagnetic theory to reconcile the troubles with electromagnetic theory as it used to stand?
quantum mechanics
What did electromagnetic theory finally lead to?
quantum electrodynamics
What are the wave-particles called that mediate all electromagnetic phenomena?
photons
What is QED short for?
quantum electrodynamics
What is often misunderstood as the cause of matter rigidity?
repulsion of like charges
What actually causes rigidity in matter?
the Pauli exclusion principle
What is needed to pack electrons densely together?
energy
How is the Pauli exclusion priciple manifested in the macro world?
as a structural force
What is often misunderstood as the cause of matter rigidity?
repulsion of like charges
What actually causes rigidity in matter?
the Pauli exclusion principle
What is needed to pack electrons densely together?
energy
How is the Pauli exclusion priciple manifested in the macro world?
as a structural force
What does stong force act upon?
elementary particles
What can be seen between hadrons?
residual of the force
What is the force between nucleons?
nuclear
How are nuclear forces transmitted?
as gluons
What is the term for the lack of obsevable free quarks?
color confinement
What does the W and Z boson exchange create?
weak force
What is the observable effect of W and Z boson exchange?
beta decay
What is the effect of beta decay?
radioactivity
How many times less is the strenght of the weak field compared to the strong?
1013
At what temperature do weak and electromagnetic forces appear the same?
approximately 1015 kelvins
What is the repulsive force of close range atom interaction?
normal force
What occurs when electron clouds overlap from different atoms?
Pauli repulsion
What causes Pauli repulsion?
fermionic nature of electrons
What is the force that causes rigid strength in structures?
normal
What can be used to model tension forces?
ideal strings
What do you use to let idea strings switch direction?
ideal pulleys
In what way do idea strings transmit tesion forces?
action-reaction pairs
What is the final effect of adding more and more idea strings to a load?
conservation of mechanical energy
What can increase the tension force on a load?
movable pulleys
What did Newton's mechanics affect?
idealized point particles
What didn't Newton's mechanics affext?
three-dimensional objects
In what kind of fluid are pressure differences caused by direction of forces over gradients?
extended
What may a force on one part of an object affect?
other parts
What does matter actually have that Newtonian mechanics doesn't address?
extended structure
What causes strain in structures?
stress tensor
What is used to calculate cross section area in the volume of an object?
pressure terms
What are associated with normal forces?
pressure terms
What includes pressure terms when calculating area in volume?
formalism
What is the force equivalent of torque compared to angular momentum?
rotational equivalent for position
What would change the rotational inertia of a body under Newton's First Law of Motion?
unbalanced torque
To calculate instant angular acceleration of a rigid body what would you use?
Newton's Second Law of Motion
Where does centripetal force go?
toward the center of the curving path
How do centripetal forces act in relation to vectors of velocity?
perpendicular
What force changes an objects direction of travel?
centripetal
What is another word for centripetal force?
radial
What is resposible for speeding up or slowing down an object?
tangential force
What is the only form potential energy can change into?
kinetic
What is the only form kinetic energy can change into?
potential
What is preserved in a closed system of forces when acted upon?
net mechanical energy
What is the force between two locations related to?
difference in potential energy
What is the force called rgarding a potential field between two locations?
artifact
What is sometimes impossible to model?
forces
Why are some forces due to that are impossible to model?
gradient of potentials
What do electrostatic gradiient potentials create?
friction
Tension, compression, and drag are what kind of forces?
Nonconservative
In what treatment are nonconservative and conservative forces described?
statistical mechanics
What changes macroscopic closed system energies?
nonconservative forces
What is the exchange of heat associated with?
nonconservative forces
What is the law of thermodynamics associated with closed system heat exchange?
Second
What makes energy changes in a closed system?
nonconservative forces
What is the metric term less used than the Newton?
kilogram-force
What is the kilogram-force sometimes reffered to as?
kilopond
What is a very seldom used unit of mass in the metric system?
slug
What seldom used term of a unit of force equal to 1000 pound s of force?
kip
What is the seldom used force unit equal to one thousand newtons?
sthène