College Physics

by Giambattista, Alan; Richardson, Betty; Richardson, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780073301747
• ISBN10: 0073301744
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-25
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

College Physics, Second Edition is the best solution for today's college physics market. With a unique, new, approach to physics that builds a conceptual framework as motivation for the physical principles, consistent problem solving coverage strategies, stunning art, extensive end-of-chapter material, and superior media support, Giambattista, Richardson, and Richardson delivers a product that addresses today's market needs with the best tools available.

Table of Contents

Electromagnetism

Electric Forces and Fields

Electric charge

Conductors and insulators

Coulomb's law

The electric field

Motion of a point charge in a uniform electric field

Conductors in electrostatic equilibrium

Gauss's law for electric fields

Electric Potential

Electric potential energy

Electric potential

The relationship between electric field and potential

Conservation of energy for moving charges

Capacitors

Dielectrics

Energy stored in a capacitor

Electric Current and Circuits

Electric current

Emf and circuits

Microscopic view of current in a metal

Resistance and resistivity

Kirchoff's rules

Series and parallel circuits

Circuit analysis using Kirchoff's rules

Power and energy in circuits

Measuring currents and voltages

RC circuits

Electrical safety

Magnetic Forces and Fields

Magnetic fields

Magnetic force on a point charge

Charged particle moving perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field

Motion of a charged particle in a uniform magnetic field: general

A charged particle in crossed E and B fields

Magnetic force on a current-carrying wire

Torque on a current loop

Magnetic field due to an electric current

Ampère's law

Magnetic materials

Electromagnetic Induction

Motional Emf

Electric generators

Faraday's law

Lenz's law

Back Emf in a motor

Transformers

Eddy currents

Induced electric fields

Mutual and self-inductance

LR circuits

Alternating Current

Sinusoidal currents and voltages;resistors in AC circuits

Electricity in the home

Capacitors in AC circuits

Inductors in AC circuits

RLC series circuit

Resonance in an RLC circuit

Converting AC to DC;filters

Electromagnetic Waves and Optics

Electromagnetic Waves

Accelerating charges produce electromagnetic waves

Maxwell's equations

Antennas

The electromagnetic spectrum

Speed of EM waves in vacuum and in matter

Characteristics of electromagnetic waves in vacuum

Energy transport by EM waves

Polarization

The Doppler effect for EM waves

Reflection and Refraction of Light

Wavefronts, rays, and Huygens' principle

The reflection of light

The refraction of light: Snell's law

Total internal reflection

Brewster's angle

The formation of images through reflection or refraction

Plane mirrors

Spherical mirrors

Thin lenses

Optical Instruments

Lenses in combination

Cameras

The eye

The simple magnifier

Compound microscopes

Telescopes

Aberrations of lenses and mirrors

Interference and Diffraction

Constructive and destructive interference

The Michelson interferometer

Thin films

Young's double slit experiment

Gratings

Diffraction and Huygens' principle

Diffraction by a single slit

Diffraction and the resolution of optical instruments

X-ray diffraction

Holography

Quantum and Particle Physics

Relativity

Postulates of relativity

Simultaneity and ideal observers

Time dilation

Length contraction

Velocities in different reference frames

Relativistic momentum

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