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  2. Polar motion - Wikipedia

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    Polar motion in arc-seconds as function of time in days (0.1 arcsec ≈ 3 meters). [1] Polar motion of the Earth is the motion of the Earth's rotational axis relative to its crust. [2]: 1 This is measured with respect to a reference frame in which the solid Earth is fixed (a so-called Earth-centered, Earth-fixed or ECEF reference frame). This ...

  3. Vicsek model - Wikipedia

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    The Vicsek model is a mathematical model used to describe active matter. One motivation of the study of active matter by physicists is the rich phenomenology associated to this field. Collective motion and swarming are among the most studied phenomena.

  4. Polariton - Wikipedia

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    A polariton is the result of the combination of a photon with a polar excitation in a material. The following are types of polaritons: Phonon polaritons result from coupling of an infrared photon with an optical phonon; Exciton polaritons result from coupling of visible light with an exciton [12]

  5. International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service

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    The IERS was established in its present form in 1987 by the International Astronomical Union and the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, replacing the earlier International Polar Motion Service (IPMS) and the Earth rotation section of the Bureau International de l'Heure (BIH). The service began operation on January 1, 1988.

  6. Conventional International Origin - Wikipedia

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    Polar motion is the movement of Earth's rotation axis across its surface. The axis of the Earth's rotation tends, as the axis of a gyroscope, to maintain its orientation to inertial space . The Conventional International Origin is used to measure this movement.

  7. Maxwell's equations in curved spacetime - Wikipedia

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    When working in the presence of bulk matter, distinguishing between free and bound electric charges may facilitate analysis. When the distinction is made, they are called the macroscopic Maxwell's equations. Without this distinction, they are sometimes called the "microscopic" Maxwell's equations for contrast.

  8. Toroidal moment - Wikipedia

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    In condensed matter magnetic toroidal order can be induced by different mechanisms: [7] Order of localized spins breaking spatial inversion and time reversal. The resulting toroidal moment is described by a sum of cross products of the spins S i of the magnetic ions and their positions r i within the magnetic unit cell: [8] T = Σ i r i × S i

  9. Second polar moment of area - Wikipedia

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    Simply put, the polar moment of area is a shaft or beam's resistance to being distorted by torsion, as a function of its shape. The rigidity comes from the object's cross-sectional area only, and does not depend on its material composition or shear modulus. The greater the magnitude of the second polar moment of area, the greater the torsional ...