Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers

✍ Scribed by Stephen T. Thornton; Andrew Rex

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 722
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Learn how your life connects to the latest discoveries in physics with MODERN PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS. This updated fifth edition offers a contemporary, comprehensive approach with a strong emphasis on applications to help you see how concepts in the book relate to the real world. Discussions on the experiments that led to key discoveries illustrate the process behind scientific advances and give you a historical perspective. Included is a thorough treatment of special relativity, an introduction to general relativity, and a solid foundation in quantum theory to help you succeed. An updated WebAssign course features a mobile-friendly ebook and a variety of assignable questions to enhance your learning experience. WebAssign for MODERN PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS helps you prepare for class with confidence. Its online learning platform helps you unlearn common misconceptions, practice and absorb what you learn and begin your path as a future physicist or engineer. Tutorials walk you through concepts when you're stuck, and instant feedback and grading let you know where you stand--so you can focus your study time and perform better on in-class assignments and prepare for exams. Study smarter with WebAssign!

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents Overview
Contents
Preface
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
1.6 Unresolved
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
16.3: Problems with 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