# Index of physics articles (D)

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## Index of physics articles

* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## D

* D band (NATO)
* D band (waveguide)
* D'Alembert's paradox
* D'Alembert's principle
* D'Alembert force
* D'Alembert–Euler condition
* D-brane
* D-term
* D. Van Holliday
* D0 experiment
* DAFNE
* DAMA/LIBRA
* DAMA/NaI
* DBrn
* DCOMP
* DEAP
* DEEP2 Redshift Survey
* DELPHI experiment
* DESY
* DGLAP
* DGP model
* DIDO (nuclear reactor)
* DIII-D (tokamak)
* DNA condensation
* DNG metamaterial
* DONUT
* DUMAND Project
* D meson
* Daan Frenkel
* Dai Chuanzeng
* Dale A. Anderson
* Dalitz plot
* Dallas Abbott
* Dalton's law
* Daly detector
* Damping ratio
* Damping matrix
* Damping torque
* Dan Danknick
* Dan Jacobo Beninson
* Dan McKenzie (geophysicist)
* Dan Shechtman
* Danah Zohar
* Dangerously irrelevant operator
* Dangling bond
* Daniel Bernoulli
* Daniel C. Tsui
* Daniel Chonghan Hong
* Daniel D. Joseph
* Daniel Frank Walls
* Daniel Friedan
* Daniel Frost Comstock
* Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
* Daniel Gillespie
* Daniel Gottesman
* Daniel Gralath
* Daniel Isaachsen (physicist)
* Daniel Joseph Bradley
* Daniel Kastler
* Daniel Kleppner
* Daniel L. Stein
* Daniel Lidar
* Daniel Loss
* Daniel Webster Hering
* Daniel Z. Freedman
* Daniel Zajfman
* Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
* Daraf
* Darcy's law
* Darcy friction factor formulae
* Darcy–Weisbach equation
* Daresbury Laboratory
* Dark-energy-dominated era
* Dark-energy star
* DarkSide (dark matter experiment)
* Dark current (physics)
* Dark energy
* Dark flow
* Dark fluid
* Dark galaxy
* Dark matter
* Dark optical trap
* Dark radiation
* Dark star (Newtonian mechanics)
* Dark star (dark matter)
* Dark state
* Dart leader
* Darwin–Radau equation
* Darwin drift
* Dasar
* Data acquisition
* Data analysis
* Daulat Singh Kothari
* Dave Green (astrophysicist)
* Dave Thomas (physicist)
* Davey–Stewartson equation
* David A. Frank-Kamenetskii
* David A. Weitz
* David Adler (physicist)
* David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics
* David Allan Bromley
* David Alter
* David Avison
* David Awschalom
* David B. Kaplan
* David B. Malament
* David Bates (physicist)
* David Berenstein
* David Blair (physicist)
* David Bohm
* David Brewster
* David Callaway
* David Carroll (physicist)
* David Ceperley
* David Chandler (chemist)
* David Chapman (scientist)
* David Cockayne
* David Cohen (physicist)
* David Crighton
* David Delano Clark
* David Deming
* David Deutsch
* David Douglass
* David Dunlap Observatory
* David E. Aspnes
* David E. Goldman
* David E. Kaplan (physicist)
* David E. Pritchard
* David Enskog
* David Evans (mathematician)
* David Faiman
* David Field (astrophysicist)
* David Finkelstein
* David Flower
* David Goodstein
* David Griffiths (physicist)
* David Gross
* David H. Frisch
* David H. Lyth
* David H. Munro
* David Halliday (physicist)
* David C. Hanna
* David Hestenes
* David Hilbert
* David J. Brenner
* David J. C. MacKay
* David J. Lockwood
* David J. Smith (physicist)
* David J. Thouless
* David Jaffray
* David John Candlin
* David K. Ferry
* David Kaiser (physicist)
* David Keynes Hill
* David Klyshko
* David L. Fried
* David L. Webster
* David Lee (physicist)
* David Lindley (physicist)
* David M. Dennison
* David McNiven Garner
* David Medved
* David Mermin
* David Mervyn Blow
* David N. Payne
* David Norman (ornithologist)
* David Olive
* David P. Landau
* David Parry (biophysicist)
* David Pegg (physicist)
* David Pines
* David R. Nygren
* David Reitze
* David Robert Nelson
* David Ruelle
* David S. Cafiso
* David Saltzberg
* David Schramm (astrophysicist)
* David Shoenberg
* David Spergel
* David States
* David Strangway
