Physics, Vol. 2

by Walker, James S.

• ISBN13: 9780132199285
• ISBN10: 0132199289
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Benjamin Cummings

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Table of Contents

Applications in the Text	ix
Preface: To the Instructor	xi
Preface: To the Student	xxiv
PART III ELECTROMAGNETISM
Electric Charges, Forces, and Fields	625	(37)
Electric Charge	626	(3)
Insulators and Conductors	629	(1)
Coulomb's Law	630	(7)
The Electric Field	637	(6)
Electric Field Lines	643	(3)
Shielding and Charging by Induction	646	(3)
Electric Flux and Gauss's Law	649	(13)
Chapter Summary	653	(1)
Problem-Solving Summary	654	(1)
Conceptual Questions	655	(1)
Conceptual Exercises	655	(2)
Problems	657	(5)
Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy	662	(33)
Electric Potential Energy and the Electric Potential	663	(3)
Energy Conservation	666	(3)
The Electric Potential of Point Charges	669	(4)
Equipotential Surfaces and the Electric Field	673	(4)
Capacitors and Dielectrics	677	(6)
Electrical Energy Storage	683	(12)
Chapter Summary	685	(2)
Problem-Solving Summary	687	(1)
Conceptual Questions	687	(1)
Conceptual Exercises	688	(1)
Problems	689	(6)
Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits	695	(37)
Electric Current	696	(3)
Resistance and Ohm's Law	699	(3)
Energy and Power in Electric Circuits	702	(3)
Resistors in Series and Parallel	705	(6)
Kirchhoff's Rules	711	(3)
Circuits Containing Capacitors	714	(3)
RC Circuits	717	(3)
Ammeters and Voltmeters	720	(12)
Chapter Summary	721	(2)
Problem-Solving Summary	723	(1)
Conceptual Questions	724	(1)
Conceptual Exercises	724	(2)
Problems	726	(6)
Magnetism	732	(36)
The Magnetic Field	733	(2)
The Magnetic Force on Moving Charges	735	(4)
The Motion of Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field	739	(5)
The Magnetic Force Exerted on a Current-Carrying Wire	744	(2)
Loops of Current and Magnetic Torque	746	(2)
Electric Currents, Magnetic Fields, and Ampere's Law	748	(4)
Current Loops and Solenoids	752	(3)
Magnetism in Matter	755	(13)
Chapter Summary	757	(3)
Problem-Solving Summary	760	(1)
Conceptual Questions	760	(1)
Conceptual Exercises	760	(2)
Problems	762	(6)
Magnetic Flux and Faraday's Law of Induction	768	(35)
Induced Electromotive Force	769	(1)
Magnetic Flux	770	(2)
Faraday's Law of Induction	772	(3)
Lenz's Law	775	(3)
Mechanical Work and Electrical Energy	778	(3)
Generators and Motors	781	(3)
Inductance	784	(3)
RL Circuits	787	(1)
Energy Stored in a Magnetic Field	788	(2)
Transformers	790	(13)
Chapter Summary	793	(2)
Problem-Solving Summary	795	(1)
Conceptual Questions	795	(1)
Conceptual Exercises	796	(1)
Problems	797	(6)
Alternating-Current Circuits	803	(34)
Alternating Voltages and Currents	804	(5)
Capacitors in AC Circuits	809	(3)
RC Circuits	812	(5)
Inductors in AC Circuits	817	(3)
RLC Circuits	820	(4)
Resonance in Electrical Circuits	824	(13)
Chapter Summary	829	(2)
Problem-Solving Summary	831	(1)
Conceptual Questions	831	(1)
Conceptual Exercises	831	(1)
Problems	832	(5)
PART IV LIGHT AND OPTICS
Electromagnetic Waves	837	(33)
The Production of Electromagnetic Waves	838	(3)
The Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves	841	(4)
The Electromagnetic Spectrum	845	(4)
Energy and Momentum in Electromagnetic Waves	849	(4)
Polarization	853	(17)
Chapter Summary	860	(2)
Problem-Solving Summary	862	(1)
Conceptual Questions	863	(1)
Conceptual Exercises	863	(1)
Problems	864	(6)
Geometrical Optics	870	(39)
The Reflection of Light	871	(1)
Forming Images with a Plane Mirror	872	(3)
