A.S. Kompaneyets | Category: PhysicsBook Details
ISBN: 9789386677389
YOP: 2018
Pages: 600
Order also on
This authoritative volume by a renowned Russian scientist offers advanced students a thorough background in theoretical physics. The treatment’s review of basic methods takes an approach that’s as rigorous and systematic as it is practical. Chiefly devoted to mechanics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics, this book stresses atomic, nuclear, and microscopic matters. Subjects include the quantum theories of radiation, dispersal, and scattering and the application of statistical mechanics to electromagnetic fields and crystalline bodies. Particularly strong in its coverage of statistical physics, the text examines Boltzmann statistics, Bose and Fermi distributions, Gibbs statistics, thermodynamic quantities, thermodynamic properties of ideal gases in Boltzmann statistics, fluctuations, phase equilibrium, weak solutions, chemical equilibria, and surface phenomena. Many of the 137 exercises feature complete solutions. Translated by George Yankovsky under the author’s supervision.
Part I. Mechanics
Sec. 1. Generalized Coordinates
See. 2. Lagrange’s Equation
Sec. 3. Examples of Lagrange’s Equations
Sec. 4. Conservation Laws
Sec. 5. Motion in a Central Field
Sec. 6. Collision of Particles
Sec. 7. Small Oscillations
Sec. 8. Rotating Coordinate Systems. Tnertial Forces
Sec. 9. The Dynamics of a Rigid Body
Sec. 10. General Principles of Mechanics
Part II. Electrodynamics
Sec. 11. Vector Analysis
Sec. 12. The Electromagnetic Field. Maxwell’s Equations
Sec. 13. The Action Principle for the Electromagnetic Field
Sec. 14. The Electrostatics of Point Charges. Slowly Varying Fields
Sec. 15. The Magnetostatics of Point Charges
Sec. 16. Electrodynamics of Material Media
Sec. 17; Plane Electromagnetic Waves
Sec. 18. Transmission of Signals. Almost Plane Waves
Sec. 19. The Emission of Electromagnetic Waves
Sec. 20. The Theory of Relativity
Sec. 21. Relativistic Dynamics
Part III. Quantum Mechanics
Sec. 22. The Inadequacy of Classical Mechanics. The Analogy Between Mechanics and Geometrical Optics
Sec. 23. Electron Diffraction
Sec. 24. The Wave Equation
Sec. 25. Certain Problems of Quantum Mechanics
Sec. 26. Harmonic Oscillatory Motion in Quantum Mechanics (Linear Harmonic Oscillator)
Sec. 27. Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field
Sec. 28. Quasi-Classical Approximation
Sec. 29. Operators in Quantum Mechanics
Sec. 30. Expansions into Wave Functions
Sec. 31. Motion in a Central Field
Sec. 32. Electron Spin
Sec. 33. Many-Electron Systems
Sec. 34. The Quantum Theory of Radiation
Sec. 35. The Atom in a Constant External Field
Sec. 36. Quantum Theory of Dispersion
Sec. 37. Quantum Theory of Scattering
Sec. 38. The Relativistic Wave Equation for an Electron
Part IV. Statistical Physics
Sec. 39. The Equilibrium Distribution of Molecules in an Ideal Gas
Sec. 40. Boltzmann Statistics (Translational Motion of a Molecule. Gas in an External Field)
Sec. 41. Boltzmann Statistics (Vibrational and Rotational Molecular Motion)
Sec. 42. The Application of Statistics to the Electromagnetic Field and to Crystalline Bodies
Sec. 43. Bose Distribution
Sec. 44. Fermi Distribution
Sec. 45. Gibbs Statistics
Sec. 46. Thermodynamic Quantities
Sec. 47. The Thermodynamic Properties of Ideal Gases in Boltzmann Statistics
Sec. 48. Fluctuations
Sec. 49. Phase Equilibrium
Sec. 50. Weak Solutions
Sec. 51. Chemical Equilibria
Sec. 52. Surface Phenomena
This authoritative volume by a renowned Russian scientist offers advanced students a thorough background in theoretical physics. The treatment’s review of basic methods takes an approach that’s as rigorous and systematic as it is practical. Chiefly devoted to mechanics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics, this book stresses atomic, nuclear, and microscopic matters. Subjects include the quantum theories of radiation, dispersal, and scattering and the application of statistical mechanics to electromagnetic fields and crystalline bodies. Particularly strong in its coverage of statistical physics, the text examines Boltzmann statistics, Bose and Fermi distributions, Gibbs statistics, thermodynamic quantities, thermodynamic properties of ideal gases in Boltzmann statistics, fluctuations, phase equilibrium, weak solutions, chemical equilibria, and surface phenomena. Many of the 137 exercises feature complete solutions. Translated by George Yankovsky under the author’s supervision.
