Introduction to theoretical physics

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Автор: Slater J.C., Frank N.H.

Название: Introduction to theoretical physics

Издательство: New York: McGRAW-HILL

Год: 1933

Страниц: 597

Язык: английский

Формат: djvu

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The general plan of a book is often clearer if one knows how it came to be written. This book started from two separate sources. First, it originated in a year's lecture course of the same title, covering about the first two-thirds of the ground presented here, the part on classical physics. This course grew out of the conviction that the teaching of theoretical physics in a number of separate courses, as in mechanics, electromagnetic theory, potential theory, thermodynamics, tends to keep a student from seeing the unity of physics, and from appreciating the importance of applying principles developed for one branch of science to the problems of another. The second source of this book was a projected volume on the structure of matter, dealing principally with applications of modern atomic theory to the structure of atoms, molecules, and solids, and to chemical problems. As work progressed on this, it became evident that the structure of matter could not be treated without a thorough 'understanding of the principles of wave mechanics, and that such an understanding demanded a careful grounding in classical physics, in mechanics, wave motion, the theory of vibrating systems, potential theory, statistical mechanics, where many principles needed in the quantum theory are best introduced. The ideal solution seemed to be to combine the two projects, including the classical and the more modern parts of theoretical physics in a coherent whole, thus further increasing the unity of treatment of which we have spoken.

Contents

Preface

Power series

Power series method for differential equations

Power series and exponential methods for simple harmonic vibrations

Damped vibrations, forced vibrations, and resonance

Energy

Vector forces and potentials

Lagrange’s equations and planetary motion

Generalized momenta and Hamilton’s equations

Phase space and the general motion of particles

The motion of rigid bodies

Coupled systems and normal coordinates

The vibrating string and Fourier series

Normal coordinates and the vibrating string

The string with variable tension and density

The vibrating membrane

Stresses, strains, and vibrations of an elastic solid introduction

Flow of fluids introduction

Heat flow

Electrostatics, Green’s theorem, and potential theory

Magnetic fields, Stokes’s theorem, and vector potential

Electromagnetic induction and Maxwell’s equations

Energy in the electromagnetic field

Reflection and refraction of electromagnetic waves

Electron theory and dispersion

Spherical electromagnetic waves

Huygens’ principle and green’s theorem

fresnel and fraunhofer diffraction

waves, rays, and wave mechanics

Schrodinger's equation in one dimension

The correspondence principle and statistical mechanics

Matrices

Perturbation theory

The hydrogen atom and the central field

Atomic structure

Interatomic forces and molecular structure

Equation of state of gases

Nuclear vibrations in molecules and solids introduction

Collisions and chemical reactions

Electronic interactions

Electronic energy of atoms and molecules

Fermi statistics and metallic structure

Dispersion, dielectrics, and magnetism

Suggested references

Index