Anomaly
Anomaly may refer to:
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Physics
Anomalous diffusion , the movement of molecules from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration
Anomalous dispersion (optics), when the speed of an electromagnetic wave increases with increasing frequency
Anomalon , a hypothetical type of nuclear matter that shows an anomalously large reactive cross section
Anomaly (physics) , a failure of a symmetry of a theory's classical action
Conformal anomaly , a quantum phenomenon that breaks the conformal symmetry of the classical theory
Chiral anomaly , an anomalous nonconservation of a chiral current
Gauge anomaly , the effect of quantum mechanics that invalidates the gauge symmetry of a quantum field theory
Global anomaly , in quantum physics
Gravitational anomaly , an effect in quantum mechanics that invalidates the general covariance of some theories of general relativity
Konishi anomaly , the violation of the conservation of the Noether current associated with certain transformations
Mixed anomaly , an effect in quantum mechanics
Parity anomaly , associated with parity
Astronomy
In astronomy, an anomaly of an elliptical orbit, generally measured with respect to an apsis , usually the periapsis
Anomalous precession , another term for "apsidal precession"
Eccentric anomaly , an intermediate value used to compute the position of a celestial object as a function of time
Flyby anomaly , an unexpected energy increase during the flybys of the Earth by various satellites
Mean anomaly , a measure of time in the study of orbital dynamics
Pioneer anomaly , the observed deviation of the trajectories of some uncrewed space probes, and especially Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11
South Atlantic Anomaly , an area where the Earth's inner Van Allen radiation belt comes closest to the Earth's surface
True anomaly , the angle between the direction of periapsis and the current position of an object on its orbit
Fictional entities
Anomaly, a rift in the space-time continuum in the television series Futurama
Anomaly, any shortcut to hyperspace travel in Robert Heinlein's novels of the 1950s, today called wormholes
"Anomaly" (Star Trek: Enterprise ) , a 2003 episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
The Anomaly , a 2014 film
Anomaly (comics) , a villain in DC Comics
Anomaly (Primeval) , a time portal in the TV series Primeval
Spatial anomaly , an extraordinary disruption in the space-time continuum in the Star Trek universe
The Fortean anomaly , in the work of Charles Fort
The Tycho Magnetic Anomaly (TMA) on the Moon in the novel and in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey by Sir Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick
Entities in the SCP universe, often referred to as "anomalies"
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