Quantum Mechanics
Antimatter - correct answerExactly the same as ordinary particles, with opposite charge
Asymptotic freedom - correct answerA property that causes interactions between
particles to become asymptotically weaker as the energy scale increases and the
corresponding length scale decreases
Atomic Energy Level - correct answerThe possible energies the electrons in an atom
can have
Axion - correct answerA hypothetical particle postulated to resolve the strong CP
problem in quantum chromodynamics
Azimuthal Quantum Number - correct answeris a quantum number for an atomic orbital
that determines its orbital angular momentum and describes the shape of the orbital
Baryons - correct answerSubatomic particles made from 3 quarks
Boson - correct answerAn elementary particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics
Bra - correct answerRow vector... 《ψ|
Brownian Motion - correct answerThe random motion of particles suspended in a fluid
resulting from their collisions with fast moving atoms or molecules.
C symmetry - correct answerInteractions are unaffected if all charged particles are
replaced with their antiparticles (violated by weak Interaction)
Charge - correct answerpositive or negative
Color Charge - correct answerProperty of quarks and gluons related to strong
interactions
color confinement - correct answeris the phenomenon that color charged particles (such
as quarks and gluons) cannot be isolated
Composite Particle - correct answerA particle made of 2 or more elementary particles
Copenhagen Interpretation - correct answerPhysical systems do not generally have
definite properties prior to being measured, and that quantum systems can only be
explained in terms of probability. Measurements will cause the probabilities to reduce to
a single possible value. It is the most widely taught interpretation.
CP symmetry - correct answerInteractions work the same if they are flipped AND their
charges changed to the opposite (also violated)
, CPT Symmetry - correct answerA product of all incomplete symmetries that has not yet
been violated, and is the foundation of both quantum theory and special relativity
de Broglie wavelength - correct answerwavelength of wave that is associated with a
particle that is moving
Dirac Notation - correct answerA notation for quantum mechanics where state vectors
are represented as bras or kets
Electromagnetism - correct answerThe interaction between electricity and magnetism
Electron - correct answerA particle that is an essential component of atoms, and
interacts with the other 3 fundamental forces, with a negative charge
Electroweak Interaction - correct answerthe interaction that is the unification of the
electromagnetic and the weak nuclear interactions
Elementary Particle - correct answerA particle whose further structure is unknown. An
example is an electron
Energy Level - correct answerA quantum mechanical system or particle that is bound—
that is, confined spatially—can only take on certain discrete values of energy. The
discrete values are energy levels
Excited State - correct answeris any quantum state of the system that has a higher
energy than the ground state
Fermion - correct answera particle that follows Fermi-Dirac statistics. These particles
obey the Pauli exclusion principle. Fermions include all quarks and leptons
Gauge Bosons - correct answerare the kind of boson that carry forces (photon, gluon,
W and Z bosons)
Gluon - correct answerThe force carrying-particle responsible for the strong nuclear
force
Grand Unified Theory - correct answeris a vision of a physics theory that can combine
three of the four fundamental forces into one single equation
Graviton - correct answerHypothetical force carrying particle that would be responsible
for gravity
Ground State - correct answerThe ground state of a quantum mechanical system is its
lowest-energy state
Antimatter - correct answerExactly the same as ordinary particles, with opposite charge
Asymptotic freedom - correct answerA property that causes interactions between
particles to become asymptotically weaker as the energy scale increases and the
corresponding length scale decreases
Atomic Energy Level - correct answerThe possible energies the electrons in an atom
can have
Axion - correct answerA hypothetical particle postulated to resolve the strong CP
problem in quantum chromodynamics
Azimuthal Quantum Number - correct answeris a quantum number for an atomic orbital
that determines its orbital angular momentum and describes the shape of the orbital
Baryons - correct answerSubatomic particles made from 3 quarks
Boson - correct answerAn elementary particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics
Bra - correct answerRow vector... 《ψ|
Brownian Motion - correct answerThe random motion of particles suspended in a fluid
resulting from their collisions with fast moving atoms or molecules.
C symmetry - correct answerInteractions are unaffected if all charged particles are
replaced with their antiparticles (violated by weak Interaction)
Charge - correct answerpositive or negative
Color Charge - correct answerProperty of quarks and gluons related to strong
interactions
color confinement - correct answeris the phenomenon that color charged particles (such
as quarks and gluons) cannot be isolated
Composite Particle - correct answerA particle made of 2 or more elementary particles
Copenhagen Interpretation - correct answerPhysical systems do not generally have
definite properties prior to being measured, and that quantum systems can only be
explained in terms of probability. Measurements will cause the probabilities to reduce to
a single possible value. It is the most widely taught interpretation.
CP symmetry - correct answerInteractions work the same if they are flipped AND their
charges changed to the opposite (also violated)
, CPT Symmetry - correct answerA product of all incomplete symmetries that has not yet
been violated, and is the foundation of both quantum theory and special relativity
de Broglie wavelength - correct answerwavelength of wave that is associated with a
particle that is moving
Dirac Notation - correct answerA notation for quantum mechanics where state vectors
are represented as bras or kets
Electromagnetism - correct answerThe interaction between electricity and magnetism
Electron - correct answerA particle that is an essential component of atoms, and
interacts with the other 3 fundamental forces, with a negative charge
Electroweak Interaction - correct answerthe interaction that is the unification of the
electromagnetic and the weak nuclear interactions
Elementary Particle - correct answerA particle whose further structure is unknown. An
example is an electron
Energy Level - correct answerA quantum mechanical system or particle that is bound—
that is, confined spatially—can only take on certain discrete values of energy. The
discrete values are energy levels
Excited State - correct answeris any quantum state of the system that has a higher
energy than the ground state
Fermion - correct answera particle that follows Fermi-Dirac statistics. These particles
obey the Pauli exclusion principle. Fermions include all quarks and leptons
Gauge Bosons - correct answerare the kind of boson that carry forces (photon, gluon,
W and Z bosons)
Gluon - correct answerThe force carrying-particle responsible for the strong nuclear
force
Grand Unified Theory - correct answeris a vision of a physics theory that can combine
three of the four fundamental forces into one single equation
Graviton - correct answerHypothetical force carrying particle that would be responsible
for gravity
Ground State - correct answerThe ground state of a quantum mechanical system is its
lowest-energy state
