In astrodynamics, the characteristic energy ( C 3 {\displaystyle C_{3}} ) is a measure of the excess specific energy over that required to just barely...

mechanisms other than thermodynamic work and transfer of matter. The characteristic energy kBT associated with a single microscopic degree of freedom, where...

The characteristic energy length scale χ {\displaystyle \chi } describes the size of the region from which energy flows to a rapidly moving crack. If...

corresponds to Shannon's subsequent information entropy. The characteristic energy kT is thus the energy required to increase the rescaled entropy by one nat...

orbit. It is also sometimes referred to as a C3 = 0 orbit (see Characteristic energy). Under standard assumptions a body traveling along an escape orbit...

the excess energy compared to that of a parabolic orbit. In this case the specific orbital energy is also referred to as characteristic energy. For an elliptic...

In linear algebra, the characteristic polynomial of a square matrix is a polynomial which is invariant under matrix similarity and has the eigenvalues...

lower energy levels produces X-rays with frequencies that are characteristic to each element. Sometimes, however, instead of releasing the energy in the...

this single emitted neutrino carries the entire decay energy, it has this single characteristic energy. Similarly, the momentum of the neutrino emission causes...

Characteristic velocity or c ∗ {\displaystyle c^{*}} , or C-star is a measure of the combustion performance of a rocket engine independent of nozzle performance...

amount of energy for the transition. This required energy is an intrinsic characteristic of the solid material. Electrons can gain enough energy to jump...

escape orbit. Escape orbits are known as C3 = 0 orbits. C3 is the characteristic energy, = −GM/2a, where a is the semi-major axis, which is infinite for...

(also pork-chop plot) is a chart that shows level curves of equal characteristic energy (C3) against combinations of launch date and arrival date for a...

characteristic impedance is the ohm. The characteristic impedance of a lossless transmission line is purely real, with no reactive component. Energy supplied...

phenomenological model for materials with characteristic resonance frequencies (or other characteristic energy scales) for optical absorption, e.g. ionic...

energy of the X-rays emitted from a specimen can be measured by an energy-dispersive spectrometer. As the energies of the X-rays are characteristic of...

is directly linked to the specific orbital energy ( ϵ {\displaystyle \epsilon \,} ) or characteristic energy C 3 {\displaystyle C_{3}} of the orbit, and...

Earth–Moon system. The mass ratio in this case is 81.30059. The Earth–Moon characteristic distance, the semi-major axis of the geocentric lunar orbit, is 384...

emission of characteristic "secondary" (or fluorescent) X-rays from a material that has been excited by being bombarded with high-energy X-rays or gamma...

from one substance to another as thermal or electrical energy. The existence of characteristic energy levels for different chemical substances is useful for...

this as a corollary of his law of universal gravitation. Apsis Characteristic energy Ellipse List of orbits Orbital eccentricity Orbit equation Parabolic...

Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE, colloquially BLE, formerly marketed as Bluetooth Smart) is a wireless personal area network technology designed and...

electron in a higher energy state can drop to a lower energy state while radiating the excess energy as a photon. These characteristic energy values, defined...

be economically useful. A low Earth orbit requires the lowest amount of energy for satellite placement. It provides high bandwidth and low communication...

ground state or a lower excited state, by emitting a photon with a characteristic energy. Emission of photons from atoms in various excited states leads...

with a characteristic energy of 160 keV are observed. A possible explanation is the encounter of two streamers and the production of high-energy run-away...

specific kinetic energy of 443 km2/s2. One must add to this the potential energy depth of LEO, about 61 km2/s2, to give a kinetic energy close to Earth...

aspects of the motion do not change: the angular momentum and the mechanical energy. The first constant, called specific angular momentum, can be defined as...

more energy from the Sun than does the northern over the course of a year. However, this effect is much less significant than the total energy change...

Wind power is the use of wind energy to generate useful work. Historically, wind power was used by sails, windmills and windpumps, but today it is mostly...