Spherical Mirrors	875	(2)
Ray Tracing and the Mirror Equation	877	(7)
The Refraction of Light	884	(7)
Ray Tracing for Lenses	891	(3)
The Thin-Lens Equation	894	(2)
Dispersion and the Rainbow	896	(13)
Chapter Summary	898	(2)
Problem-Solving Summary	900	(1)
Conceptual Questions	900	(1)
Conceptual Exercises	901	(1)
Problems	902	(7)
Optical Instruments	909	(28)
The Human Eye and the Camera	910	(3)
Lenses in Combination and Corrective Optics	913	(6)
The Magnifying Glass	919	(4)
The Compound Microscope	923	(1)
Telescopes	924	(3)
Lens Aberrations	927	(10)
Chapter Summary	928	(2)
Problem-Solving Summary	930	(1)
Conceptual Questions	930	(1)
Conceptual Exercises	930	(1)
Problems	931	(6)
Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction	937	(33)
Superposition and Interference	938	(2)
Young's Two-Slit Experiment	940	(4)
Interference in Reflected Waves	944	(6)
Diffraction	950	(4)
Resolution	954	(3)
Diffraction Gratings	957	(13)
Chapter Summary	961	(2)
Problem-Solving Summary	963	(1)
Conceptual Questions	963	(1)
Conceptual Exercises	964	(1)
Problems	964	(6)
PART V MODERN PHYSICS
Relativity	970	(33)
The Postulates of Special Relativity	971	(1)
The Relativity of Time and Time Dilation	972	(6)
The Relativity of Length and Length Contraction	978	(3)
The Relativistic Addition of Velocities	981	(2)
Relativistic Momentum	983	(3)
Relativistic Energy and E = mc2	986	(5)
The Relativistic Universe	991	(1)
General Relativity	991	(12)
Chapter Summary	995	(2)
Problem-Solving Summary	997	(1)
Conceptual Questions	998	(1)
Conceptual Exercises	998	(1)
Problems	998	(5)
Quantum Physics	1003	(31)
Blackbody Radiation and Planck's Hypothesis of Quantized Energy	1004	(3)
Photons and the Photoelectric Effect	1007	(6)
The Mass and Momentum of a Photon	1013	(1)
Photon Scattering and the Compton Effect	1014	(3)
The de Broglie Hypothesis and Wave-Particle Duality	1017	(4)
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle	1021	(4)
Quantum Tunneling	1025	(9)
Chapter Summary	1026	(2)
Problem-Solving Summary	1028	(1)
Conceptual Questions	1028	(1)
Conceptual Exercises	1029	(1)
Problems	1030	(4)
Atomic Physics	1034	(37)
Early Models of the Atom	1035	(1)
The Spectrum of Atomic Hydrogen	1036	(3)
Bohr's Model of the Hydrogen Atom	1039	(7)
de Broglie Waves and the Bohr Model	1046	(1)
The Quantum Mechanical Hydrogen Atom	1047	(3)
Multielectron Atoms and the Periodic Table	1050	(5)
Atomic Radiation	1055	(16)
Chapter Summary	1064	(2)
Problem-Solving Summary	1066	(1)
Conceptual Questions	1067	(1)
Conceptual Exercises	1067	(1)
Problems	1067	(4)
Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Radiation	1071
The Constituents and Structure of Nuclei	1072	(4)
Radioactivity	1076	(7)
Half-Life and Radioactive Dating	1083	(6)
Nuclear Binding Energy	1089	(1)
Nuclear Fission	1090	(3)
Nuclear Fusion	1093	(2)
Practical Applications of Nuclear Physics	1095	(4)
Elementary Particles	1099	(3)
Unified Forces and Cosmology	1102
Chapter Summary	1103	(2)
Problem-Solving Summary	1105	(1)
Conceptual Questions	1106	(1)
Conceptual Exercises	1106	(1)
Problems	1107
Appendices
Appendix A Basic Mathematical Tools	1	(10)
Appendix B Typical Values	11	(1)
Appendix C Planetary Data	12	(1)
Appendix D Elements of Electrical Circuits	13	(1)
Appendix E Periodic Table of the Elements	14	(1)
Appendix F Properties of Selected Isotopes	15
Answers to Your Turn Problems	1	(2)
Answers to Odd-Numbered Conceptual Questions	3	(4)
Answers to Odd-Numbered Conceptual Exercises	7	(6)
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems	13
Photo Credits	1	(1)
Index	1