Fundamentals of Physics

Index

Figures are noted by page numbers in italics, tables are indicated by t following the page number.

A

a_g (gravitational acceleration), 335–336

absolute pressure, 363

absolute zero, 477

absorbed dose, of radiation, 1183

absorbed radiation, 899

absorption event, photons, 1059

lasers, 1132

absorption lines, 1101

ac (alternating current), 827, 835–836

acceleration, 260t. See also angular acceleration; forces; velocity

center of mass of systems of particles, 206, 207

centripetal, 70–71, 124

constant, 21–24, 23t, 247t

free-fall, 24–27, 25

graphical integration in motion analysis, 27, 27–28

negative, 27

Newton’s laws applications, 100–105

and Newton’s second law, 91–95

one-dimensional motion, 19–21

principle of equivalence (with gravitation), 347

projectile motion, 64–70

relating linear to angular, 249–250

relative motion in one dimension, 72–73

relative motion in two dimensions, 73–74

rockets, 224, 224–225

rolling down ramp, 280

simple harmonic motion, 389–390

two- and three-dimensional motion, 63–64

uniform circular motion, 70, 70–71, 71, 124

acceleration amplitude

simple harmonic motion, 389

accelerators, 748–749, 1219, 1220, 1220

acceptor atoms, 1153

acoustic double-slit system, 1021

acre-foot, 9

actinide elements

paramagnetism, 874

action at a distance, 581

activity, of radioactive sample, 1175

addition

of vectors by components, 45–47, 46

of vectors geometrically, 39, 39–41, 40

adiabat, 526

adiabatic expansion, 491

entropy, 541

ideal gases, 525–528

adiabatic processes, 491 ...