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Quantum Physics for Scientists and Technologists: Fundamental Principles and Applications for Biologists, Chemists, Computer Scientists, and Nanotechnologists

Name: Quantum Physics for Scientists and Technologists: Fundamental Principles and Applications for Biologists, Chemists, Computer Scientists, and Nanotechnologists
Author: Paul Sanghera
ISBN: 9780470294529

by Paul Sanghera

April 2011

Intermediate to advanced

544 pages

13h 36m

English

Wiley-Interscience

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Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Tech Editor
Periodic Table of the Elements
Fundamental Physical Constants
Important Combinations of Physical Constants

Preface
1 FIRST, THERE WAS CLASSICAL PHYSICS
1.1 INTRODUCTION1.2 PHYSICS AND CLASSICAL PHYSICS1.3 THE CLASSICAL WORLD OF PARTICLES1.4 PHYSICAL QUANTITIES1.5 NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION1.6 ROTATIONAL MOTION1.7 SUPERPOSITION AND COLLISION OF PARTICLES1.8 CLASSICAL WORLD OF WAVES1.9 REFLECTION, REFRACTION, AND SCATTERING1.10 DIFFRACTION AND INTERFERENCE1.11 EQUATION OF WAVE MOTION1.12 LIGHT: PARTICLE OR WAVE?1.13 UNDERSTANDING ELECTRICITY1.14 UNDERSTANDING MAGNETISM1.15 UNDERSTANDING ELECTROMAGNETISM1.16 MAXWELL’S EQUATIONS1.17 CONFINEMENT, STANDING WAVES, AND WAVEGROUPS1.18 PARTICLES AND WAVES: THE BIG PICTURE1.19 THE FOUR FUNDAMENTAL FORCES OF NATURE1.20 UNIFICATION: A SECRET TO SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTIONS1.21 SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY1.22 CLASSICAL APPROACH1.23 SUMMARY1.24 ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS
2 PARTICLE BEHAVIOR OF WAVES
2.1 INTRODUCTION2.2 THE NATURE OF LIGHT: THE BIG PICTURE2.3 BLACK-BODY RADIATION2.4 THE PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT2.5 X-RAY DIFFRACTION2.6 THE COMPTON EFFECT2.7 LIVING IN THE QUANTUM WORLD2.8 SUMMARY2.9 ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS
3 WAVE BEHAVIOR OF PARTICLES
3.1 INTRODUCTION3.2 PARTICLES AND WAVES: THE BIG PICTURE3.3 THE DE BROGLIE HYPOTHESIS3.4 MEASURING THE WAVELENGTH OF ELECTRONS3.5 QUANTUM CONFINEMENT3.6 THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE3.7 WAVE-PARTICLE DUALITY OF NATURE3.8 LIVING IN THE QUANTUM WORLD3.9 SUMMARY3.10 ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS
4 ANATOMY OF AN ATOM
4.1 INTRODUCTION4.2 QUANTUM MECHANICS OF AN ATOM: THE BIG PICTURE4.3 DALTON’S ATOMIC THEORY4.4 THE STRUCTURE OF AN ATOM4.5 THE CLASSICAL COLLAPSE OF AN ATOM4.6 THE QUANTUM RESCUE4.7 QUANTUM MECHANICS OF AN ATOMIC STRUCTURE4.8 CLASSICAL PHYSICS OR QUANTUM PHYSICS: WHICH ONE IS THE TRUE PHYSICS?4.9 LIVING IN THE QUANTUM WORLD4.10 SUMMARY4.11 ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS
5 PRINCIPLES AND FORMALISM OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
5.1 INTRODUCTION5.2 HERE COMES QUANTUM MECHANICS5.3 WAVE FUNCTION: THE BASIC BUILDING BLOCK OF QUANTUM MECHANICS5.4 OPERATORS: THE INFORMATION EXTRACTORS5.5 PREDICTING THE MEASUREMENTS5.6 PUT IT ALL INTO AN EQUATION5.7 EIGENFUNCTIONS AND EIGENVALUES5.8 DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENT REVISITED5.9 THE QUANTUM REALITY5.10 LIVING IN THE QUANTUM WORLD5.11 SUMMARY5.12 ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS
6 THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF AN EQUATION
