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    named it as the Stokes parameters. The relationship of the Stokes parameters S0, S1, S2, S3 to intensity and polarization ellipse parameters is shown in the...
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  • introduced by George Gabriel Stokes in 1852. The relationship of the Stokes parameters to intensity and polarization ellipse parameters is shown in the equations...
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    right represents the u input mapped onto the celestial sphere. The u stokes parameter changes signs depending on which quadrant it is in. The four quadrants...
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  • (disambiguation) Stokes flow Stokes' law Stokes' law of sound attenuation Stokes line Stokes number Stokes parameters Stokes radius Stokes relations Stokes shift...
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    Stokes – using a perturbation series approach, now known as the Stokes expansion – obtained approximate solutions for nonlinear wave motion. Stokes's...
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    Stokes, 1st Baronet, FRS (/stoʊks/; 13 August 1819 – 1 February 1903) was an Irish mathematician and physicist. Born in County Sligo, Ireland, Stokes...
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    Stokes. They were developed over several decades of progressively building the theories, from 1822 (Navier) to 1842–1850 (Stokes). The Navier–Stokes equations...
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  • mechanics, non-dimensionalization of the Navier–Stokes equations is the conversion of the Navier–Stokes equation to a nondimensional form. This technique...
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    Benjamin Andrew Stokes was born on 4 June 1991 in Christchurch, New Zealand, the son of rugby league footballer and coach Gerard Stokes (known as 'Ged')...
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  • derived by George Gabriel Stokes in 1851 by solving the Stokes flow limit for small Reynolds numbers of the Navier–Stokes equations. The force of viscosity...
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    Stokes' theorem, also known as the Kelvin–Stokes theorem after Lord Kelvin and George Stokes, the fundamental theorem for curls or simply the curl theorem...
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    dimensionless parameter is named after Fritz Ursell, who discussed its significance in 1953. The Ursell number is derived from the Stokes wave expansion...
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  • D = μ q k B T q {\displaystyle D={\frac {\mu _{q}\,k_{\text{B}}T}{q}}} Stokes–Einstein–Sutherland equation, for diffusion of spherical particles through...
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  • The Stokes operators are the quantum mechanical operators corresponding to the classical Stokes parameters. These matrix operators are identical to the...
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  • Stokes wave Stokes (unit) Stokes' law Stokeslet Stokes operators (quantum) Stokes parameters Stokes relations Stokes shift Stokes vector Stokes lens Navier–Stokes...
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  • geometry the generalized Stokes theorem (sometimes with apostrophe as Stokes' theorem or Stokes's theorem), also called the Stokes–Cartan theorem, is a statement...
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  • the Coriolis–Stokes force is a forcing of the mean flow in a rotating fluid due to interaction of the Coriolis effect and wave-induced Stokes drift. This...
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    The Stokes mortar was a British trench mortar designed by Sir Wilfred Stokes KBE that was issued to the British and U.S. armies, as well as the Portuguese...
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  • equations, such as Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness, is one of the important unsolved problems in mathematics. The Navier–Stokes equations are based on...
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    water waves, experiences a net Stokes drift velocity in the direction of wave propagation. More generally, the Stokes drift velocity is the difference...
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    viscosity of the fluid. Stokes' law applies when the Reynolds number, Re, of the particle is less than 0.1. Experimentally Stokes' law is found to hold...
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  • Anglo-Irish physicist G. G. Stokes, who also developed Stokes's law for the friction force in fluid motion. A generalisation of Stokes attenuation taking into...
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  • Navier–Stokes equations. In 1852, Stokes showed that light polarisation can be described in terms of what are now known as the Stokes parameters. The Stokes...
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  • Mueller calculus is a matrix method for manipulating Stokes vectors, which represent the polarization of light. It was developed in 1943 by Hans Mueller...
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  • (optical phenomenon) statistical optics stereoscopy stimulated emission Stokes parameters sun dog sunlight sylvanshine synchrotron radiation telescope thermal...
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    electromagnetic wave which is polarized. DOP can be calculated from the Stokes parameters. A perfectly polarized wave has a DOP of 100%, whereas an unpolarized...
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    In the second edition, some new topics were added, including the Stokes parameters, the Kramers–Kronig dispersion relations, and the Sommerfeld–Brillouin...
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    Carpenter. A closely related parameter, also often used for sediment transport under water waves, is the displacement parameter δ: δ = A L , {\displaystyle...
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    two circular polarisation components required to measure all four Stokes parameters, which yield a full description of polarisation. It is thus believed...
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  • and Garam Yun for work done on this. Polarization Scattering parameters Stokes parameters Mueller calculus Photon polarization The prefactor e i π / 4...
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