Physics: A General Course: Quantum Optics, Atomic Physics, Solid State Physics, Physics of the Atomic Nucleus and Elementary Particles

Cover
Title Page
PREFACE
CONTENTS
PART I QUANTUM OPTICS
1 THERMAL RADIATION
1.1. Thermal Radiation and Luminescence
1.2. Kirchhoff's Law
1.3. Equilibrium Density of Radiant Energy
1.4. The Stefan-Boltzmann Law and Wien's Displacement Law
1.5. Standing Waves in Three-Dimensional Space
1.6. The Rayleigh-Jeans Formula
1.7. Planck's Formula
2 PHOTONS
2.1. Bremsstrahlung
2.2. The Photoelectric Effect
2.3. Bothe's Experiment. Photons
2.4. The Compton Effect
PART II ATOMIC PHYSICS
3 THE BOHR THEORY OF THE ATOM
3.1. Regularities in Atomic Spectra
3.2. The Thomson Model of the Atom
3.3. Experiments in Scattering Alpha-Particles. The Nuclear Model of the Atom
3.4. Bohr's Postulates. The Franck-Hertz Experiment
3.5. Rule for Quantization of Circular Orbits
3.6. The Elementary Bohr Theory of the Hydrogen Atom
4 ELEMENTS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
4.1. De Broglie's Hypothesis. Wave Properties of Matter
4.2. The Unusual Properties of Micro particles
4.3. The Uncertainty Principle
4.4. The Schrodinger Equation
4.5. The Meaning of the Psi-Function
4.6. Quantization of Energy
4.7. Quantization of Angular Momentum
4.8. The Superposition Principle
4.9. Penetration of Particles Through a Potential Barrier
4.10. Harmonic Oscillator
5 THE PHYSICS OF ATOMS AND MOLECULES
5.1. The Hydrogen Atom
5.2. Spectra of the Alkali Metals
5.3. Breadth of Spectral Lines
5.4. Multiplicity of Spectra and Spin of an Electron
5.5. Resultant Mechanical Angular Momentum of an Atom with Many Electrons
5.6. The Magnetic Moment of an Atom
5.7. The Zeeman Effect
5.8. Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
5.9. The Pauli Principle. Distribution of Electrons by Energy Levels of an Atom
5.10. Mendeleev's Periodic System of Elements
5.11. X-Ray Spectra
5.12. Energy of a Molecule
5.13. Molecular Spectra
5.14. Combination Scattering of Light
5.15. Stimulated Emission
5.16. Lasers
5.17. Non-Linear Optics
PART III SOLID STATE PHYSICS
6 OSCILLATIONS OF A CRYSTAL LATTICE
6.1. Crystal Lattice. Miller Indices
6.2. Heat Capacity of Crystals. Einstein's Theory
6.3. Oscillations of Systems with a Large Number of Degrees of Freedom
6.4. Debye's Theory
6.5. Phonons
6.6. The Mossbauer Effect
7 THE BAND THEORY OF SOLIDS
7.1. The Quantum Theory of Free Electrons in a Metal
7.2. The Fermi-Dirac Distribution
7.3. Energy Bands in Crystals
7.4. Dynamics of Electrons in a Crystal Lattice
8 THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE OF METALS AND SEMICONDUCTORS
8.1. The Electrical Conductance of Metals
8.2. Superconductivity
8.3. Semiconductors
8.4. Intrinsic Conductance of Semiconductors
8.5. Impurity Conductance of Semiconductors
9 CONTACT AND THERMOELECTRIC PHENOMENA
9.1. Work Function
9.2. Thermionic Emission. Electronic Tubes
9.3. Contact Potential Difference
9.4. Thermoelectric Effects
9.5 Semiconductor Diodes and Triodes
9.6. The Barrier-Layer Photoelectric Effect
PART IV PHYSICS OF THE ATOMIC NUCLEUS AND ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
10 THE ATOMIC NUCLEUS
10.1. Composition and Characteristic of the Atomic Nucleus
10.2. Mass and Binding Energy of a Nucleus
10.3. Models of the Atomic Nucleus
10.4. Nuclear Forces
10.5. Radioactivity
10.6. Nuclear Reactions
10.7. The Fission of Nuclei
10.8. Thermonuclear Reactions
CHAPTER 11 ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
11.1. Kinds of Interactions and Classes of Elementary Particles
11.2. Methods for Detecting Elementary Particles
11.3. Cosmic Rays
11.4. Particles and Antiparticles
11.5. Isotopic Spin
11.6. Strange Particles
11.7. Non-Conservation of Parity in Weak Interactions
11.8. The Neutrino
11.9. Systematization of Elementary Particles
11.10. Quarks
11.11. Conclusion
APPENDIX
List of Symbols
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