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Summary
Table of Contents
Preface | p. xi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Theory of Relativity | p. 9 |
Special Relativity | p. 9 |
General Relativity | p. 30 |
Four-Vector Notation | p. 34 |
Problems | p. 35 |
The Configuration of the Atom: Rutherford's Model | p. 37 |
The Background | p. 37 |
The Emergence of the Rutherford Model | p. 44 |
Rutherford Scattering Formula | p. 48 |
The Experimental Verification of the Rutherford Formula | p. 56 |
Summary of the Significances and Difficulties of a Nuclear Model | p. 60 |
Central Forces | p. 63 |
Electric Units | p. 66 |
The Derivation of Rutherford's Formula in the Laboratory System | p. 67 |
Problems | p. 68 |
Quantum States of Atoms: The Bohr Model | p. 71 |
Background | p. 71 |
The Bohr Model | p. 83 |
Experimental Evidence I: Spectra | p. 90 |
Experimental Evidence II: Franck-Hertz Experiment | p. 98 |
Extension: Bohr-Sommerfeld Model | p. 104 |
Summary | p. 116 |
Problems | p. 117 |
Fine Structure in Atomic Spectra: Electron Spin | p. 120 |
Magnetic Moment Produced by the Electron Orbital Motion in an Atom | p. 121 |
The Stern-Gerlach Experiment | p. 126 |
The Hypothesis of Electron Spin | p. 130 |
Doublet Lines of Alkali Metals | p. 138 |
The Zeeman Effect | p. 145 |
Summary of the Hydrogen Energy Spectrum | p. 161 |
Summary | p. 166 |
Dipole Moment | p. 167 |
Magnetic Resonance | p. 170 |
Problems | p. 182 |
Atoms Containing Many Electrons: The Pauli Exclusion Principle | p. 184 |
The Spectra and Energy Levels of Helium | p. 185 |
The Coupling of the Two Electrons | p. 187 |
The Pauli Exclusion Principle | p. 192 |
The Periodic Table of the Elements | p. 199 |
Summary | p. 215 |
Problems | p. 216 |
X-Rays | p. 219 |
The Discovery of X-Rays and their Wave Nature | p. 219 |
Mechanisms for Producing X-Rays | p. 231 |
Compton Scattering | p. 245 |
The Absorption of X-Rays | p. 255 |
Summary | p. 268 |
Problems | p. 269 |
Introductory Quantum Mechanics I: Concepts | p. 273 |
The Difficulty of the Bohr Theory | p. 276 |
Wave-Particle Dualism | p. 276 |
Uncertainty Relations | p. 289 |
The Wavefunction and its Statistical Explanation | p. 296 |
Summary | p. 312 |
The Symmetry of the Wavefunction and the Pauli Extension Principle | p. 312 |
Einstein's A and B Coefficients | p. 316 |
Selection Rules for Transitions | p. 320 |
The Principles of Lasers | p. 322 |
Problems | p. 328 |
Introductory Quantum Mechanics II: The Schrödinger Equation | p. 331 |
Schrödinger Equation | p. 331 |
Average Value and Operator | p. 348 |
The Solution of the Schrödinger Equation of the Hydrogen Atom | p. 353 |
Harmonic Oscillator Solution | p. 367 |
Problems | p. 371 |
Basic Concepts of Nuclear Physics | p. 374 |
The Nucleus of the Atom | p. 374 |
Nuclear Ground State Properties | p. 382 |
Nuclear Ground State Spins and Moments | p. 394 |
Summary | p. 399 |
Problems | p. 400 |
Radioactive Decay | p. 402 |
Radioactive Decay Laws | p. 402 |
Alpha, Proton, Heavy Cluster and Spontaneous Fission Decays | p. 417 |
Beta Decay | p. 431 |
Gamma Decay, Internal Conversion and Pair Production | p. 453 |
Summary | p. 472 |
Theory of Beta Decay | p. 473 |
Problems | p. 485 |
Nuclear Forces and Nuclear Models | p. 488 |
Nuclear Forces | p. 488 |
Nuclear Models | p. 494 |
Toward a Unified Model Description of Nuclei | p. 525 |
Summary | p. 556 |
Problems | p. 558 |
Nuclear Interactions and Reactions | p. 560 |
Introduction to Nuclear Interactions and Reactions | p. 560 |
Reaction Kinematics | p. 565 |
Coulomb Excitation, Compound Nucleus Reactions, and Other Reactions | p. 573 |
Fission and Fusion: Atomic Energy Utilization | p. 585 |
Some Selected Applications of Nuclear Physics | p. 604 |
Summary | p. 619 |
Problems | p. 620 |
Hyperfine Interactions | p. 622 |
Introduction | p. 622 |
Magnetic Dipole Hyperfine Interaction | p. 624 |
Electric Quadrupole Hyperfine Interaction | p. 634 |
Isotope Shift | p. 638 |
Summary | p. 646 |
Problems | p. 647 |
High-Energy Physics | p. 649 |
Toward a Deeper Stratum | p. 649 |
Particle Families and Interactions | p. 659 |
Conservation Rules | p. 672 |
The Quark Model Problems | p. 704 |
Ion Beam Analysis | p. 707 |
Table of Isotopes | p. 727 |
The 2006 Recommended Values of the Physical Constants | p. 755 |
Tables of Atomic-Electron Binding Energies and X-Ray Energies and Intensities | p. 757 |
Index | p. 775 |
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