Fundamentals of Physics II : Electromagnetism, Optics, and Quantum Mechanics.

A beloved introductory physics textbook, now including exercises and an answer key, accessibly explains electromagnetism, optics, and quantum mechanics R. Shankar is a well known physicist and contagiously enthusiastic educator, whose popular online introductory-physics video lectures have been view...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shankar, Ramamurti
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2020.
Edición:Expanded edition.
Colección:Open Yale courses series.
Temas:
Electromagnetism.
Optics.
Quantum theory.
Quantum Theory
Électromagnétisme.
Optique.
Théorie quantique.
electromagnetism.
optics.
SCIENCE > Physics > Electromagnetism.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Expanded Edition
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • 1. Electrostatics I
  • 1.1 Review of F = ma
  • 1.2 Enter electricity
  • 1.3 Coulomb's law
  • 1.4 Properties of charge
  • 1.4.1 Superposition principle
  • 1.5 Verifying Coulomb's law
  • 1.6 The ratio of gravitational to electric forces
  • 1.7 Coulomb's law for continuous charge density
  • 2. The Electric Field
  • 2.1 Review of key ideas
  • 2.2 Digression on nuclear forces
  • 2.3 The electric field E
  • 2.4 Visualizing the field
  • 2.5 Field of a dipole
  • 2.5.1 Far field of dipole: general case
  • 2.6 Response to a field
  • 2.6.1 Dipole in a uniform field
  • 3. Gauss's Law I
  • 3.1 Field of an infinite line charge
  • 3.2 Field of an infinite sheet of charge
  • 3.3 Spherical charge distribution: Gauss's law
  • 3.4 Digression on the area vector dA
  • 3.4.1 Composition of areas
  • 3.4.2 An application of the area vector
  • 3.5 Gauss's law through pictures
  • 3.5.1 Continuous charge density
  • 4. Gauss's Law II: Applications
  • 4.1 Applications of Gauss's law
  • 4.2 Field inside a shell
  • 4.3 Field of an infinite charged wire, redux
  • 4.4 Field of an infinite plane, redux
  • 4.5 Conductors
  • 4.5.1 Field inside a perfect conductor is zero
  • 4.5.2 The net charge on a conductor will reside at the surface
  • 4.5.3 A conductor with a hole inside
  • 4.5.4 Field on the surface of a conductor
  • 5. The Coulomb Potential
  • 5.1 Conservative forces and potential energy
  • 5.2 Is the electrostatic field conservative?
  • 5.3 Path independence through pictures
  • 5.4 Potential and field of a dipole
  • 6. Conductors and Capacitors
  • 6.1 Cases where computing V from E is easier
  • 6.2 Visualizing V
  • 6.3 Equipotentials
  • 8.4 The magnetic dipole
  • 8.5 The DC motor
  • 9. Magnetism II: Biot-Savart Law
  • 9.1 Practice with Biot-Savart: field of a loop
  • 9.2 Microscopic description of a bar magnet
  • 9.3 Magnetic field of an infinite wire
  • 9.4 Ampère's law
  • 9.5 Maxwell's equations (static case)
  • 10. Ampère II, Faraday, and Lenz
  • 10.1 Field of an infinite wire, redux
  • 10.2 Field of a solenoid
  • 10.3 Faraday and Lenz
  • 10.4 Optional digression on Faraday's law
  • 11. More Faraday
  • 11.1 Betatron
  • 11.2 Generators
  • 11.3 Inductance
  • 11.4 Mutual inductance
  • 11.5 Self-inductance

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