Principles of Modern Physics

Robert B. Leighton9780070371309, 007037130X

Table of contents :
Contentsr……Page 7
1rThe Theory of Relativity……Page 11
2rQuantum Mechanics……Page 67
3rThe One-dimensional HarmonicOscillator……Page 139
4rThe Free Particle……Page 151
5rThe One-electron Atom……Page 173
6rRadiation and Radiative Transitions……Page 221
7 The Pauli Principle, Atomic Shell Structure, and the Periodic System……Page 243
8rAtomic Spectroscopy……Page 265
9 Molecular Binding and Molecular Spectra……Page 298
10rQuantum Statistics……Page 338
11rThe Band Theory of Solids……Page 388
12rX-Rays……Page 416
13rBasic Properties of Nuclei……Page 469
14rParticle Scattering……Page 496
15rRadioactivity……Page 523
16rSystematics of Nuclear Stability……Page 557
17rDynamics of Nuclear Reactions……Page 573
18rNuclear Models……Page 606
19rNuclear Forces……Page 622
20rParticles……Page 634
21rModern Physics In Nature……Page 691
A. A TABLE OF PHYSICAL CONSTANTS……Page 731
B. BLACK-BODY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION……Page 735
C. SOME ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF ATOMS……Page 738
D. CONSTANTS OF SOME DIATOMIC MOLECULES……Page 741
F.rPLOTS OF RANGE VERSUS ENERGY AND MOMENTUM……Page 743
G. TABLE OF NUCLEAR SPECIES……Page 747
Index……Page 796