A Guide to Physics Problems: Part 2: Thermodynamics, Statistical Physics, and Quantum Mechanics

A Guide to Physics Problems (Springer) #2

by Sidney B. Cahn

Thermodynamics and Statistical Introductory Why Bother? Space Station Pressure. Heat and Cylinder with Massive Piston. Spring Cylinder. Ideal Gas and Classical Poison Distribution in Ideal Gas. Polarization of Ideal Gas. Nonideal Heat Capacities. Return of Heat Capacities. Mixtures and Phase Entropy of Mixing. Leaky Balloon. Quantum Fermi Energy of a 1D Electron Gas. Two-Dimensional Fermi Gas. Magnetization Fluctuation. Gas Fluctuations. Applications to Solid Thermal expansion and Heat Capacity. Schottky Defects. Quantum One-Dimensional Shallow Square Well I. Shallow Square Well II. Harmonic Given a Gaussian. Harmonic Oscillator ABC's. Angular Momentum and Given Another Eigenfunction. Algebra of Angular Momentum. Variational Anharmonic Oscillator. Linear Potential I. Perturbation Momentum Perturbation. Bouncing Ball. Scattering Step-Down Potential. Spherical Box with Hole. 154 Additional Problems.

Genres: Physics

380 pages, Paperback

First published August 31, 1997