Unit 2. modern physics

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1 Invariance of physical laws

2 Relativity of simultaneity

3 Time dilation

3.1 Half-life of a muon

3.2 The twin paradox

3.4 Conceptual questions

4 Length contraction

5 The lorentz transformation

5.1 The galilean transformation equations

5.2 The lorentz transformation equations

5.4 The light cone

5.5 The twin paradox seen in space-time

5.6 Lorentz transformations in space-time

5.7 Simultaneity

6 Relativistic velocity transformation

7 Doppler effect for light

8 Relativistic momentum

9 Relativistic energy

Photons and matter waves

1 Blackbody radiation

1.2 Conceptual questions

2 Photoelectric effect

2.1 Characteristics of the photoelectric effect

2.2 The absence of lag time

2.3 The intensity of incident radiation and the kinetic energy of photoelectrons

2.4 The presence of a cut-off frequency

2.5 The work function

2.7 Conceptual questions

3 The compton effect

3.1 Momentum of a photon

3.2 The compton effect

3.3 Compton shift

3.5 Conceptual questions

4 Bohr’s model of the hydrogen atom

4.1 Electron orbits

4.2 Electron energies

4.3 Spectral emission lines of hydrogen

4.5 Conceptual questions

5 De broglie’s matter waves

6 Wave-particle duality

Quantum mechanics

1 Wave functions

1.1 Using the wave function

1.2 An interpretation of the wave function

1.3 Complex conjugates

1.4 Expectation values

1.6 Conceptual questions

2 The heisenberg uncertainty principle

3 The schrӧdinger equation

4 The quantum particle in a box

4.2 Conceptual questions

5 The quantum harmonic oscillator

5.1 The classic harmonic oscillator

5.2 The quantum harmonic oscillator

5.4 Conceptual questions

6 The quantum tunneling of particles through potential barriers

Atomic structure

1 The hydrogen atom

2 Orbital magnetic dipole moment of the electron

3 Electron spin

4 The exclusion principle and the periodic table

4.2 Conceptual questions

5 Atomic spectra and x-rays

5.1 Atomic fluorescence

5.3 X-ray technology

5.5 Conceptual questions

6.2 Blu-ray player

6.4 Key equations

6.5 Conceptual questions

6.7 Additional problems

Condensed matter physics

1 Types of molecular bonds

2 Molecular spectra

2.2 Conceptual questions

3 Bonding in crystalline solids

4 Free electron model of metals

5 Band theory of solids

6 Semiconductors and doping

7 Semiconductor devices

8 Superconductivity

Nuclear physics

1 Properties of nuclei

2 Nuclear binding energy

3 Radioactive decay

3.1 Radioactive decay law

3.2 Radioactive dating

3.4 Conceptual questions

4 Nuclear reactions

4.1 Alpha decay

4.3 Gamma decay

4.4 Radioactive decay series

4.5 Radioactivity in the earth

4.7 Conceptual questions

5.1 The atomic bomb

5.2 Fission nuclear reactors

5.4 Conceptual questions

6 Nuclear fusion

7 Medical applications and biological effects of nuclear radiation

Particle physics and cosmology

1 Introduction to particle physics

2 Particle conservation laws

2.1 Baryon number conservation

2.2 Lepton number conservation

2.3 Strangeness conservation

2.5 Conceptual questions

4 Particle accelerators and detectors

4.1 Early particle accelerators

4.2 Colliding beam machines

4.3 Particle detectors

4.5 Conceptual questions

5 The standard model

5.1 Introduction to the standard model

5.2 Electromagnetic force

5.3 Weak nuclear force

5.4 Strong nuclear force

5.5 Unification theories

5.7 Conceptual questions

7 Evolution of the early universe

Source: OpenStax, University physics volume 3. OpenStax CNX. Nov 04, 2016 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col12067/1.4

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