UCD: Physics 9D - Modern Physics

by Tom Weideman

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Physics 9D introduces the 20th-century topics of special relativity and quantum theory to science and engineering majors.

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Publisher
University of California, Davis
Subjects
Physics
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Sound
  7. 1.1: Fundamentals of Sound
  8. 1.2: Doppler Effect
  9. 1.3: Interference Effects
  10. 2: Foundations of Special Relativity
  11. 2.1: The Relativity Principle
  12. 2.2: The Nature of Time
  13. 2.3: More Thought Experiments
  14. 2.4: Paradoxes
  15. 3: Kinematics in Special Relativity
  16. 3.1: Spacetime Diagrams
  17. 3.2: Lorentz Transformation
  18. 3.3: Velocity Addition
  19. 3.4: Electricity and Magnetism
  20. 4: Dynamics in Special Relativity
  21. 4.1: Momentum Conservation
  22. 4.2: Energy Conservation
  23. 5: "Wait, what?!" Experiments Reveal Cracks in Our Understanding
  24. 5.1: Blackbody Radiation
  25. 5.2: The Photoelectric Effect
  26. 5.3: Compton Effect
  27. 5.4: Double-Slit Experiment
  28. 5.5: Matter Has Wave Properties, Too!
  29. 5.6: Summarizing this Wave/Particle Mess
  30. 6: The Universe is Inherently Probabilistic
  31. 6.1: Basics of Probability Theory
  32. 6.2: Continuous Probability Distributions and Probability Density
  33. 6.3: The Uncertainty of Random Outcomes
  34. 6.4: Physical Measurements with Random Outcomes
  35. 6.5: Incompatible Measurements
  36. 7: Matter Waves
  37. 7.1: The Schrödinger Wave Equation
  38. 7.2: States of Definite Energy
  39. 7.3: Operators and Observables
  40. 7.4: Eigenstates and Eigenvalues
  41. 8: One-Dimensional Models
  42. 8.1: Particle-in-a-Box, Part 1
  43. 8.2: Particle-in-a-Box, Part 2
  44. 8.3: The Finite Square Well
  45. 8.4: Tunneling
  46. 8.5: The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
  47. 8.6: The Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom
  48. 9: Quantum Theory in Three Dimensions
  49. 9.1: Schrödinger's Equation in 3-Dimensions
  50. 9.2: 3-Dimensional Models
  51. 9.3: Central Forces
  52. 9.4: Angular Momentum
  53. 10: Intrinsic Angular Momentum – "Spin"
  54. 10.1: Measuring Angular Momentum
  55. 10.2: It's Not Rotating!
  56. 10.3: Fermions and Bosons
  57. Back Matter
  58. Index
  59. Glossary
  60. Detailed Licensing