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Everything about Reflection (physics)
"Bouncing back" of waves at an interface
Reflection is the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated. Common examples include the reflection of light, sound and water waves. The law of reflection says that for specular reflection the angle at which the wave is incident on the surface equals the angle at which it is reflected. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Reflection (physics)A 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Reflection physics in X-ray-emitting symbiotic starsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Conducting Practitioner Research in Physical Education and Youth SportThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Design and Reflection Help Students Develop Scientific Abilities: Learning in Introductory Physics LaboratoriesCited 181 times
- Go sideways: Specular reflectionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: X-ray opticsA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Design and Reflection Help Students Develop Scientific Abilities: Learning in Introductory Physics Laboratories
Does the brain know the physics of specular reflection?
College physics students’ epistemological self-reflection and its relationship to conceptual learning
Physics-Guided Reflection Separation From a Pair of Unpolarized and Polarized Images
Effects of conceptual, procedural, and declarative reflection on students’ structural knowledge in physics
Attending to lifelong learning skills through guided reflection in a physics class
Attenuation and velocity estimation using rock physics and neural network methods for calibrating reflection seismograms
Physics-guided neural network for structural health monitoring with lamb waves through boundary reflection elimination
🆕 Influential since 2022
Reflection physics in X-ray-emitting symbiotic stars
In-service physics teachers’ content knowledge: a critical reflection on the case of the upthrust concept
Physics Linkages Between Arterial Morphology, Pulse Wave Reflection and Peripheral Flow
The cognitive reflection test and students’ achievements in mathematics and physics
Differentiated Instruction Scenario on Physics Learning: Reflection of Readiness and Future Implementation
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕Conducting Practitioner Research in Physical Education and Youth SportAshley Casey, Tim Fletcher · 2017
Reflecting telescope opticsR. N. Wilson · 1996
Mathematics of multidimensional seismic imaging, migration, and inversionN. Bleistein, J.K. Cohen · 2000
Reflecting Telescope Optics IRaymond N. Wilson · 2007
Astronomical optics and elasticity theoryGérard René Lemaitre · 2009
Reflection high-energy electron diffraction and reflection electron imaging of surfacesNATO Advanced Research Workshop on Reflection High-Energy Electron Diffraction and Reflection Electron Imaging of Surfaces (1987 Veldhoven, Netherlands) · 1988
Using the Meade ETXMike Weasner · 2002- 📕Apparatus for simultaneous measurement of mass change, optical transmittance, and reflectance of thin filmsAlvin Warren Czanderna · 1978
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đź”— Related topics
- Specular reflection Specular reflection, or regular reflection, is the mirror-like reflection of waves, such as light, from a surface. The law of reflection states that a…
- X-ray optics X-ray optics is the branch of optics dealing with X-rays, rather than visible light. It deals with focusing and other ways of manipulating the X-ray beams…
- Retroreflector A retroreflector (sometimes called a retroflector or cataphote) is a device or surface that reflects light or other radiation back to its source with minimum…
- Total internal reflection In physics, total internal reflection (TIR) is the phenomenon in which waves arriving at the interface (boundary) from one medium to another (e.g., from…
- Plane of incidence In describing reflection and refraction in optics, the plane of incidence (also called the incidence plane or the meridional plane[citation needed]) is…
- Brewster's angle Brewster's angle (also known as the polarization angle) is the angle of incidence at which light with a particular polarization is perfectly transmitted…
- Fresnel equations The Fresnel equations (or Fresnel coefficients) describe the reflection and transmission of light (or electromagnetic radiation in general) when incident…
- Reflectance The reflectance of the surface of a material is its effectiveness in reflecting radiant energy. It is the fraction of incident electromagnetic power that…