6.1 INTRODUCTION6.2 THE SCHRÖDINGER WAVE EQUATION6.3 THE SCHRÖDINGER EQUATION FOR A FREE PARTICLE6.4 SCHRÖDINGER EQUATION FOR A PARTICLE IN A BOX6.5 A PARTICLE IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL BOX6.6 HARMONIC OSCILLATOR6.7 UNDERSTANDING THE WAVE FUNCTIONS OF A HARMONIC OSCILLATOR6.8 COMPARING QUANTUM MECHANICAL OSCILLATOR WITH CLASSICAL OSCILLATOR6.9 LIVING IN THE QUANTUM WORLD6.10 SUMMARY6.11 ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS
7 QUANTUM MECHANICS OF AN ATOM
7.1 INTRODUCTION7.2 APPLYING THE SCHRÖDINGER EQUATION TO THE HYDROGEN ATOM7.3 SOLVING THE SCHRÖDINGER EQUATION FOR THE HYDROGEN ATOM7.4 FINDING THE ELECTRON7.5 UNDERSTANDING THE QUANTUM NUMBERS7.6 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HYDROGEN7.7 LIVING IN THE QUANTUM WORLD7.8 SUMMARY7.9 ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS
8 QUANTUM MECHANICS OF MANY-ELECTRON ATOMS
8.1 INTRODUCTION8.2 TWO CHALLENGES TO QUANTUM MECHANICS: THE PERIODIC TABLE AND THE ZEEMAN EFFECT8.3 INTRODUCING THE ELECTRON SPIN8.4 EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE8.5 UNDERSTANDING THE ATOMIC STRUCTURE8.6 UNDERSTANDING THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF THE PERIODIC TABLE8.7 COMPLETING THE STORY OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM8.8 UNDERSTANDING THE ZEEMAN EFFECT8.9 LIVING IN THE QUANTUM WORLD8.10 SUMMARY8.11 ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS
9 QUANTUM MECHANICS OF MOLECULES
9.1 INTRODUCTION9.2 A SYSTEM OF MOLECULES IN MOTION9.3 BOND: THE ATOMIC BOND9.4 DIATOMIC MOLECULES9.5 ROTATIONAL STATES OF MOLECULES9.6 VIBRATIONAL STATES OF MOLECULES9.7 COMBINATION OF ROTATIONS AND VIBRATIONS9.8 ELECTRONIC STATES OF MOLECULES9.9 LIVING IN THE QUANTUM WORLD9.10 SUMMARY9.11 ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS
10 STATISTICAL QUANTUM MECHANICS
10.1 INTRODUCTION10.2 STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS10.3 MAXWELL–BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION10.4 MOLECULAR SYSTEMS WITH QUANTUM STATES10.5 DISTRIBUTION OF VIBRATIONAL ENERGIES10.6 DISTRIBUTION OF ROTATIONAL ENERGIES10.7 DISTRIBUTION OF TRANSLATIONAL ENERGIES10.8 QUANTUM STATISTICS OF DISTINGUISHABLE PARTICLES: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER10.9 QUANTUM STATISTICS OF INDISTINGUISHABLE PARTICLES10.10 PLANCK’S RADIATION FORMULA10.11 ABSORPTION, EMISSION, AND LASERS10.12 BOSE–EINSTEIN CONDENSATION10.13 LIVING IN THE QUANTUM WORLD10.14 SUMMARY10.15 ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS
11 QUANTUM MECHANICS: A THREAD RUNS THROUGH IT ALL
11.1 INTRODUCTION11.2 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY11.3 NANOSCALE QUANTUM CONFINEMENT OF MATTER11.4 QUICK OVERVIEW OF MICROELECTRONICS11.5 QUANTUM COMPUTING11.6 QUANTUM BIOLOGY11.7 EXPLORING THE INTERFACE OF CLASSICAL MECHANICS AND QUANTUM MECHANICS11.8 LIVING IN THE QUANTUM WORLD11.9 SUMMARY11.10 ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

A short list of books that cover the topics, which are the prerequisite for the material covered in this book. These books are available in most college libraries.

CLASSICAL PHYSICS

H. D. Young and R. A. Freedman. 2007. University Physics, 12th ed.: Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA.

P. A. Tipler and G. Mosca. 2007. Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6th ed.: W. H. Freeman, New York.

CALCULUS

H. E. Campbell and P. F. Dierker. 2007. Calculus with Analytic Geometry, 3rd ed.: Prindle Weber & Schmidt, Boston, MA.

J. Stewart. 2007. Calculus, 6th ed.: Brooks Cole, Belmont, CA.

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