How to Use scalar in a Sentence
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That’s exactly the case that would call for a scalar field.
—Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
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Set things up just right and at large spatial scales, the scalar field interacts only with itself and acts like dark matter.
—Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 20 Nov. 2020
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In scalar-tensor theories, there are also objects called scalars.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Feb. 2022
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One set of theories is known as Tensor-vector-scalar gravity (TeVeS), which adds an extra field to gravity.
—Jesse Emspak, Smithsonian, 1 Nov. 2017
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This instability, which is the hallmark of spontaneous scalarization, is expected to endow the black hole with scalar hair.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 14 Dec. 2020
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Since this is a scalar equation, the gravitational force will be negative, meaning downward movement.
—Rhett Allain, Wired, 15 Oct. 2021
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One of Linde’s ideas is that in the early universe, scalar field energy should be constantly created at various magnitudes due to quantum effects.
—Alan Lightman, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
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The comparison provided both the distance to the CMB and the scalar dimensions of its features, allowing the Planck team to clock the primordial universe’s expansion rate at just 67.3 kilometers per second per megaparsec.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 16 May 2018
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Other elementary particles—those that researchers don’t believe can be divided any further—include six flavors of leptons and the Higgs, known as a scalar boson.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 19 June 2018
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The scalar field would have braided itself into the gravitational field in a way that exerted negative pressure on the universe, reversing the contraction and driving space-time apart —without destabilizing everything.
—Quanta Magazine, 31 Jan. 2018
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These modifications of general relativity also introduce a scalar field.
—Katia Moskvitch, WIRED, 6 May 2018
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That’s exactly the case that would call for a scalar field.
—Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
-
Set things up just right and at large spatial scales, the scalar field interacts only with itself and acts like dark matter.
—Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 20 Nov. 2020
-
In scalar-tensor theories, there are also objects called scalars.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Feb. 2022
-
One set of theories is known as Tensor-vector-scalar gravity (TeVeS), which adds an extra field to gravity.
—Jesse Emspak, Smithsonian, 1 Nov. 2017
-
This instability, which is the hallmark of spontaneous scalarization, is expected to endow the black hole with scalar hair.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 14 Dec. 2020
-
Since this is a scalar equation, the gravitational force will be negative, meaning downward movement.
—Rhett Allain, Wired, 15 Oct. 2021
-
One of Linde’s ideas is that in the early universe, scalar field energy should be constantly created at various magnitudes due to quantum effects.
—Alan Lightman, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
-
The comparison provided both the distance to the CMB and the scalar dimensions of its features, allowing the Planck team to clock the primordial universe’s expansion rate at just 67.3 kilometers per second per megaparsec.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 16 May 2018
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Other elementary particles—those that researchers don’t believe can be divided any further—include six flavors of leptons and the Higgs, known as a scalar boson.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 19 June 2018
-
The scalar field would have braided itself into the gravitational field in a way that exerted negative pressure on the universe, reversing the contraction and driving space-time apart —without destabilizing everything.
—Quanta Magazine, 31 Jan. 2018
-
These modifications of general relativity also introduce a scalar field.
—Katia Moskvitch, WIRED, 6 May 2018
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