Physics Volume 3

Senior Contributing Authors

Samuel J. Ling, Truman State University
Jeff Sanny, Loyola Marymount University
William Moebs, Formerly of Loyola Marymount University


Contributing Authors

Stephen D. Druger
Alice Kolakowska, University of Memphis
David Anderson, Albion College
Daniel Bowman, Ferrum College
Dedra Demaree, Georgetown University
Edw. S. Ginsberg, University of Massachusetts
Joseph Trout, Richard Stockton College
Gerald Friedman, Santa Fe Community College
Lev Gasparov, University of North Florida
Lee LaRue, Paris Junior College
Mark Lattery, University of Wisconsin
Richard Ludlow, Daniel Webster College
Patrick Motl, Indiana University Kokomo
Tao Pang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Kenneth Podolak, Plattsburgh State University
Kevin Wheelock, Bellevue College
David Smith, University of the Virgin Islands
Takashi Sato, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Unit 1 Optics

Chapter 1 The Nature of Light
o Introduction
o 1.1 The Propagation of Light
o 1.2 The Law of Reflection
o 1.3 Refraction
o 1.4 Total Internal Reflection
o 1.5 Dispersion
o 1.6 Huygens’s Principle
o 1.7 Polarization
Chapter Review
 Key Terms
 Key Equations
 Summary
 Conceptual Questions
 Problems
 Additional Problems
 Challenge Problems

Chapter 2 Geometric Optics and Image Formation
o Introduction
o 2.1 Images Formed by Plane Mirrors
o 2.2 Spherical Mirrors
o 2.3 Images Formed by Refraction
o 2.4 Thin Lenses
o 2.5 The Eye
o 2.6 The Camera
o 2.7 The Simple Magnifier
o 2.8 Microscopes and Telescopes
Chapter Review
 Key Terms
 Key Equations
 Summary
 Conceptual Questions
 Problems
 Additional Problems

Chapter 3 Interference
o Introduction
o 3.1 Young's Double-Slit Interference
o 3.2 Mathematics of Interference
o 3.3 Multiple-Slit Interference
o 3.4 Interference in Thin Films
o 3.5 The Michelson Interferometer
Chapter Review
 Key Terms
 Key Equations
 Summary
 Conceptual Questions
 Problems
 Additional Problems
 Challenge Problems

Chapter 4 Diffraction
o Introduction
o 4.1 Single-Slit Diffraction
o 4.2 Intensity in Single-Slit Diffraction
o 4.3 Double-Slit Diffraction
o 4.4 Diffraction Gratings
o 4.5 Circular Apertures and Resolution
o 4.6 X-Ray Diffraction
o 4.7 Holography
Chapter Review
 Key Terms
 Key Equations
 Summary
 Conceptual Questions
 Problems
 Additional Problems
 Challenge Problems

Unit 2 Modern Physics

Chapter 5 Relativity
o Introduction
o 5.1 Invariance of Physical Laws
o 5.2 Relativity of Simultaneity
o 5.3 Time Dilation
o 5.4 Length Contraction
o 5.5 The Lorentz Transformation
o 5.6 Relativistic Velocity Transformation
o 5.7 Doppler Effect for Light
o 5.8 Relativistic Momentum
o 5.9 Relativistic Energy
Chapter Review
 Key Terms
 Key Equations
 Summary
 Conceptual Questions
 Problems
 Additional Problems

Chapter 6 Photons and Matter Waves
o Introduction
o 6.1 Blackbody Radiation
o 6.2 Photoelectric Effect
o 6.3 The Compton Effect
o 6.4 Bohr’s Model of the Hydrogen Atom
o 6.5 De Broglie’s Matter Waves
o 6.6 Wave-Particle Duality
Chapter Review
 Key Terms
 Key Equations
 Summary
 Conceptual Questions
 Problems
 Additional Problems

Chapter 7 Quantum Mechanics
o Introduction
o 7.1 Wave Functions
o 7.2 The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
o 7.3 The Schrӧdinger Equation
o 7.4 The Quantum Particle in a Box
o 7.5 The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
o 7.6 The Quantum Tunneling of Particles through Potential Barriers
Chapter Review
 Key Terms
 Key Equations
 Summary
 Conceptual Questions
 Problems
 Additional Problems
 Challenge Problems

Chapter 8 Atomic Structure
o Introduction
o 8.1 The Hydrogen Atom
o 8.2 Orbital Magnetic Dipole Moment of the Electron
o 8.3 Electron Spin
o 8.4 The Exclusion Principle and the Periodic Table
o 8.5 Atomic Spectra and X-rays
o 8.6 Lasers
Chapter Review
 Key Terms
 Key Equations
 Summary
 Conceptual Questions
 Problems
 Additional Problems

Chapter 9 Condensed Matter Physics
o Introduction
o 9.1 Types of Molecular Bonds
o 9.2 Molecular Spectra
o 9.3 Bonding in Crystalline Solids
o 9.4 Free Electron Model of Metals
o 9.5 Band Theory of Solids
o 9.6 Semiconductors and Doping
o 9.7 Semiconductor Devices
o 9.8 Superconductivity
Chapter Review
 Key Terms
 Key Equations
 Summary
 Conceptual Questions
 Problems
 Additional Problems
 Challenge Problems

Chapter 10 Nuclear Physics
o Introduction
o 10.1 Properties of Nuclei
o 10.2 Nuclear Binding Energy
o 10.3 Radioactive Decay
o 10.4 Nuclear Reactions
o 10.5 Fission
o 10.6 Nuclear Fusion
o 10.7 Medical Applications and Biological Effects of Nuclear Radiation
Chapter Review
 Key Terms
 Key Equations
 Summary
 Conceptual Questions
 Problems
 Additional Problems
 Challenge Problems

Chapter 11 Particle Physics and Cosmology
o Introduction
o 11.1 Introduction to Particle Physics
o 11.2 Particle Conservation Laws
o 11.3 Quarks
o 11.4 Particle Accelerators and Detectors
o 11.5 The Standard Model
o 11.6 The Big Bang
o 11.7 Evolution of the Early Universe
Chapter Review
 Key Terms
 Key Equations
 Summary
 Conceptual Questions
 Problems
 Additional Problems
 Challenge Problems