Part I. Mechanics
Sec. 1. Generalized Coordinates
See. 2. Lagrange’s Equation
Sec. 3. Examples of Lagrange’s Equations
Sec. 4. Conservation Laws
Sec. 5. Motion in a Central Field
Sec. 6. Collision of Particles
Sec. 7. Small Oscillations
Sec. 8. Rotating Coordinate Systems. Tnertial Forces
Sec. 9. The Dynamics of a Rigid Body
Sec. 10. General Principles of Mechanics
Part II. Electrodynamics
Sec. 11. Vector Analysis
Sec. 12. The Electromagnetic Field. Maxwell’s Equations
Sec. 13. The Action Principle for the Electromagnetic Field
Sec. 14. The Electrostatics of Point Charges. Slowly Varying Fields
Sec. 15. The Magnetostatics of Point Charges
Sec. 16. Electrodynamics of Material Media
Sec. 17; Plane Electromagnetic Waves
Sec. 18. Transmission of Signals. Almost Plane Waves
Sec. 19. The Emission of Electromagnetic Waves
Sec. 20. The Theory of Relativity
Sec. 21. Relativistic Dynamics
Part III. Quantum Mechanics
Sec. 22. The Inadequacy of Classical Mechanics. The Analogy Between Mechanics and Geometrical Optics
Sec. 23. Electron Diffraction
Sec. 24. The Wave Equation
Sec. 25. Certain Problems of Quantum Mechanics
Sec. 26. Harmonic Oscillatory Motion in Quantum Mechanics (Linear Harmonic Oscillator)
Sec. 27. Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field
Sec. 28. Quasi-Classical Approximation
Sec. 29. Operators in Quantum Mechanics
Sec. 30. Expansions into Wave Functions
Sec. 31. Motion in a Central Field
Sec. 32. Electron Spin
Sec. 33. Many-Electron Systems
Sec. 34. The Quantum Theory of Radiation
Sec. 35. The Atom in a Constant External Field
Sec. 36. Quantum Theory of Dispersion
Sec. 37. Quantum Theory of Scattering
Sec. 38. The Relativistic Wave Equation for an Electron
Part IV. Statistical Physics
Sec. 39. The Equilibrium Distribution of Molecules in an Ideal Gas
Sec. 40. Boltzmann Statistics (Translational Motion of a Molecule. Gas in an External Field)
Sec. 41. Boltzmann Statistics (Vibrational and Rotational Molecular Motion)
Sec. 42. The Application of Statistics to the Electromagnetic Field and to Crystalline Bodies
Sec. 43. Bose Distribution
Sec. 44. Fermi Distribution
Sec. 45. Gibbs Statistics
Sec. 46. Thermodynamic Quantities
Sec. 47. The Thermodynamic Properties of Ideal Gases in Boltzmann Statistics
Sec. 48. Fluctuations
Sec. 49. Phase Equilibrium
Sec. 50. Weak Solutions
Sec. 51. Chemical Equilibria
Sec. 52. Surface Phenomena
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.