Contents
1. Special Theory of Relativity
1–30
1.1 Inertial Frames of Reference
2
1.2 Galilean Transformations
2
1.3 Velocity of Light
3
1.4 Postulates of Special Relativity
5
1.5 Lorentz Transformations
6
1.6 Simultaneity and Time Dilation
8
1.7 Length Contraction
11
1.8 Transformation of Velocities
12
1.9 Lorentz Four-Vectors
14
1.10 Energy-Momentum Four-Vector and Relativistic Dynamics
16
1.11 Electromagnetic Interaction
18
1.12 Zero-Mass Particles and Doppler Shift
21
1.13 Examples
23
Problems
28
2. Introduction to Quantum Ideas
31–64
2.1 Black-Body Radiation
32
2.2 Photoelectric Effect
37
2.3 Compton Effect
40
2.4 Wave Nature of Particles
43
2.5 Atomic Spectra
46
2.6 Nuclear Model of the Atom
49
2.7 Bohr Model
51
2.8 Examples
56
Problems
61
3. Elements of Quantum Theory
65–100
3.1 A Thought Experiment
66
3.2 The Wave Function
67
3.3 Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
70
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