Modern Physics 1st edition

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• Chapter 1: Historical Overview
  • 1.1: Pre-20th Century Physics
  • 1.2: History of the Kinetic Theory of Gases
  • 1.3: History of the Models of Light
  • 1.4: Fundamental Forces and Unification
  • 1.5: History of Atomic Theory
  • 1.6: Problems with Classical Physics
  
  
• Chapter 2: Special Relativity
  • 2.1: The Concept of the Ether
  • 2.2: The Michelson-Morley Experiment
  • 2.3: The Two Postulates of Special Relativity
  • 2.4: Lorentz Transformation
  • 2.5: Time Dilation; Length Contraction
  • 2.6: Adding Velocities in Special Relativity
  • 2.7: Experiments Confirming Relativity
  • 2.8: The Twin Paradox
  • 2.9: Spacetime Intervals and Diagrams
  • 2.10: The Relativistic Doppler Effect
  • 2.11: Momentum in Special Relativity
  • 2.12: Energy in Special Relativity
  • 2.13: Units and Calculations
  • 2.14: Relativity and Electromagnetism
  
  
• Chapter 3: Early Quantum Physics
  • 3.1: X-Rays; Electrons
  • 3.2: Charge of the Electron
  • 3.3: Line Spectra
  • 3.4: Quantization in Nature
  • 3.5: Blackbody Radiation
  • 3.6: The Photoelectric Effect
  • 3.7: Producing X-Rays; Bremsstrahlung
  • 3.8: The Compton Effect
  • 3.9: Positrons; Pair Production; Annihilation
  
  
• Chapter 4: Atomic Structure
  • 4.1: Early Atomic Models
  • 4.2: Rutherford Scattering
  • 4.3: Planetary Atomic Model
  • 4.4: The Bohr Model
  • 4.5: Bohr Model: Predictions and Limits
  • 4.6: Characteristic X-Rays
  • 4.7: Franck-Hertz Experiment; Atomic Energy Levels
  
  
• Chapter 5: Wave Properties of Matter and Wave Functions
  • 5.1: X-Ray Diffraction
  • 5.2: Matter Waves and De Broglie Wavelength
  • 5.3: Electron Diffraction
  • 5.4: Waves
  • 5.5: Wave-Particle Duality
  • 5.6: The Uncertainty Principle
  • 5.7: Wave Functions and Probability
  • 5.8: The Particle-in-a-Box Model
  
  
• Chapter 6: Quantum Mechanics
  • 6.1: The Schrödinger Equation
  • 6.2: Expectation Values and Operators
  • 6.3: The Infinite Square Well Potential
  • 6.4: The Finite Square Well Potential
  • 6.5: The Infinite Square Well in Three Dimensions
  • 6.6: The Quantum Simple Harmonic Oscillator
  • 6.7: Tunneling
  
  
• Chapter 7: Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
  • 7.1: Applying the Schrödinger Equation to the Hydrogen Atom
  • 7.2: Solving the Schrödinger Equation for the Hydrogen Atom
  • 7.3: Quantum Numbers
  • 7.4: The Normal Zeeman Effect
  • 7.5: Spin Angular Momentum
  • 7.6: Selection Rules; Probability Distribution Functions
  
  
• Chapter 8: Atomic Physics
  • 8.1: Pauli Exclusion Principle; Periodic Table
  • 8.2: Total Angular Momentum
  • 8.3: The Anomalous Zeeman Effect
  
  
• Chapter 9: Introduction to Statistical Mechanics
  • 9.1: History of Statistical Physics
  • 9.2: Velocity Distribution for an Ideal Gas
  • 9.3: The Equipartition Theorem
  • 9.4: Speed Distribution for an Ideal Gas
  • 9.5: Classical and Quantum Distributions
  • 9.6: Fermi-Dirac Statistics; Electron Gasses and Conduction
  • 9.7: Bose-Einstein Statistics; Superfluids and Condensates
  
  
• Chapter 10: The Physics of Molecules and Solids
  • 10.1: Molecular Bonds and Emission Spectra
  • 10.2: Lasers and Stimulated Emission
  • 10.3: Solids: Bonding and Crystal Structure
  • 10.4: Solids: Thermal and Magnetic Properties
  • 10.5: Superconductivity: Theory
  • 10.6: Superconductivity: Devices and Applications
  
  
• Chapter 11: Semiconductors
  • 11.1: Band Theory
  • 11.2: Semiconductor Theory; Thermoelectric Effect
  • 11.3: Semiconductor Devices and Applications
  • 11.4: Introduction to Nanotechnology
  
  
• Chapter 12: Nuclear Physics I
  • 12.1: Neutrons
  • 12.2: Properties of the Nucleus
  • 12.3: The Deuteron: Binding Energy and Properties
  • 12.4: The Nuclear Force and Potential
  • 12.5: Stability of Nuclei
  • 12.6: Radioactivity
  • 12.7: Modes of Radioactive Decay
  • 12.8: Decay Series
  
  
• Chapter 13: Nuclear Physics II
  • 13.1: Nuclear Reactions; Cross Sections
  • 13.2: Relativistic Kinematics of Nuclear Reactions
  • 13.3: Mechanisms of Nuclear Reactions
  • 13.4: Nuclear Fission
  • 13.5: Nuclear Reactors
  • 13.6: Nuclear Fusion
  • 13.7: Other Applications
  
  
• Chapter 14: Particle Physics
  • 14.1: Early History of Particle Physics
  • 14.2: Fundamental Interactions and The Standard Model
  • 14.3: Types of Particles
  • 14.4: Symmetries and Conservation Laws
  • 14.5: Quarks and Hadron Composition
  • 14.6: Quark and Lepton Families
  • 14.7: Frontiers of Particle Physics
  • 14.8: Particle Accelerators
  
  
• Chapter 15: General Relativity
  • 15.1: The Principle of Equivalence and Spacetime Curvature
  • 15.2: Evidence of General Relativity
  • 15.3: Gravitational Waves
  • 15.4: Black Holes
  • 15.5: Lense-Thirring and Geodetic Effects
  
  
• Chapter 16: Cosmology and Astrophysics
  • 16.1: The Big Bang: Observational Evidence
  • 16.2: The Big Bang: Theory
  • 16.3: Evolution of Stars
  • 16.4: Galaxies; Supernovae
  • 16.5: Inflation; Dark Matter; Dark Energy
  • 16.6: Determining the Age of the Universe
  • 16.7: The Standard Model of Cosmology
  • 16.8: The Fate of the Universe