Advanced University Physics

Mircea S. Rogalski, Stuart B. Palmer

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781584885115
• eBook ISBN: 9781351991988
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Physics
• Index: Physics

To move from empirical-based physics to the theoretical abstractness required for advanced physics requires a paradigmatic shift in logic that can challenge even the brightest mind. Grasping the play of phenomena as they are described in introductory compendiums does not necessarily create a foundation that allows for the building of a bridge to the higher levels of theoretical physics. In the first edition of Advanced University Physics, respected physicists Stuart Palmer and Mircea Rogalski built that bridge, and then guided readers across it. Serving as a supplement to the standard advanced physics syllabus, their work provided a succinct review of course material, while encouraging the development of a more cohesive understanding of theoretical physics. Now, after incorporating suggestions from many readers and colleagues, the two authors have revised and updated their original work to produce a second, even more poignant, edition. Succinct, cohesive, and comprehensive, Advanced University Physics, Second Edition brings individuals schooled in the rudiments of physics to theoretical fluency. In a progression of concise chapters, the text clarifies concepts from Newtonian Laws to nuclear dynamics, while introducing and building upon the theoretical logic required to operate in the world of contemporary physics. Some chapters have been combined to improve relational clarity, and new material has been added to cover the evolving concepts that have emerged over the last decade in this highly fluid field. The authors have also added a substantial amount of relevant problems and at least one pertinent example for every chapter. Those already steeped in physics will continue to find this work to be a useful reference, as the book's 47 chapters provide the opportunity to become refreshed and updated on a great number of easily identified topics.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
• Chapter 2 PRINCIPLES OF NEWTONIAN MECHANICS
• Chapter 3 ANGULAR MOMENTUM
• Chapter 4 PRINCIPLES OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY
• Chapter 5 RELATIVISTIC LAWS OF MOTION
• Chapter 6 CONTINUUM MECHANICS
• Chapter 7 THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS
• Chapter 8 THERMODYNAMIC FUNCTIONS
• Chapter 9 PERFECT AND REAL GASES
• Chapter 10 PHASE TRANSITIONS
• Chapter 11 ELECTROSTATICS
• Chapter 12 MAGNETIC INDUCTION
• Chapter 13 MAGNETIC FIELDS
• Chapter 14 MAXWELL’S EQUATIONS
• Chapter 15 WAVE EQUATIONS
• Chapter 16 WAVE PROPAGATION
• Chapter 17 WAVE ENERGY
• Chapter 18 INTERFERENCE
• Chapter 19 DIFFRACTION
• Chapter 20 POLARIZATION
• Chapter 21 REFLECTION AND REFRACTION
• Chapter 22 WAVES IN ANISOTROPIC MEDIA
• Chapter 23 ABSORPTION AND DISPERSION
• Chapter 24 GENERALIZED MECHANICS
• Chapter 25 PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS
• Chapter 26 STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS
• Chapter 27 THERMAL RADIATION
• Chapter 28 WAVE MECHANICS
• Chapter 29 POSTULATES OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
• Chapter 30 THE SCHRÖDINGER PICTURE
• Chapter 31 ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM
• Chapter 32 ONE-ELECTRON ATOMS
• Chapter 33 MATRIX MECHANICS OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM
• Chapter 34 THE SPINNING ELECTRON
• Chapter 35 SYSTEMS OF IDENTICAL PARTICLES
• Chapter 36 MULTIELECTRON ATOMS
• Chapter 37 ATOMIC RADIATION
• Chapter 38 SYSTEMS OF ATOMS
• Chapter 39 STRUCTURE OF SOLIDS
• Chapter 40 FREE ELECTRONS IN SOLIDS
• Chapter 41 ELECTRONIC ENERGY BANDS
• Chapter 42 SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS
• Chapter 43 SOLID STATE ELECTRONICS
• Chapter 44 SOLID STATE MAGNETISM
• Chapter 45 SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
• Chapter 46 NUCLEAR STRUCTURE
• Chapter 47 NUCLEAR DYNAMICS
• Appendix I VECTOR CALCULUS
• Appendix II MATRICES
• Appendix III SOME PROPERTIES OF PARTIAL DERIVATIVES
• Appendix IV EVALUATION OF SOME INTEGRALS
• Appendix V GLOSSARY OF SYMBOLS
• PROBLEM HINTS
• ANSWERS
• Index