Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers United States Edition by John Taylor, Chris Zafiratos 013805715X 9780138057152

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• ISBN 10:013805715X

• ISBN 13:9780138057152

• Author:John Taylor, Chris Zafiratos

For freshman/sophomore-level courses in Modern Physics taken by students in the physical sciences and engineering.

Designed specifically for students at the freshman/sophomore level, this introduction to modern physics is refreshingly contemporary―offering a highly motivating blend of exceptional readability enlivened with humor, flexibility in both breadth and depth of coverage, and an abundance of high-quality worked examples and hands-on practice problems.

Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers United States Table of contents:

Chapter 1: The Birth of Modern Physics
1.1: Classical Physics of the 1890s
1.2: The Kinetic Theory of Gases
1.3: Waves and Particles
1.4: Conservation Laws and Fundamental Forces
1.5 The Atomic Theory of Matter
Summary
Chapter 2: Special Theory of Relativity
2.1: The Apparent Need for Ether
2.2: The Michelson-Morley Experiment
2.3: Einstein’s Postulates
2.4: The Lorentz Transformation
2.5: Time Dilation and Length Contraction
2.6: Addition of Velocities
2.7: Experimental Verification
2.8: Twin Paradox
2.9: Spacetime
2.10: Doppler Effect
2.11: Relativistic Momentum
2.12: Relativistic Energy
2.13: Computations in Modern Physics
2.14: Electromagnetism and Relativity
Summary
Questions
Problems
Chapter 3: The Experimental Basis of Quantum Physics
3.1: Discovery of the X Ray and the Electron
3.2: Determination of Electron Charge
3.3: Line Spectra
3.4: Quantization
3.5: Blackbody Radiation
3.6: Photoelectric Effect
3.7: X-Ray Production
3.8: Compton Effect
3.9: Pair Production and Annihilation
Summary
Questions
Problems
Chapter 4: Structure of the Atom
4.1: The Atomic Models of Thomson and Rutherford
4.2: Rutherford Scattering
4.3: The Classical Atomic Model
4.4: The Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom
4.5: Successes and Failures of the Bohr Model
4.6: Characteristic X-Ray Spectra and Atomic Number
4.7: Atomic Excitation by Electrons
Summary
Questions
Problems
Chapter 5: Wave Properties of Matter and Quantum Mechanics I
5.1: X-Ray Scattering
5.2: De Broglie Waves
5.3: Electron Scattering
5.4: Wave Motion
5.5: Waves or Particles?
5.6: Uncertainty Principle
5.7: Probability, Wave Functions, and the Copenhagen Interpretation
5.8: Particle in a Box
Summary
Questions
Problems
Chapter 6: Quantum Mechanics II
6.1: The Schrödinger Wave Equation
6.2: Expectation Values
6.3: Infinite Square-Well Potential
6.4: Finite Square-Well Potential
6.5: Three-Dimensional Infinite-Potential Well
6.6: Simple Harmonic Oscillator
6.7: Barriers and Tunneling
Summary
Questions
Problems
Chapter 7: The Hydrogen Atom
7.1: Application of the Schrödinger Equation to the Hydrogen Atom
7.2: Solution of the Schrödinger Equation for Hydrogen
7.3: Quantum Numbers
7.4: Magnetic Effects on Atomic Spectra-The Normal Zeeman Effect
7.5: Intrinsic Spin
7.6: Energy Levels and Electron Probabilities
Summary
Questions
Problems
Chapter 8: Atomic Physics
8.1: Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table
8.2: Total Angular Momentum
8.3: Anomalous Zeeman Effect
Summary
Questions
Problems
Chapter 9: Statistical Physics
9.1: Historical Overview
9.2: Maxwell Velocity Distribution
9.3: Equipartition Theorem
9.4: Maxwell Speed Distribution
9.5: Classical and Quantum Statistics
9.6: Fermi-Dirac Statistics
9.7: Bose-Einstein Statistics
Summary
Questions
Problems
Chapter 10: Molecules and Solids
10.1: Molecular Bonding and Spectra
10.2: Stimulated Emission and Lasers
10.3: Structural Properties of Solids
10.4: Thermal and Magnetic Properties of Solids
10.5: Superconductivity
10.6: Applications of Superconductivity
Summary
Questions
Problems
Chapter 11: Semiconductor Theory and Devices
11.1: Band Theory of Solids
11.2: Semiconductor Theory
11.3: Semiconductor Devices
11.4: Nanotechnology
Summary
Questions
Problems
Chapter 12: The Atomic Nucleus
12.1: Discovery of the Neutron
12.2: Nuclear Properties
12.3: The Deuteron
12.4: Nuclear Forces
12.5: Nuclear Stability
12.6: Radioactive Decay
12.7: Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Decay
12.8: Radioactive Nuclides
Summary
Questions
Problems
Chapter 13: Nuclear Interactions and Applications
13.1: Nuclear Reactions
13.2: Reaction Kinematics
13.3: Reaction Mechanisms
13.4: Fission
13.5: Fission Reactors
13.6: Fusion
13.7: Special Applications
Summary
Questions
Problems
Chapter 14: Particle Physics
14.1: Early Discoveries
14.2: The Fundamental Interactions
14.3: Classification of Particles
14.4: Conservation Laws and Symmetries
14.5: Quarks
14.6: The Families of Matter
14.7: Beyond the Standard Model
14.8: Accelerators
Summary
Questions
Problems
Chapter 15: Modern Astrophysics and General Relativity
15.1: Stellar Evolution
15.2: Galaxies and the Discovery of Dark Matter
15.3: Tenets of General Relativity
15.4: Tests of General Relativity
15.5: Black Holes
15.6: Gravitational Waves
Summary
Questions
Problems
Chapter 16: Cosmology-The Beginning and the End
16.1: Evidence of the Big Bang
16.2: The Theory of the Big Bang
16.4: The Age of the Universe
16.5: The Standard Model of Cosmology
16.6: The Future
Summary
Questions
Problems
Appendix 1: Fundamental Constants
Appendix 2: Conversion Factors
Appendix 3: Mathematical Relations
Appendix 4: Periodic Table of the Elements
Appendix 5: Atomic Mass Table
Appendix 6: Nobel Laureates in Physics
Appendix 7: Fundamental and Combination of Constants; Particle Masses; Conversion Factors
Appendix 8: The Greek Alphabet; Some Prefixes for the Powers of Ten
Appendix 9: Emission Spectra
Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
Index

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