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| Part IV: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM | |
| 23. Electric Fields | |
| Properties of Electric Charges | |
| Charging Objects by Induction | |
| Coulomb's Law | |
| The Electric Field | |
| Electric Field of a Continuous Charge Distribution | |
| Electric Field Lines | |
| Motion of Charged Particles in a Uniform Electric Field | |
| 24. Gauss's Law | |
| Electric Flux | |
| Gauss's Law | |
| Application of Gauss's Law to Various Charge Distributions | |
| Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium | |
| Formal Derivation of Gauss's Law | |
| 25. Electric Potential | |
| Potential Difference and Electric Potential | |
| Potential Differences in a Uniform Electric Field | |
| Electric Potential and Potential Energy Due to Point Charges | |
| Obtaining the Value of the Electric Field from the Electric Potential | |
| Electric Potential Due to Continuous Charge Distributions | |
| Electric Potential Due to a Charged Conductor | |
| The Millikan Oil-Drop Experiment | |
| Applications of Electrostatics | |
| 26. Capacitance and Dielectrics | |
| Definition of Capacitance | |
| Calculating Capacitance | |
| Combinations of Capacitors | |
| Energy Stored in a Charged Capacitor | |
| Capacitors with Dielectrics | |
| Electric Dipole in an Electric Field | |
| An Atomic Description of Dielectrics | |
| 27. Current and Resistance | |
| Electric Current | |
| Resistance | |
| A Model for Electrical Conduction | |
| Resistance and Temperature | |
| Superconductors | |
| Electrical Power | |
| 28. Direct Current Circuits | |
| Electromotive Force | |
| Resistors in Series and Parallel | |
| Kirchhoff's Rules | |
| RC Circuits | |
| Electrical Meters | |
| Household Wiring and Electrical Safety | |
| 29. Magnetic Fields | |
| Magnetic Field and Forces | |
| Magnetic Force Acting on a Current-Carrying Conductor | |
| Torque on a Current Loop in a Uniform Magnetic Field | |
| Motion of a Charged Particle in a Uniform Magnetic Field | |
| Applications Involving Charged Particles Moving in a Magnetic Field | |
| The Hall Effect | |
| 30. Sources of Magnetic Field | |
| The Biot-Savart Law | |
| The Magnetic Force Between Two Parallel Conductors | |
| Ampère's Law | |
| The Magnetic Field of a Solenoid | |
| Magnetic Flux | |
| Gauss's Law in Magnetism | |
| Displacement Current and the General Form of Ampère's Law | |
| Magnetism in Matter | |
| The Magnetic Field of the Earth | |
| 31. Faraday's Law | |
| Faraday's Law of Induction | |
| Motional emf | |
| Lenz's Law | |
| Induced emf and Electric Fields | |
| Generators and Motors/ Eddy Currents | |
| Maxwell's Equations | |
| 32. Inductance | |
| Self-Inductance | |
| RL Circuits | |
| Energy in a Magnetic Field | |
| Mutual Inductance | |
| Oscillations in an LC Circuit | |
| The RLC Circuit | |
| 33. Alternating Current Circuits | |
| AC Sources | |
| Resistors in an AC Circuit | |
| Inductors in an AC Circuit | |
| Capacitors in an AC Circuit | |
| The RLC Series Circuit | |
| Power in an AC Circuit | |
| Resonance in a Series RLC Circuit | |
| The Transformer and Power Transmission | |
| Rectifiers and Filters | |
| 34. Electromagnetic Waves | |
| Maxwell's Equations and Hertz's Discoveries | |
| Plane Electromagnetic Waves | |
| Energy Carried by Electromagnetic Waves | |
| Momentum and Radiation Pressure | |
| Production of Electromagnetic Waves by an Antenna | |
| Part V: LIGHT AND OPTICS | |
| 35. The Nature of Light and the Laws of Geometric Optics | |
| The Nature of Light | |
| Measurements of the Speed of Light | |
| The Ray Approximation in Geometric Optics | |
| Reflection | |
| Refraction | |
| Huygens's Principle | |
| Dispersion and Prisms | |
| Total Internal Reflection | |
| Fermat's Principle | |
| 36. Image Formation | |
| Images Formed by Flat Mirrors | |
| Images Formed by Spherical Mirrors | |
| Images Formed by Refraction | |
| Thin Lenses | |
| Lens Aberrations | |
| The Camera | |
| The Eye | |
| The Simple Magnifier | |
| The Compound Microscope | |
| The Telescope | |
