Publisher: Bureau International des Poids et Mesures.
Cited passages: International Bureau of Weights and Measures, SI Brochure, ninth edition: section 2.2, printed pp. 123–125 (defining constants and alpha relation); section 2.3.1, printed p. 128 (ampere, epsilon0 and mu0); 26th CGPM Resolution 1, printed p. 194 (20 May 2019 effective date).
Additional inspected version: 4.01, June 2026; 2019 remains the original ninth-edition publication year. BIPM issues and hosts the brochure. Inspected locators: English §2.3.4, printed pp. 132–134, discussion and Table 4, notes (b), (c) and (g).
Official NIST SP 330 parallel SI text: www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-330/sp-330-section-2 . Section2.3.4 gives coherent derived-unit identities, states that the IEC var is identical to the volt ampere in coherent SI units, and emphasizes that a unit alone does not identify the physical quantity.
Open and Short Compensation and Z Port Extension by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-13 Updated 2026-11-05
Cited passages: Keysight Technologies, Open/Short Compensation and Z Port Extension, Overview and Open/Short Compensation: fixture open admittance and short impedance; compensation performed at the measurement terminals.
Materials Measurement: Dielectric Materials by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-13 Updated 2026-11-05
Cited passages: Keysight Technologies, Materials Measurement: Dielectric Materials, Problem and Solution: parallel electrodes, guarded measurement, specimen flatness and fixture compensation; inspected HTML asset-page text; Materials Measurement: Dielectric Materials, Solution: air gaps, frequency limits of guarding and temperature control.
CO2 viewing cell by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-13 Updated 2026-11-05
Publisher: ISOP project website.
Cited passages: CO2 viewing cell, 7 June 2024: paragraphs describing the isochoric cooldown, displayed temperature/pressure, and reflected/transmitted appearance.
Published in Physics Reports.
Cited passages: Hugo Touchette, The large deviation approach to statistical mechanics, §V.F, printed pp. 55–57: stable and tempered interactions and existence of the thermodynamic limit.
Published in Physical Review X 6, 031033 (2016).
Cited passages: Tsang, Nair and Lu, Quantum Theory of Superresolution for Two Incoherent Optical Point Sources, abstract and published-version metadata: separation estimation beyond the Rayleigh convention.
Resolution by Michael W. Davidson by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-13 Updated 2026-11-05
Publisher: Nikon Instruments, MicroscopyU.
Cited passages: Michael W. Davidson, Resolution, Formula 2 and discussion after Formulas 1–3: criterion and illumination dependence.
Oscillations and Waves by Richard Fitzpatrick by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-13 Updated 2026-11-05
Publisher: University of Texas at Austin (author teaching site).
Numerical Aperture by Michael W. Davidson by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-13 Updated 2026-11-05
Publisher: Nikon Instruments, MicroscopyU.
Cited passages: Michael W. Davidson, Numerical Aperture, Formula 1 and object-side convention.
Published in Advanced Characterization Techniques for Optics, Semiconductors, and Nanotechnologies II.
Publisher: SPIE, Bellingham, WA.
Published in Proceedings of SPIE, volume 5878, article 58781B (proceedings series, not treated as the parent title).
Cited passages: §2 and Fig. 1, pp. 2–3: apparatus; §3.2 and Figs. 4–5, pp. 4–5: bead-size comparison and limitations.
Laboratory 16: Stirling Engine by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-13 Updated 2026-11-05
Thermodynamics and Propulsion by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-13 Updated 2026-11-05
Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Cited passages: Thermodynamics and Propulsion, §1.2.2, system boundaries and closed systems; §1.2.3, sufficient state properties; §§1.2.5–1.2.6, process paths and quasi-equilibrium descriptions.
Cited passages: Thermodynamics and Propulsion, §1.3.1, heat crosses boundaries and is not stored; §1.3.3, external pressure, frictionless quasistatic limit and Figures 1.10–1.11; §1.3.4, Figure 1.14, resistor versus combined resistor/water boundary.
Cited passages: Thermodynamics and Propulsion, §2.1, points 3–5, equation 2.2 and sign conventions.
Cited passages: Thermodynamics and Propulsion, §5.3, opening reversible dW = p dV and dQ = T dS substitutions; §5.3, relations between state properties and enthalpy definition.
The notes title page credits E. M. Greitzer, Z. S. Spakovszky and I. A. Waitz as authors, separately from a LaTeX editing credit. The 2008 date is the copyright/course year; no separate section publication date is established.
Phys 460, Fall 2006 by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-13 Updated 2026-11-05
Published in Nature.
Cited passages: Main text pp. 3–5, figures 1–2; supplement, Experimental setup, pp. 3–5 and figure S2; Main text pp. 3–5; supplement pp. 2–4 and 6–7, figure S3: selection rules, illumination tests, line corrections and deviations.
Excitons in Semiconductor Quantum Dots by Matjaž Humar by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-13 Updated 2026-11-05
Seminar for Theory of Nanomaterials.
Cited passages: Humar, §3, printed p. 6: small-radius Frenkel contrast; Humar, §3, printed pp. 5–6, equations (13)–(26); Matjaž Humar, Excitons in Semiconductor Quantum Dots, §3, printed pp. 4–6: bound pairs, effective masses and localized contrast.

Pinned article: Introduction to the OurBigBook Project

Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
Everyone is welcome to create an account and play with the site: ourbigbook.com/go/register. We belive that students themselves can write amazing tutorials, but teachers are welcome too. You can write about anything you want, it doesn't have to be STEM or even educational. Silly test content is very welcome and you won't be penalized in any way. Just keep it legal!
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    This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.
    Figure 1.
    Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page
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    Figure 5. . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally.
    Video 3.
    Edit locally and publish demo
    . Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension.
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