* David Tabor
* David Todd Wilkinson
* David Vanderbilt
* David W. Turner
* David Wallace (physicist)
* David Wands
* David Willey (physicist)
* David William Dye
* Davidson correction
* Davisson–Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics
* Davisson–Germer experiment
* Davydov soliton
* Dawes' limit
* Dawn chorus (electromagnetic)
* Day length
* Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment
* Daylight
* Daylight factor
* Dayton Miller
* Dbx (noise reduction)
* DeWitt Bristol Brace
* DeWitt notation
* De Broglie–Bohm theory
* De Bruijn graph
* De Haas–van Alphen effect
* De Laval nozzle
* De Magnete
* De Sitter double star experiment
* De Sitter invariant special relativity
* De Sitter precession
* De Sitter space
* De Sitter universe
* De Sitter–Schwarzschild metric
* De motu corporum in gyrum
* De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
* Dead time
* Dean number
* Deane B. Judd
* Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
* Debendra Mohan Bose
* Deborah S. Jin
* Deborah number
* Debra Searles
* Debye frequency
* Debye model
* Debye relaxation
* Debye sheath
* Debye–Falkenhagen effect
* Debye–Waller factor
* Decay chain
* Decay energy
* Decay heat
* Decay product
* Deceleration parameter
* Decibel
* Decollimation
* Deconfinement
* Decorrelation
* Decoy state
* Deep-dose equivalent
* Deep-level transient spectroscopy
* Deep-level trap
* Deep Impact (spacecraft)
* Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory
* Deep inelastic scattering
* Defining equation (physical chemistry)
* Deflected slipstream
* Deflection (physics)
* Defocus aberration
* Deformable body
* Deformation (engineering)
* Deformation (mechanics)
* Degasification
* Degasperis–Procesi equation
* Degaussing
* Degenerate energy levels
* Degenerate matter
* Degenerate orbital
* Degree of coherence
* Degree of ionization
* Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)
* Dehydron
* Dejan Milošević
* Delaunay tessellation field estimator
* Delayed choice quantum eraser
* Delayed nuclear radiation
* Delocalized electron
* Delta-v
* Delta-v (physics)
* Delta-v budget
* Delta baryon
* Delta potential
* Delta ray
* Delta wing
* Demagnetizing field
* Dember effect
* Demetrios Christodoulou
* Demetrius Hondros
* Democratic principle
* Denaturation (fissile materials)
* Dendrite (metal)
* Deng Jiaxian
* Denge
* Denis Evans
* Denis Papin
* Denis Rousseau
* Denis Weaire
* Dennis Dieks
* Dennis Gabor
* Dennis William Sciama
* Dense plasma focus
* Densitometry
* Density
* Density functional theory
* Density matrix
* Density matrix renormalization group
* Density of air
* Density of states
* Density wave theory
* Denys Wilkinson
* Denys Wilkinson Building
* Department of Applied Science, UC Davis
* Department of Atomic Energy (India)
* Departure function
* Dephasing
* Depolarization ratio
* Deposition (aerosol physics)
* Deposition (phase transition)
* Depression storage capacity
* Depth of field
* Depth–slope product
* Derecho
* Derek Abbott
* Derek Barton
* Derivation of the Navier–Stokes equations
* Deriving the Schwarzschild solution
* Desert (particle physics)
* Desmond King-Hele
* Desorption
* Detached eddy simulation
* Detailed balance
* Detection of internally reflected Cherenkov light
* Determinism
* Deterministic system
* Detlef Quadfasel
* Detlev Buchholz
* Deuterium
* Deuterium-depleted water
* Deuterium burning
* Deutsche Physik
* Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
* Deutsch–Jozsa algorithm
* Dew
* Dew point
* Dew point depression
* Dewbow
* Dewetting
* Dexter electron transfer
* Dextrorotation and levorotation
* Di-positronium
* Diabatic representation
* Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
* Dialysis tubing
* Dialyt lens
* Dialyte lens
* Diamagnetism
