A point particle, ideal particle or point-like particle (often spelled pointlike particle) is an idealization of particles heavily used in physics. Its...

In the physical sciences, a particle (or corpuscule in older texts) is a small localized object which can be described by several physical or chemical...

the body's centroid; and orbital angular acceleration, involving a point particle and an external axis. Angular acceleration has physical dimensions of...

In particle physics, an elementary particle or fundamental particle is a subatomic particle that is not composed of other particles. The Standard Model...

radians, the arc-length from the positive x-axis around the circle to the particle is ℓ = r ϕ {\displaystyle \ell =r\phi } , and the linear velocity is v...

application of a test particle arises in Newtonian gravity. The general expression for the gravitational force between any two point masses m 1 {\displaystyle...

Wave–particle duality is the concept in quantum mechanics that quantum entities exhibit particle or wave properties according to the experimental circumstances...

L is the angular momentum vector and t is time. For the motion of a point particle, L = I ω , {\displaystyle \mathbf {L} =I{\boldsymbol {\omega }},} where...

is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge. Electrons belong to the first generation of the lepton particle family, and are...

Higgs boson, sometimes called the Higgs particle, is an elementary particle in the Standard Model of particle physics produced by the quantum excitation...