Dover Books on Physics

By: A.S. Kompanayets

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Paperback | 17 July 2012 | Edition Number 2

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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.

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From the Preface to the First Edition	p. 7
Preface to the Second Edition	p. 9
Mechanics	p. 11
Generalized Coordinates	p. 11
Lagrange's Equation	p. 13
Examples of Lagrange's Equations	p. 24
Conservation Laws	p. 30
Motion in a Central Field	p. 41
Collision of Particles	p. 48
Small Oscillations	p. 57
Rotating Coordinate Systems. Inertial Forces	p. 66
The Dynamics of a Rigid Body	p. 73
General Principles of Mechanics	p. 81
Electrodynamics	p. 92
Vector Analysis	p. 92
The Electromagnetic Field. Maxwell's Equations	p. 104
The Action Principle for the Electromagnetic Field	p. 117
The Electrostatics of Point Charges. Slowly Varying Fields	p. 124
The Magnetostatics of Point Charges	p. 135
Electrodynamics of Material Media	p. 144
Plane Electromagnetic Waves	p. 162
Transmission of Signals. Almost Plane Waves	p. 173
The Emission of Electromagnetic Waves	p. 181
The Theory of Relativity	p. 190
Relativistic Dynamics	p. 211
Quantum Mechanics	p. 229
The Inadequacy of Classical Mechanics. The Analogy Between Mechanics and Geometrical Optics	p. 229
Electron Diffraction	p. 238
The Wave Equation	p. 244
Certain Problems of Quantum Mechanics	p. 252
Harmonic Oscillatory Motion in Quantum Mechanics (Linear Harmonic Oscillator)	p. 265
Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field	p. 271
Quasi-Classical Approximation	p. 280
Operators in Quantum Mechanics	p. 291
Expansions into Wave Functions	p. 301
Motion in a Central Field	p. 312
Electron Spin	p. 323
Many-Electron Systems	p. 334
The Quantum Theory of Radiation	p. 353
The Atom in a Constant External Field	p. 368
Quantum Theory of Dispersion	p. 379
Quantum Theory of Scattering	p. 385
The Relativistic Wave Equation for an Electron	p. 394
Statistical Physics	p. 413
The Equilibrium Distribution of Molecules in an Ideal Gas	p. 413
Boltzmann Statistics (Translational Motion of a Molecule. Gas in an External Field)	p. 430
Boltzmann Statistics (Vibrational and Rotational Molecular Motion)	p. 447
The Application of Statistics to the Electromagnetic Field and to Crystalline Bodies	p. 457
Bose Distribution	p. 474
Fermi Distribution	p. 477
Gibbs Statistics	p. 498
Thermodynamic Quantities	p. 512
The Thermodynamic Properties of Ideal Gases in Boltzmann Statistics	p. 535
Fluctuations	p. 546
Phase Equilibrium	p. 557
Weak Solutions	p. 568
Chemical Equilibria	p. 576
Surface Phenomena	p. 582
Appendix	p. 586
Bibliography	p. 588
Subject Index	p. 589
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