TY - BOOK AU - Beiser,Arthur TI - Concepts of modern physics SN - 0072448482 (acidfree paper) AV - QC21.3 .B45 2003 U1 - 530 PY - 2003/// CY - Boston, New Delhi PB - McGraw-Hill, Tata McGraw-Hill KW - Physics N1 - Online version: Beiser, Arthur. Concepts of modern physics. Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2003 (OCoLC)753429409; Includes bibliographical references (p. 525-527) and index; TOC; Preface -- ch. 1. Relativity -- 1.1. Special relativity -- 1.2. Time dilation -- 1.3. Doppler effect -- 1.4. Length contraction -- 1.5. Twin paradox -- 1.6. Electricity and magnetism -- 1.7. Relativistic momentum -- 1.8. Mass and energy -- 1.9. Energy and momentum -- 1.10. General relativity -- Appendix 1 : The Lorentz transformation -- Appendix 2 : Spacetime -- ch. 2. Particle properties of waves -- 2.1. Electromagnetic waves -- 2.2. Blackbody radiation -- 2.3. Photoelectric effect -- 2.4. What is light? -- 2.5. X-rays -- 2.6. X-ray diffraction -- 2.7. Compton effect -- 2.8. Pair production -- 2.9. Photons and gravity -- ch. 3. Wave properties of particles -- 3.1. De Broglie waves -- 3.2. Waves of what? -- 3.3. Describing a wave -- 3.4. Phase and group velocities -- 3.5. Particle diffraction -- 3.6. Particle in a box -- 3.7. Uncertainty principle 1 -- 3.8. Uncertainty principle 2 -- 3.9. Applying the uncertainty principle. ch. 4. Atomic structure -- 4.1. The nuclear atom -- 4.2. Electron orbits -- 4.3. Atomic spectra -- 4.4. The Bohr atom -- 4.5. Energy levels and spectra -- 4.6. Correspondence principle -- 4.7. Nuclear motion -- 4.8. Atomic excitation -- 4.9. The laser -- ch. 5. Quantum mechanics -- 5.1. Quantum mechanics -- 5.2. The wave equation -- 5.3. Schrödinger's equation : time-dependent form -- 5.4. Linearity and superposition -- 5.5. Expectation values -- 5.6. Operators -- 5.7. Schrödinger's equation : steady-state form -- 5.8. Particle in a box -- 5.9. Finite potential well -- 5.10. Tunnel effect -- 5.11. Harmonic oscillator -- Appendix : The tunnel effect -- ch. 6. Quantum theory of the hydrogen atom -- 6.1. Schrödinger's equation for the hydrogen atom -- 6.2. Separation of variables -- 6.3. Quantum numbers -- 6.4. Principal quantum number -- 6.5. Orbital quantum number -- 6.6. Magnetic quantum number -- 6.7. Electron probability density -- 6.8. Radiative transitions -- 6.9. Selection rules -- 6.10. Zeeman effect. ch. 7. Many-electron atoms -- 7.1. Electron spin -- 7.2. Exclusion principle -- 7.3. Symmetric and antisymmetric wave functions -- 7.4. Periodic table -- 7.5. Atomic structures -- 7.6. Explaining the periodic table -- 7.7. Spin-orbit coupling -- 7.8. Total angular momentum -- 7.9. X-ray spectra -- Appendix : Atomic spectra -- ch. 8. Molecules -- 8.1. The molecular bond -- 8.2. Electron sharing -- 8.3. The H₂[superscript +] molecular ion -- 8.4. The hydrogen molecule -- 8.5. Complex molecules -- 8.6. Rotational energy levels -- 8.7. Vibrational energy levels -- 8.8. Electronic spectra of molecules -- ch. 9. Statistical mechanics -- 9.1. Statistical distributions -- 9.2. Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics -- 9.3. Molecular energies in an ideal gas -- 9.4. Quantum statistics -- 9.5. Rayleigh-Jeans formula -- 9.6. Planck radiation law -- 9.7. Einstein's approach -- 9.8. Specific heats of solids -- 9.9. Free electrons in a metal -- 9.10. Electron-energy distribution -- 9.11. Dying stars. ch. 10. The solid state -- 10.1. Crystalline and amorphous solids -- 10.2. Ionic crystals -- 10.3. Covalent crystals -- 10.4. Van der Waals bond -- 10.5. Metallic bond -- 10.6. Band theory of solids -- 10.7. Semiconductor devices -- 10.8. Energy bands : alternative analysis -- 10.9. Superconductivity -- 10.1-. Bound electron pairs -- ch. 11. Nuclear structure -- 11.1. Nuclear composition -- 11.2. Some nuclear properties -- 11.3. Stable nuclei -- 11.4. Binding energy -- 11.5. Liquid-drop model -- 11.6. Shell model -- 11.7. Meson theory of nuclear forces -- ch. 12. Nuclear transformations -- 12.1. Radioactive decay -- 12.2. Half-life -- 12.3. Radioactive series -- 12.4. Alpha decay -- 12.5. Beta decay-- 12.6. Gamma decay -- 12.7. Cross section -- 12.8. Nuclear reactions -- 12.9. Nuclear fission -- 12.10. Nuclear reactors -- 12.11. Nuclear fusion in stars -- 12.12. Fusion reactors. ch. 13. Elementary particles -- 13.1 Interactions and particles -- 13.2. Leptons -- 13.3. Hadrons -- 13.4. Elementary particle quantum numbers -- 13.5. Quarks -- 13.6. Field bosons -- 13.7. The standard model and beyond -- 13.8. History of the universe -- 13.9. The future -- Appendix : Atomic masses -- Answers to odd-numbered exercises -- For further study -- Credits -- Index; APE N2 - Intended to be used in a one-semester course covering modern physics for students. This book considers relativity and quantum ideas to provide a framework for understanding the physics of atoms and Read more UR - http://www.worldcat.org/title/concepts-of-modern-physics/oclc/48965418&referer=brief_results UR - http://lib.ewubd.edu/ebook/2680 ER -