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Introduction to the Basic Concepts of Modern Physics
Book Description:
This is the third edition of a well-received textbook on modern physics theory. This book provides an elementary but rigorous and self-contained presentation of the simplest theoretical framework that will meet the needs of undergraduate students. In addition, a number of examples of relevant applications and an appropriate list of solved problems are provided.Apart from a substantial extension of the proposed problems, the new edition provides more detailed discussion on Lorentz transformations and their group properties, a deeper treatment of quantum mechanics in a central potential, and a closer comparison of statistical mechanics in classical and in quantum physics.
The first part of the book is devoted to special relativity, with a particular focus on space-time relativity and relativistic kinematics. The second part deals with Schrödinger’s formulation of quantum mechanics. The presentation concerns mainly one-dimensional problems, but some three-dimensional examples are discussed in detail. The third part addresses the application of Gibbs’ statistical methods to quantum systems and in particular to Bose and Fermi gases.
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.
Introduction to the Basic Concepts of Modern Physics by Carlo Maria Becchi and Massimo D’ Elia
Introduction to the Basic Concepts of Modern Physics: Special Relativity, Quantum and Statistical Physics
Author(s): Carlo Maria Becchi, Massimo D’Elia
Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Year: 2015
ISBN: 331920629X
