Introduction to modern physics. Volume 1 /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi :
New Age International (P) Ltd.,
2002.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- ""Cover ""; ""Preface to the Second Edition ""; ""Preface to the First Edition ""; ""Contents ""; ""Unit I Special Theory of Relativity ""; ""Chapter 1 The Special Theory of Relativity ""; ""1.1 Introduction ""; ""1.2 Classical Principle of Relativity : Galilean Transformation Equations ""; ""1.3 Michelson-Morley Experiment (1881) ""; ""1.4 Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity ""; ""1.5 Lorentz Transformations ""; ""1.6 Velocity Transformation ""; ""1.7 Simultaneity ""; ""1.8 Lorentz Contraction ""; ""1.9 Time Dilation ""
- ""1.10 Experimental Verification of Length Contraction and Time Dilation """"1.11 Interval ""; ""1.12 Doppler's Effect ""; ""1.13 Relativistic Mechanics ""; ""1.14 Relativistic Expression for Momentum: Variation of Mass With Velocity ""; ""1.15 The Fundamental Law of Relativistic Dynamcis ""; ""1.16 Mass-Energy Equivalence ""; ""1.17 Relationship Between Energy and Momentum ""; ""1.18 Momentum of Photon ""; ""1.19 Transformation of Momentum and Energy ""; ""1.20 Verification of Mass-Energy Equivalence Formula ""; ""1.21 Nuclear Binding Energy ""; ""Solved Examples ""; ""Questions ""
- ""Problems """"Unit II Quantum Mechanics ""; ""Chapter 1 Origin of Quantum Concepts ""; ""1.1 Introduction ""; ""1.2 Black Body Radiation ""; ""1.3 Spectral Distribution of Energy in Thermal Radiation ""; ""1.4 Classical Theories of Black Body Radiation ""; ""1.5 Planck's Radiation Law ""; ""1.6 Deduction of Stefan's Law From Planck's Law ""; ""1.7 Deduction of Wien's Displacement Law ""; ""Solved Examples ""; ""1.8 Photoelectric Effect ""; ""Solved Examples ""; ""1.9 Compton's Effect ""; ""Solved Examples ""; ""1.10 Bremsstrahlung ""; ""1.11 Raman Effect ""; ""Solved Examples ""
- ""1.12 The Dual Nature of Radiation """"Questions and Problems ""; ""Chapter 2 Wave Nature of Material Particles ""; ""2.1 Introduction ""; ""2.2 de Broglie Hypothesis ""; ""2.3 Experimental Verification of de Broglie Hypothesis ""; ""2.4 Wave Behavior of Macroscopic Particles ""; ""2.5 Historical Perspective ""; ""2.6 The Wave Packet ""; ""2.7 Particle Velocity and Group Velocity ""; ""2.8 Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle or the Principle of Indeterminacy ""; ""Solved Examples ""; ""Questions and Problems ""; ""Chapter 3 Schrodinger Equation ""; ""3.1 Introduction ""
- ""3.2 Schrodinger Equation """"3.3 Physical Significance of Wave Function ""; ""3.4 Interpretation of Wave Function in Terms of Probability Current Density ""; ""3.5 Schrodinger Equation in Spherical Polar Coordinates ""; ""3.6 Operators in Qunatum Mechanics ""; ""3.7 Eigen Value Equation ""; ""3.8 Orthogonality of Eigen Functions ""; ""3.9 Compatible and Incompatible Observables ""; ""3.10 Commutator ""; ""3.11 Commutation Relations for Ladder Operators ""; ""3.12 Expectation Value ""; ""3.13 Ehrenfest Theorem ""; ""3.14 Superposition of States (Expansion Theorem) ""