Problem solving in theoretical physics. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Belousov, Yury M; Burmistrov, Serguei N; Ternov, Alexei I
• Contents: BACKGROUND AND PROBLEMS; ; CHAPTER 1. THEORY OF FIELDS; Introduction; 1.1 Vectors and tensors in the Euclidean space; 1.2 Vectors and tensors in the Minkowski space; 1.3 Relativistic kinematics; 1.4 The Maxwell equations; 1.5 Motion of a charged particle in the external field; 1.6 Static electromagnetic field; 1.7 Free electromagnetic field; 1.8 The retarded potentials and radiation; 1.9 Electromagnetic field of relativistic particles; 1.10 The scattering of electromagnetic waves; ; CHAPTER 2. QUANTUM MECHANICS; Introduction; 2.1 Operators and states in the quantum mechanics; 2.2 One-dimensional motion; 2.3 Linear harmonic oscillator; 2.4 Angular momentum and spin; 2.5 Motion in the magnetic field; 2.6 Motion in the centrally symmetric field; 2.7Semiclassical approximation; 2.8 Perturbation theory; 2.9 Relativistic quantum mechanics; 2.10 Addition of angular momenta. The identity of particles; 2.11 Theory of atoms and molecules; 2.12 Theory of scattering; 2.13 Theory of radiation; ; CHAPTER 3. STATISTICAL PHYSICS; Introduction; 3.1 The Gibbs distribution. The thermodynamic quantities and functions; 3.2 Quantum ideal gases; 3.3 Non-ideal quantum systems (liquids); 3.4 Phase transitions and the critical phenomena; ; SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS; ; CHAPTER 4. THEORY OF FIELDS; 4.1 Vectors and tensors in the Euclidean space; 4.2 Vectors and tensors in the Minkowski space; 4.3 Relativistic kinematics; 4.4 The Maxwell equations; 4.5 Motion of a charged particle in the external field; 4.6 Static electromagnetic field; 4.7 Free electromagnetic field; 4.8 The retarded potentials and radiation; 4.9 Electromagnetic field of relativistic particles; 4.10 The scattering of electromagnetic waves; ; CHAPTER 5. QUANTUM MECHANICS; 5.1 Operators and states in the quantum mechanics; 5.2 One-dimensional motion; 5.3 Linear harmonic oscillator; 5.4 Angular momentum and spin; 5.5 Motion in the magnetic field; 5.6 Motion in the centrally symmetric field; 5.7 Semiclassical approximation; 5.8 Perturbation theory; 5.9 Relativistic quantum mechanics; 5.10 Addition of angular momenta. The identity of particles; 5.11 Theory of atoms and molecules; 5.12 Theory of scattering; 5.13 Theory of radiation; ; CHAPTER 6. STATISTICAL PHYSICS; 6.1 The Gibbs distribution. The thermodynamic quantities and functions; 6.2 Quantum ideal gases; 6.2.1 Ideal Fermi gas; 6.2.2 Ideal Bose gas; 6.2.3 Ideal gas of elementary Bose excitations; 6.3 Non-ideal quantum systems (liquids); 6.3.1 Normal (nonsuperfluid) Fermi liquid; 6.3.2 Superconductivity. The BCS theory; 6.3.3 Weakly interacting Bose gas; 6.3.4 Theory of superfluidity; 6.4 Phase transitions and the critical phenomena; 6.4.1 The mean-field approximation; 6.4.2 The Ginzburg-Landau functional; 6.4.3 The fundamentals of the theory of critical phenomena; ; APPENDICES; 1 Dirac delta function and other distributions; 2 Bessel functions of half-integer order; 3 Confluent hypergeometric function. The Laguerre polynomials; 4 Gamma function;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 530.1; Physics -- Philosophy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783527828906
• Related ISBNs: 9783527828913
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