(Ebook) Introduction To Modern Physics Theoretical Foundations 1st Edition by John Dirk Walecka ISBN 9812812253 978-9812812254

(Ebook) Introduction To Modern Physics Theoretical Foundations 1st Edition by John Dirk Walecka ISBN 9812812253 978-9812812254

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ISBN 10: 9812812253 

ISBN 13: 978-9812812254

Author: John Dirk Walecka

Our understanding of the physical world was revolutionized in the twentieth century the era of modern physics''. This book, aimed at the very best students, presents the foundations and frontiers of today's physics. It focuses on the following topics: quantum mechanics; applications in atomic, nuclear, particle, and condensed-matter physics; special relativity; relativistic quantum mechanics, including the Dirac equation and Feynman diagrams; quantum fields; and general relativity. The aim is to cover these topics in sufficient depth such that things make sense'' to students and they can achieve an elementary working knowledge of them. Many problems are included, a great number of which take dedicated readers just as far as they want to go in modern physics. Although the book is designed so that one can, in principle, read and follow the text without doing any of the problems, the reader is urged to attempt as many of them as possible. Several appendices help bring the reader up to speed on any additional required mathematics. With very few exceptions, the reader should then find the text, together with the appendices and problems, to be self-contained. Contents: Classical Physics; Some Contradictions; Quantum Mechanics; Atomic Physics; Nuclear Physics; Particle Physics; Special Relativity; Relativistic Quantum Mechanics; General Relativity; Quantum Fluids; Quantum Fields; Problems.

Table of contents: 

2. Thales of Miletus
4. Philolaus
5. Anaxagoras and Empedocles
6. Democritus
8. Aristotle
10. Aristarchus
12. From the Greeks to Copernicus
13. The Copernican System
1. The Growing Dissatisfaction with Author
2. Galileo Galilei
3. Tycho and Kepler
4. The Experimental Method Spreads
5. Sir Isaac Newton
8. Heat during the Eighteenth Century
9. Light during the Eighteenth Century
10. Electricity during the Eighteenth Century
1. Heat and Energy
2. Light
4. Michael Faraday
5. Joseph Henry
6. James Clerk Maxwell
1. The Electrostatic System of Electrical Units
2. The Electromagnetic System of Electrical Units
3. Ratio of the Two Systems of Units
4. Some Fundamental Formulae
5. Maxwell’s Differential Equations of the Electromagnetic Field
6. The Differential Equations of the Electromagnetic Wave
7. The Electromagnetic Wave
8. Flow of Energy in an Electromagnetic Wave
9. The Electromagnetic Theory of Light
10. The Discovery of Electromagnetic Wave
11. The Refraction of Light
12. The Dispersion of Light
13. Summary
Some References to the Electromagnetic Theory of Light
1. The Magnetic Field Produced by a Moving Charge
2. The Force Acting on a Charge Moving in a Magnetic Field
3. The Energy Contained in the Magnetic Field Surrounding a Moving Charge
4. The Energy Radiated by an Accelerated Charge
5. Some Special Cases of Radiation by Accelerated Charges
1. The Discovery by Hertz
2. Some Early Experiments
3. A Problem
4. The Laws of Electrolysis
5. Dispersion of Light
6. The Zeeman Effect
7. The Discovery of the Electron by Sir J. J. Thomson
8. “Photoelectrons”
9. Relation between Photoelectric Current and Intensity of Illumination of the Cathode
10. Velocity Distribution Curves for Photoelectrons
11. Relation between the Velocities of Photoelectrons and the Frequency of the Light
12. Origin of the Photoelectrons
13. Source of the Photoelectric Energy
14. What Is the Photoelectric Mechanism?
15. The Photoelectric Effect and the Corpuscular Theory of Light
1. Thermal Radiation
2. Some Fundamental Concepts and Definitions
3. The “Black Body” and Its Properties
4. Relation between Absorptivity and Emissive Power
5. The Emissive Power of a Black Body
6. Pressure of Radiation
7. The Stefan-Boltzmann Law
8. Experimental Verification of the Stefan-Boltzmann Law
9. The Spectral Distribution of Black-body Radiation
10. The Successes and the Failure of Classical Thermodynamics
11. Degrees of Freedom and the Equipartition of Energy
12. Relation between Energy per Degree of Freedom and Temperature
13. The Rayleigh-Jeans Radiation Law
14. Planck’s Radiation Law: The Birth of the Quantum Theory
1. The Empirical Law of Dulong and Petit
2. Variation of Atomic Heats of Solids with Temperature
3. The Classical Theory of Specific Heats of Solids
4. Einstein’s Theory of the Atomic Heats of Solids
5. Characteristic Temperatures
6. Characteristic Frequencies
7. The Nernst-Lindemann Formula for Atomic Heats
8. Debye’s Theory of Atomic Heats
9. Further Considerations
10. The Atomic Heat of Gases
11. The Suppression of Degrees of Freedom
9. Series Relations in Line Spectra
1. Units and Methods of Measurement
2. Early Search for Series Relations in Spectra
3. Balmer’s Formula for the Hydrogen Spectrum
4. Rydberg’s Formula for Spectral Series
5. Relations between Series
7. Relations between Doublet Series
8. Relations between Triplet Series
10. Combination Lines
11. The Significance of Spectral-series Terms
12. Spectral Series and Atomic Properties
13. Enhanced or Spark Spectra
14. Band Spectra
15. Effect of External Physical Conditions on Spectral Lines
1. Early Views on Atomic Structure
2. The Thomson Atom
3. The Scattering of Alpha Particles in Passing through Matter
4. Rutherford’s Nuclear Atom
5. The Phase Integral
6. Bohr’s Extension of the Nuclear Atom Model
7. Further Successes of the Rutherford-Bohr Atom Model
8. Elliptical Orbits in Bohr’s Theory
9. Fine Structure of Spectral Lines
10. The Selection Principle
12. The Absorption of Energy by Atoms
13. Energy-level Diagrams
14. Notation; Inner Quantum Numbers
15. Molecular Spectra
11. The Arrangement of Electrons in Atoms
1. The Inert Gases: Atomic Numbers and Properties
2. Some Chemical Properties of the Lighter Elements
3. The Heavier Elements
4. The Problem of the Distribution of Electrons in Orbits
5. Some Examples Illustrative of the Spectroscopic Method
6. Inner Quantum Numbers
7. Complete Distribution Schemes for All Elements
1. Roentgen’s Discovery
2. Some Early Experiments and Theories
3. The Ether-pulse Theory of X-rays
4. Characteristic Secondary Radiation
5. The Crystal Diffraction Grating
6. The Experiment of Friedrich, Knipping, and Laue
7. The X-ray Spectrometer
8. Bragg’s Discovery of Monochromatic Characteristic Radiations
9. Moseley’s Law
10. The Continuous X-ray Spectrum
11. The Empirical Laws of the Absorption of X-rays
12. Characteristic X-ray Spectra
13. X-ray Energy-level Diagrams
14. Fluorescence and the Photoelectric Effect
15. The Scattering of X-rays; the Compton Effect
16. The Refraction of X-rays
1. Positive Rays
2. Isotopes
3. The Packing Effect
4. Becquerel’s Discovery
5. The Types of Radioactive Radiations
6. Origin of the Rays
7. The Radioactive Disintegration Series
8. Gamma-ray Spectra
9. Nuclear Energy Levels
10. The Structure of the Nuclei of the Radioactive Elements
I(a). Atomic Numbers and Atomic Weights
I(b). The Periodic Table, Giving Atomic Numbers and Isotopes
I(c). Bohr's Periodic Table of the Elements
Arrangement of Electrons in Orbits According to Foote
Appendix III

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