* Diamond Light Source
* Diamond anvil cell
* Diamond cubic
* Diamond dust
* Diamond knife
* Diaphragm (acoustics)
* Diaphragm (mechanical device)
* Diatomic carbon
* Dibaryon
* Dichroic filter
* Dichroism
* Dichromatism
* Dick Teresi
* Diederik Korteweg
* Dielectric
* Dielectric barrier discharge
* Dielectric breakdown model
* Dielectric complex reluctance
* Dielectric dispersion
* Dielectric heating
* Dielectric mirror
* Dielectric relaxation
* Dielectric reluctance
* Dielectric spectroscopy
* Dielectric strength
* Dielectric wall accelerator
* Dielectrophoresis
* Diesel cycle
* Dieter Langbein
* Dieter Lüst
* Dieter Matthaei
* Dieter Weichert
* Dietrich Küchemann
* Diffeomorphism constraint
* Difference density map
* Differential entropy
* Differential rotation
* Differential scanning calorimetry
* Differential stress
* Diffraction
* Diffraction-limited system
* Diffraction grating
* Diffraction standard
* Diffraction tomography
* Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment
* Diffuse element method
* Diffuse reflection
* Diffuse sky radiation
* Diffuser (optics)
* Diffusing-wave spectroscopy
* Diffusion
* Diffusion (acoustics)
* Diffusion current
* Diffusion damping
* Diffusion equation
* Diffuson
* Digital holographic microscopy
* Digital magnetofluidics
* Digital physics
* Digital room correction
* Dihedral (aircraft)
* Dilatant
* Dilaton
* Dilution of precision (GPS)
* Dimensional analysis
* Dimensional deconstruction
* Dimensional reduction
* Dimensional regularization
* Dimensional transmutation
* Dimensionless Hubble parameter
* Dimensionless physical constant
* Dimensionless quantity
* Dimitri Nanopoulos
* Dimitri Riabouchinsky
* Dineutron
* Diocotron instability
* Diode
* Diode-pumped solid-state laser
* Dioptric correction
* Dioptrics
* Dip circle
* Dipan Ghosh
* Dipankar Home
* Dipleidoscope
* Dipolar
* Dipolar polarization
* Dipole
* Dipole (disambiguation)
* Dipole anisotropy
* Dipole magnet
* Dipole model of the Earth's magnetic field
* Dipole–dipole attraction
* Diproton
* Diquark
* Dirac Prize
* Dirac adjoint
* Dirac delta function
* Dirac equation
* Dirac equation in the algebra of physical space
* Dirac fermion
* Dirac large numbers hypothesis
* Dirac operator
* Dirac sea
* Dirac spinor
* Dirac string
* Direct-current discharge
* Direct and indirect band gaps
* Direct laser lithography
* Direct laser writing
* Direct numerical simulation
* Direct quantum chemistry
* Directed-energy weapon
* Directed percolation
* Directional-hemispherical reflectance
* Directional Recoil Identification From Tracks
* Directional sound
* Directional stability
* Directivity
* Dirichlet problem
* Dirk Bouwmeester
* Dirk Brockmann
* Dirk Coster
* Dirk Kreimer
* Dirk Polder
* Dirk Reuyl
* Dirk ter Haar
* Disc permeameter
* Discharge pressure
* Discotic liquid crystal
* Discoveries of extrasolar planets
* Discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation
* Discrete Lorentzian quantum gravity
* Discrete dipole approximation
* Discrete dipole approximation codes
* Discrete element method
* Discrete optimized protein energy
* Discrete spectrum (physics)
* Discrete symmetry
* Disgregation
* Disorder operator
* Dispersion-shifted fiber
* Dispersion (optics)
* Dispersion (physics)
* Dispersion (radiation)
* Dispersion (water waves)
* Dispersion relation
* Dispersive mass transfer
* Dispersive prism
* Displacement (fluid)
* Displacement (vector)
* Displacement current
* Displacement field (mechanics)
* Displacement operator
* Displacement thickness
* Displayed average noise level
* Disruptive discharge
* Dissipation
* Dissipation factor
* Dissipative particle dynamics
* Dissipative system
* Dissociative recombination
* Dissymmetry of lift
* Distance measures (cosmology)
* Distance modulus
* Distortion (optics)