| 37. Interference of Light Waves | |
| Conditions for Interference | |
| Young's Double-Slit Experiment | |
| Intensity Distribution of the Double-Slit Interference Pattern | |
| Phasor Addition of Waves | |
| Change of Phase Due to Reflection | |
| Interference in Thin Films | |
| The Michelson Interferometer | |
| 38. Diffraction Patterns and Polarization | |
| Introduction to Diffraction Patterns | |
| Diffraction Patterns from Narrow Slits | |
| Resolution of Single-Slit and Circular Apertures | |
| The Diffraction Grating | |
| Diffraction of X-rays by Crystals | |
| Polarization of Light Waves | |
| Part VI: MODERN PHYSICS | |
| 39. Relativity | |
| The Principle of Galilean Relativity | |
| The Michelson-Morley Experiment | |
| Einstein's Principle of Relativity | |
| Consequences of the Special Theory of Relativity | |
| The Lorentz Transformation Equations | |
| The Lorentz Velocity Transformation Equations/ Relativistic Linear Momentum and the Relativistic Form of Newton's Laws | |
| Relativistic Energy | |
| Mass and Energy | |
| The General Theory of Relativity | |
| 40. Introduction to Quantum Physics | |
| Blackbody Radiation and Planck's Hypothesis | |
| The Photoelectric Effect | |
| The Compton Effect | |
| Photons and Electromagnetic Waves | |
| The Wave Properties of Particles | |
| The Quantum Particle | |
| The Double-Slit Experiment Revisited | |
| The Uncertainty Principle | |
| 41. Quantum Mechanics | |
| An Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics | |
| A Particle in a Box | |
| The Particle Under Boundary Conditions | |
| The Schrödinger Equation | |
| A Particle in a Well of Finite Height | |
| Tunneling Through a Potential Energy Barrier | |
| The Scanning Tunneling Microscope | |
| The Simple Harmonic Oscillator | |
| 42. Atomic Physics | |
| Atomic Spectra of Gases | |
| Early Models of the Atom | |
| Bohr's Model of the Hydrogen Atom | |
| The Quantum Model of the Hydrogen Atom | |
| The Wave Functions for Hydrogen | |
| Physical Interpretation of the Quantum Numbers | |
| The Exclusion Principle and the Periodic Table | |
| More on Atomic Spectra: Visible and X-Ray | |
| Spontaneous and Stimulated Transitions | |
| Lasers | |
| 43. Molecules and Solids | |
| Molecular Bonds | |
| Energy States and Spectra of Molecules | |
| Bonding in Solids | |
| Free-Electron Theory of Metals | |
| Band Theory of Solids | |
| Electrical Conduction in Metals, Insulators and Semiconductors | |
| Semiconductor Devices | |
| Superconductivity | |
| 44. Nuclear Structure | |
| Some Properties of Nuclei | |
| Nuclear Binding Energy | |
| Nuclear Models | |
| Radioactivity | |
| The Decay Processes | |
| Natural Radioactivity | |
| Nuclear Reactions | |
| Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Magnetic Resonance Imaging | |
| 45. Applications of Nuclear Physics | |
| Interactions Involving Neutrons | |
| Nuclear Fission | |
| Nuclear Reactors | |
| Nuclear Fusion | |
| Radiation Damage | |
| Radiation Detectors | |
| Uses of Radiation | |
| 46. Particle Physics and Cosmology | |
| The Fundamental Forces in Nature | |
| Positrons and Other Antiparticles | |
| Mesons and the Beginning of Particle Physics | |
| Classification of Particles | |
| Conservation Laws | |
| Strange Particles and Strangeness | |
| Making Particles and Measuring Their Properties | |
| Finding Patterns in the Particles | |
| Quarks | |
| Multicolored Quarks | |
| The Standard Model | |
| The Cosmic Connection | |
| Problems and Perspectives | |
| APPENDIXES: A | |
| Tables | |
| Conversion Factors | |
| Symbols, Dimensions, and Units of Physical Quantities | |
| Table of Atomic Masses | |
| B | |
| Mathematics Review | |
| Scientific Notation | |
| Algebra | |
| Geometry | |
| Trigonometry | |
| Series Expansions | |
| Differential Calculus | |
| Integral Calculus | |
| Propagation of Uncertainty | |
| C | |
| Periodic Table of the Elements | |
| D | |
| SI Units | |
| E | |
| Nobel Prize Winners | |
| Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems | |
| Index |
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