adiabatic invariant

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adiabatic invariant [¦ad·ē·ə¦bad·ik in′ver·ē·ənt]

(physics)

A physical quantity which may be quantized and which, to a certain degree of approximation, remains unchanged under the slow variation of any parameter.

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No references found			The projection of the neutron magnetic moment on the magnetic field direction is an adiabatic invariant. On the measurement of the neutron lifetime using ultracold neutrons ... by Penttila, S.I. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology The basic adiabaticity requirement is that the rate of a change of the field direction, has to be smaller compared to the Larmor frequency [omega] = [mu]B/h ([mu] is the magnetic moment of the neutron) then the projection of the spin on the field direction is approximately conserved; the projection of the neutron spin on the field direction is an adiabatic invariant. Precision neutron polarimetry for neutron beta decay by Bowman, J.D. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology			adhesive tape Adhesives Adi Granth adiabat adiabatic adiabatic approximation adiabatic atmosphere adiabatic calorimeter adiabatic chart adiabatic compression adiabatic condensation pressure adiabatic condensation temperature adiabatic cooling adiabatic curing Adiabatic Curve adiabatic demagnetization adiabatic ellipse adiabatic engine adiabatic envelope adiabatic equilibrium adiabatic equivalent temperature adiabatic expansion adiabatic extrusion adiabatic flame temperature adiabatic flow adiabatic invariant adiabatic lapse rate adiabatic law Adiabatic Process adiabatic rate adiabatic recovery temperature adiabatic saturation pressure adiabatic saturation temperature adiabatic system adiabatic vaporization adiabatic wall temperature adiadochokinesis adiagnostic Adiaman adiathermanous adiathermic Adib Al- Shishakli Adib Nishaburi, Murza Abdul Jawad Ibn Mulla Abbas ADIC Adie's syndrome Adiel Adige Adige River Adigeni Adil Rza Ogly Iskenderov Adimeridae			adiabatic condensation temperature Adiabatic Connection Formula Adiabatic cooling Adiabatic cooling adiabatic curing Adiabatic Curve Adiabatic decompression Adiabatic decompression Adiabatic demagnetization Adiabatic Demagnetization in the Rotating Frame Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator Adiabatic Distorted Wave Infinite Order Sudden Adiabatic Electron Affinity adiabatic ellipse adiabatic engine adiabatic envelope adiabatic equilibrium adiabatic equivalent temperature Adiabatic expansion Adiabatic expansion adiabatic extrusion Adiabatic flame Adiabatic flame temperature Adiabatic flame temperature adiabatic flow Adiabatic Generator Coordinate Method Adiabatic heating Adiabatic heating Adiabatic Invariance Method adiabatic invariant Adiabatic Isochoric Complete Combustion Adiabatic lapse Adiabatic lapse Adiabatic lapse rate Adiabatic lapse rate Adiabatic lapse rate adiabatic lapse rates adiabatic law Adiabatic line Adiabatic Low-Energy Injection and Confinement Experiment Adiabatic Nuclear Rotation Adiabatic Nuclei Approximation Adiabatic Oxygen Bomb Adiabatic Passage Hartmann-Hahn Adiabatic Passage Rotational-Resonance Adiabatic Perturbation Approximation Adiabatic Potential Energy Surface adiabatic process adiabatic process Adiabatic Quantum Algorithm Adiabatic Quantum Cellular Automata Adiabatic Quantum Computing adiabatic rate adiabatic recovery temperature adiabatic saturation pressure adiabatic saturation temperature Adiabatic Slice-Selective Excitation for Surface Coils adiabatic system

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