• 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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    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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    In electromagnetism and applications, an inhomogeneous electromagnetic wave equation, or nonhomogeneous electromagnetic wave equation, is one of a set...
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    and carry momentum and electromagnetic radiant energy. Classically, electromagnetic radiation consists of electromagnetic waves, which are synchronized...
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  • key in establishing the classical theory of electromagnetism. Maxwell derives an electromagnetic wave equation with a velocity for light in close agreement...
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    the electromagnetic wave equation in his 1865 paper A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field, showing that light is an electromagnetic wave. This...
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    magnetic fields sustains propagation of waves involving these fields according to Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic waves can travel through a vacuum and through...
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    to Oliver Heaviside. Maxwell's equations may be combined to demonstrate how fluctuations in electromagnetic fields (waves) propagate at a constant speed...
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    electromagnetic waves, the electromagnetic spectrum. An electromagnetic field very far from currents and charges (sources) is called electromagnetic radiation...
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  • Sinusoidal plane-wave solutions are particular solutions to the wave equation. The general solution of the electromagnetic wave equation in homogeneous...
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  • The Schrödinger equation is a partial differential equation that governs the wave function of a non-relativistic quantum-mechanical system.: 1–2  Its...
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    The electromagnetic spectrum is the full range of electromagnetic radiation, organized by frequency or wavelength. The spectrum is divided into separate...
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    hypothesize (correctly) that light was a form of electromagnetic wave. See electromagnetic wave equation for a discussion of this important discovery. Proof...
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    of equations in nuclear and particle physics List of equations in quantum mechanics List of equations in wave theory List of photonics equations List...
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    physics, electromagnetism is an interaction that occurs between particles with electric charge via electromagnetic fields. The electromagnetic force is...
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    Displacement current (category Electromagnetism)
    Theory of the Electromagnetic Field Maxwell used this amended version of Ampère's circuital law to derive the electromagnetic wave equation. This derivation...
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    become the Maxwell–Faraday equation, one of the four Maxwell equations in his theory of electromagnetism. Electromagnetic induction has found many applications...
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    U(1)-connection. Electromagnetic wave equation Inhomogeneous electromagnetic wave equation Mathematical descriptions of the electromagnetic field Covariant...
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    waves into sound) of the black hole at the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster. Maxwell's equations lead to the prediction of electromagnetic waves in...
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  • solutions to Maxwell's equations to calculate antenna performance, electromagnetic compatibility, radar cross section and electromagnetic wave propagation when...
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    \mathbf {M} \,.} Covariant classical field theory Electromagnetic tensor Electromagnetic wave equation Liénard–Wiechert potential for a charge in arbitrary...
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    surface of solids, such as Rayleigh or Love waves. Electromagnetic waves can also propagate as "surface waves" in that they can be guided along with a refractive...
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    The Fresnel equations (or Fresnel coefficients) describe the reflection and transmission of light (or electromagnetic radiation in general) when incident...
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  • impedance of vacuum Electromagnetic wave equation Mathematical descriptions of the electromagnetic field New SI definitions Sinusoidal plane-wave solutions of...
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  • In plasma physics, an electromagnetic electron wave is a wave in a plasma which has a magnetic field component and in which primarily the electrons oscillate...
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  • Linear polarization (category Polarization (waves))
    the wave travels) the radiation is said to be vertically polarized. The classical sinusoidal plane wave solution of the electromagnetic wave equation for...
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    medium Shear wave splitting Sinusoidal plane-wave solutions of the electromagnetic wave equation Transverse mode Elastography Shear-wave elasticity imaging...
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  • {\displaystyle e^{i\omega t}} , the homogeneous electromagnetic wave equation becomes what is known as the Helmholtz equation and takes the form where u = x , y ...
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  • Vacuum permittivity (category Electromagnetism)
    of classical electromagnetism, the polarization P = 0, so εr = 1 and ε = ε0. Casimir effect Coulomb's law Electromagnetic wave equation ISO 31-5 Mathematical...
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  • Maxwell's equations can be used to derive inhomogeneous electromagnetic wave equations, and from the Einstein field equations one can derive equations for gravitational...
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