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Spiral Modern Physics

Modern PhysicsPhysics
Author
Paul D'Alessandris
Publisher
Monroe Community College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 69 sections
  1. 1: The Special Theory of Relativity - Kinematics
  2. 1.1: Time Dilation
  3. 1.2: Length Contraction
  4. 1.3: Lorentz Transformation
  5. 1.4: Velocity Addition
  6. 1.5: Activities
  7. 1.6: Interstellar Travel – Kinematic Issues (Project)
  8. 1.7: The Lock and Key Paradox (Project)
  9. 1.8: Length Contraction and the Magnetic Force (Project)
  10. 2: The Special Theory of Relativity - Dynamics
  11. 2.1: Relativistic Momentum, Force and Energy
  12. 2.2: Collisions and Decays
  13. 2.3: Activities
  14. 2.4: Interstellar Travel – Energy Issues (Project)
  15. Section 4:
  16. Section 5:
  17. 3: Spacetime and General Relativity
  18. 3.1: Minkowski Metric
  19. 3.2: Schwarzchild Metric
  20. 3.3: Activities
  21. 3.4: Global Positioning System (Project)
  22. 3.5: Falling into a Black Hole - Easy Version (Project)
  23. 3.6: Falling into a Black Hole - Hard Version (Project)
  24. 4: The Photon
  25. 4.1: Light as a Stream of Particles
  26. 4.2: Compton Scattering
  27. 4.3: Pair Production
  28. 4.4: Photons and Matter
  29. 4.5: Activities
  30. 4.6: The Laser Elevator (Project)
  31. 5: Matter Waves
  32. 5.1: Bragg Diffraction
  33. 5.2: The Double Slit with Matter
  34. 5.3: The Spatial Form of the Uncertainty Principle
  35. 5.4: The Temporal Form of the Uncertainty Principle
  36. 5.5: The Meaning of the Uncertainty Principle
  37. 5.6: A Problem with DeBroglies Hypothesis
  38. 5.7: Virtual Pair Production (Project)
  39. 6: The Schrodinger Equation
  40. 6.1: Schrodingers Equation
  41. 6.2: Solving the 1D Infinite Square Well
  42. 6.3: The Pauli Exclusion Principle
  43. 6.4: Expectation Values Observables and Uncertainty
  44. 6.5: The 2D Infinite Square Well
  45. 6.6: Solving the 1D Semi-Infinite Square Well
  46. 6.7: Barrier Penetration and Tunneling
  47. 6.8: The Time-Dependent Schrodinger Equation
  48. 6.9: The Schrodinger Equation Activities
  49. 6.A: Solving the Finite Well (Project)
  50. 6.A: Solving the Hydrogen Atom (Project)
  51. 7: Nuclear Physics
  52. 7.1: The Simplified Nuclear Potential Well
  53. 7.2: Radioactivity Terminology
  54. 7.3: Alpha and Beta Decay
  55. 7.4: Fission and Fusion
  56. 7.5: Nuclear Physics (Activities)
  57. 7.A: Alpha Decay (Project)
  58. 7.A: Radioactive Chains (Project)
  59. 7.A: Relativistic Baseball (Project)
  60. 8: Misc - Semiconductors and Cosmology
  61. 8.1: Modeling Semiconductors (Project)
  62. 8.2: Modeling the Universe (Project)
  63. Appendix
  64. Section 1:
  65. Section 2:
  66. Section 3:
  67. Section 4:
  68. Section 5:
  69. Section 6: