Sentences with phrase «oscillation frequency»
"oscillation frequency" refers to how quickly something moves back and forth. It measures the number of times an object completes its cycle of movement in a specific time period. Full definition
As long as the field changes at a rate slower than the natural oscillation frequencies of the atom, the dipole moment remains aligned with the field.
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By turning the noise on and off at just the right rate, the researchers can tune the engine so that the frequency of the ion's up - and - down motion exactly matches the trap's natural oscillation frequency.
Like drums in regular drumsets, graphene membranes at the nanoscale possess a distinct set of oscillating modes that correspond to specific oscillation frequencies.
People who received electrical current with an oscillation frequency of 40 Hz were lucid in more than 70 % of their reported dreams, the team reports online today in Nature Neuroscience.
* Correction, 14 May, 1:35 p.m.: This article has been corrected to reflect the fact that participants received electrical current with an oscillation frequency of 40 Hz.
When the vessel is filled with the isotope helium - 4 via pipes wrapped around the column, and when its temperature is gradually lowered, changes in the oscillation frequency reveal changes in the physical properties of the helium.
Instead, the deformation produced a decrease in the oscillation frequency at higher temperatures — so high that the jiggling of atoms would be expected to destroy any quantum effect such as supersolidity.
«The oscillation frequency and amplitude [of the single - walled carbon nanotube ring oscillator circuit] has increased by 42 percent and 250 percent respectively,» said Dodabalapur.
A major research problem has been to discover the «pacemaker» for the theta rhythm, that is, the mechanism that determines the oscillation frequency.
Thanks to the recent research domain of asteroseismology we can now start to answer these questions for various types of stars through interpretation of their oscillation frequencies.
The study tracked changes in the sun by looking at previous solar cycles of change, such as Cycle 22 which lasted from the years 1986 to 1996, and found that the oscillation frequencies were confined to a thinner layer than those previous cycles.