Rigorous, systematic study by renowned physicist offers advanced students a thorough background in mechanics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics, stressing atomic, nuclear, and microscopic matters. 56 figures. 1961 edition.
Author(s): A.S. Kompaneyets
Publisher: Mir Publishers
Year: 1961
Language: English
City: Moscow
Front Cover
Title Page
CONTENTS
FROM THE PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
PART I MECHANICS
See. 1. Generalized Coordinates
Sec. 2. Lagrange's Equation
Sec. 3. Examples ol Lagrange's Equations
Sec. 4. Conservation Laws
Sec. 5. Motion in a Central Field
See. 6. Collision of Particles
See. 7. Small Oscillations
Sec. 8. Rotating Coordinate Systems. Inertial Forces
Sec. 9. The Dynamics of a Rigid Body
Sec. 10. General Principles of Mechanics
PART II ELECTRODYNAMICS
Sec. 11. Vector Analysis
Sec. 12. The Electromagnetic Field. Maxwell's Equations
Sec. 13. The Action Principle for the Electromagnetic Field
Sec, 14. The Electrostatics of Point Charges. Slowly Varying Fields
Sec. 15. The Magnetostatics of Point Charges
Sec. 16. Electrodynamics of Material Media
Sec- 17. Plane Electromagnetic Waves
Sec. 18. Transmission of Signals. Almost Plane Waves
Sec. 19. The Emission of Electromagnetic Waves
Sec. 20. The Theory ol Relativity
Sec. 21. Relativistic Dynamics
PART III QUANTUM MECHANICS
Sec. 22. The Inadequacy of Classical Mechanics. The Analogy Between Mechanics and Geometrical Optics
Sec. 23. Electron Diffraction
Sec. 24. The Wave Equation
Sec. 25. Certain Problems of Quantum Mechanics
Sec. 26. Harmonic Oscillatory Motion in Quantum Mechanics (Linear Harmonic Oscillator)
Sec. 27. Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field
Sec. 28. Quasi-Classical Approximation
Sec. 29. Operators in Quantum Mechanics
Sec. 30. Expansions into Wave Functions
Sec. 31. Motion in a Central Field
Sec. 32. Electron Spin
Sec. 33. Many-Electron Systems
Sec. 34. The Quantum Theory of Radiation
Sec. 35. The Atom in a Constant External Field
Sec. 36. Quantum Theory of Dispersion
Sec. 37. Quantum Theory of Scattering
Sec. 38. Tho Belativistic Wave Equation for an Electron
PART IV STATISTICAL PHYSICS
Sec. 39. The Equilibrium Distribution of Molecules in an Ideal Gas
See. 40. Boltzmaim Statistics (Translstional Motion ot a Molecule. Gas in an External Field)
Sec. 41. Boltzmann Statistics (Vibrational and Rotational Molecular Motion)
Sec. 42. The Application of Statistics to the Electromagnetic Field and to Crystalline Bodies
Sec. 43. Bose Distribution
Sec. 44. Fermi Distribution
Sec. 45. Gibbs Statistics
Sec. 46. Thermodynamic Quantities
Sec. 47. The Thermodynauiic Properties of Ideal Gases in Boltzmann Statistics
Sec. 48. Fluctuations
Sec. 49. Phase Equilibrium
Sec. 50. Weak Solutions
See. 51. Chemical Equilibria
Sec. 52. Surface Phenomena
APPENDIX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SUBJECT INDEX
