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  2. John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh - Wikipedia

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    John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (/ ˈ r eɪ l i /; 12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919), was an English physicist and mathematician.He spent all of his academic career at the University of Cambridge.

  3. List of scientific occupations - Wikipedia

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    Computational scientist Mathematician [ 3 ] – A person with an extensive knowledge of mathematics , a field informally defined as being concerned with numbers , data , collection, quantity , structure , space and calculus .

  4. Rayleigh–Jeans law - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of Rayleigh–Jeans law with Wien approximation and Planck's law, for a body of 5800 K temperature. In physics , the Rayleigh–Jeans law is an approximation to the spectral radiance of electromagnetic radiation as a function of wavelength from a black body at a given temperature through classical arguments.

  5. Ultraviolet catastrophe - Wikipedia

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    The ultraviolet catastrophe, also called the Rayleigh–Jeans catastrophe, was the prediction of late 19th century and early 20th century classical physics that an ideal black body at thermal equilibrium would emit an unbounded quantity of energy as wavelength decreased into the ultraviolet range.

  6. Science of team science - Wikipedia

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    Science of team science (SciTS) is a field of scientific philosophy and methodology which advocates using cross-disciplinary collaboration to solve problems. [1] The field encompasses conceptual and methodological strategies that focus on understanding how scientific teams can be organized to work more effectively.

  7. Rayleigh length - Wikipedia

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    Gaussian beam width () as a function of the axial distance .: beam waist; : confocal parameter; : Rayleigh length; : total angular spread In optics and especially laser science, the Rayleigh length or Rayleigh range, , is the distance along the propagation direction of a beam from the waist to the place where the area of the cross section is doubled. [1]

  8. Rayleigh–Taylor instability - Wikipedia

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    Hydrodynamics simulation of a single "finger" of the Rayleigh–Taylor instability. [1] Note the formation of Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities, in the second and later snapshots shown (starting initially around the level =), as well as the formation of a "mushroom cap" at a later stage in the third and fourth frame in the sequence.

  9. Rayleigh fading - Wikipedia

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    Rayleigh fading is a statistical model for the effect of a propagation environment on a radio signal, such as that used by wireless devices.. Rayleigh fading models assume that the magnitude of a signal that has passed through such a transmission medium (also called a communication channel) will vary randomly, or fade, according to a Rayleigh distribution — the radial component of the sum of ...