* Distortion free energy density
* Distributed Bragg reflector
* Distributed acoustic sensing
* Distributed feedback laser
* Distribution function
* Divergence
* Divergence theorem
* Divertor
* Dmitri Ivanenko
* Dmitri Skobeltsyn
* Dmitri Z. Garbuzov
* Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov
* Dmitry Nalivkin
* Dmitry Shirkov
* Dmitry Zubarev
* Dmrg of Heisenberg model
* Does God Play Dice? The New Mathematics of Chaos
* Dogan Abukay
* Domain theory of ferromagnetism
* Domain wall (magnetism)
* Domain wall (optics)
* Domain wall (string theory)
* Domenico Pacini
* Dominique Lorentz
* Don Hendrix
* Don Kirkham
* Don L. Anderson
* Don Misener
* Donald A. Glaser
* Donald Braben
* Donald Cooksey
* Donald Ginsberg
* Donald H. Weingarten
* Donald Hill Perkins
* Donald J. Hughes
* Donald Keck
* Donald Lynden-Bell
* Donald MacCrimmon MacKay
* Donald Marolf
* Donald N. Langenberg
* Donald R. F. Harleman
* Donald R. Herriott
* Donald William Kerst
* Donor (semiconductors)
* Donor impurity
* Dopant
* Doping (semiconductor)
* Doppler broadening
* Doppler cooling
* Doppler cooling limit
* Doppler effect
* Doppler spectroscopy
* Dopplergraph
* Dorothy Nickerson
* Dorte Juul Jensen
* Dose fractionation
* Dosimeter
* Dosimetry
* Double-exchange mechanism
* Double-slit experiment
* Double Chooz
* Double beta decay
* Double diffusive convection
* Double electron capture
* Double inverted pendulum
* Double ionization
* Double negative metamaterial
* Double negative metamaterials
* Double pendulum
* Doublet (lens)
* Doublet state
* Doublet–triplet splitting problem
* Doubly ionized oxygen
* Doubly special relativity
* Doughnut theory of the universe
* Douglas Hartree
* Douglas Osheroff
* Douglas P. Verret
* Douglas Ross (physicist)
* Douglas Sea Scale
* Douglas Warrick
* Down quark
* Downburst
* Downforce
* Downhill folding
* Downton pump
* Downwash
* Drag-resistant aerospike
* Drag (fluid mechanics)
* Drag (physics)
* Drag Polar
* Drag coefficient
* Drag count
* Drag crisis
* Drag divergence Mach number
* Drag equation
* Dragon reactor
* Draupner wave
* Drell–Yan process
* Drift (plasma physics)
* Drift current
* Drift velocity
* Drinking bird
* Driven oscillations
* Drop (liquid)
* Drude model
* Drummond Matthews
* Dry-bulb temperature
* Dry ice
* Du Noüy ring method
* Du Qinghua
* Dual lattice
* Dual polarization interferometry
* Dual resonance model
* Dual superconductor model
* Dual tensor
* Duality (electricity and magnetism)
* Duane H. Cooper
* Duane–Hunt law
* Ducted propeller
* Ductility
* Dudley Williams (physicist)
* Duhamel's integral
* Duhem–Margules equation
* Dulong–Petit law
* Dumb hole
* Duncan Haldane
* Duncan J. Watts
* Duncan T. Moore
* Duoplasmatron
* Durmus A. Demir
* Duru–Kleinert transformation
* Dust (relativity)
* Dust devil
* Dust solution
* Dusty plasma
* Dutch roll
* Dwarf galaxy problem
* Dwarf planet
* Dyadics
* Dye-sensitized solar cell
* Dye laser
* Dynameter
* Dynamic aperture
* Dynamic aperture (accelerator physics)
* Dynamic equilibrium
* Dynamic light scattering
* Dynamic modulus
* Dynamic nuclear polarisation
* Dynamic pressure
* Dynamic scattering mode
* Dynamic speckle
* Dynamic stall
* Dynamic structure factor
* Dynamical billiards
* Dynamical friction
* Dynamical horizon
* Dynamical simulation
* Dynamical symmetry breaking
* Dynamical system
* Dynamical system (definition)
* Dynamical theory of diffraction
* Dynamical time scale
* Dynamics (mechanics)
* Dynamics of Markovian particles
* Dynamics of the celestial spheres
* Dynamitron
* Dynamo theory
* Dyon
* Dyson's eternal intelligence
* Dyson series
* Dyson sphere
* Dyson tree
* Dysprosium titanate
* Dénes Berényi
* Désiré van Monckhoven
* Détecteur à Grande Acceptance pour la Physique Photonucléaire Expérimentale (DAPHNE)
* Dühring's rule