Authors:
- These notes are designed as a text book for a course
- on the Modern Physics Theory for undergraduate
- students. The purpose is providing a rigorous and
- self-contained presentation of the simplest theoretical
- framework using elementary mathematical
- tools. A number of examples of relevant applications
- and an appropriate list of exercises and answered
- questions are also given.
Part of the book series: UNITEXT (UNITEXT)
Part of the book sub series: Collana di Fisica e Astronomia (UNITEXTFIS)
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Table of contents (3 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
These notes are designed as a text book for a course on the Modern Physics Theory for undergraduate students. The purpose is providing a rigorous and self-contained presentation of the simplest theoretical framework using elementary mathematical tools. A number of examples of relevant applications and an appropriate list of exercises and answered questions are also given.
The first part is devoted to Special Relativity, concerning in particular space-time relativity and relativistic kinematics.
The second part deals with Schroedinger's formulation of quantum mechanics. The presentation concerns mainly one dimensional problems, in particular tunnel effect, discrete energy levels and band spectra. The three dimensional Schroedinger equation is discussed in the case of a cubic box and in that of central potentials; in particular we give some details on the harmonic oscillator, the spherical box and the Coulomb potential.
The third part concerns the application of Gibbs statistical methods to quantum systems and in particular to Bose and Fermi gasses.
Authors and Affiliations
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Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Sezione di Genova, Genova, Italy
Carlo Maria Becchi, Massimo D’Elia
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Introduction to the Basic Concepts of Modern Physics
Authors: Carlo Maria Becchi, Massimo D’Elia
Series Title: UNITEXT
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1616-3
Publisher: Springer Milano
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Milan 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-88-470-1616-3Published: 04 June 2010
Series ISSN: 2038-5714
Series E-ISSN: 2532-3318
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: X, 185
Topics: Quantum Physics, Complex Systems, Cosmology, Classical Electrodynamics, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems