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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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