Atomic, molecular, and optical physicsAtomic, molecular, and optical physics (AMO) is the study of matter–matter and light–matter interactions, at the scale of one or a few atoms and energy scales around several electron volts. The three areas are closely interrelated. AMO theory includes classical, semi-classical and quantum treatments. Typically, the theory and applications of emission, absorption, scattering of electromagnetic radiation (light) from excited atoms and molecules, analysis of spectroscopy, generation of lasers and masers, and the optical properties of matter in general, fall into these categories.
Index ellipsoidIn crystal optics, the index ellipsoid (also known as the optical indicatrix or sometimes as the dielectric ellipsoid) is a geometric construction which concisely represents the refractive indices and associated polarizations of light, as functions of the orientation of the wavefront, in a doubly-refractive crystal (provided that the crystal does not exhibit optical rotation).
Art dégénéréArt dégénéré (en allemand : de ) est l'expression officielle adoptée par le régime nazi pour interdire l'art moderne en faveur d'un art officiel appelé l'« art héroïque ». La théorie était la suivante : l'art héroïque a symbolisé l'art racial pur, la libération de la déformation et de la corruption, alors que les modèles modernes déviaient de la norme prescrite de la beauté classique. Les artistes de races pures ont produit l'art racial pur, et les artistes modernes d'une contrainte raciale inférieure ont produit les travaux qui étaient dégénérés.
Degenerate Art exhibitionThe Degenerate Art exhibition (Die Ausstellung "Entartete Kunst") was an art exhibition organized by Adolf Ziegler and the Nazi Party in Munich from 19 July to 30 November 1937. The exhibition presented 650 works of art, confiscated from German museums, and was staged in counterpoint to the concurrent Great German Art Exhibition. The day before the exhibition started, Adolf Hitler delivered a speech declaring "merciless war" on cultural disintegration, attacking "chatterboxes, dilettantes and art swindlers".
