Table of Contents

1 Mechanics Of Idealized Bodies.; 1.1 Motion In Space And Time.; 1.2 Dynamics Of Mass-Points.; 1.3 Energy And Momentum.; 1.4 Angular Momentum.; 1.5 Dynamics Of Rigid Bodies.; 1.6 Oscillations.; 2 Macroscopic Physics Of Matter.; 2.1 Gases.; 2.2 Aggregate Phases.; 2.3 The Law Of Energy.; 2.4 Entropy.; 2.5 Low Temperatures.; 3 Equalizing Processes And Waves.; 3.1 Wave Propagation Along Linear Media.; 3.2 Equalizing Processes.; 3.3 Sound Waves In Gases.; 3.4 Electricity And Magnetism.; 3.5 The Electromagnetic Field.; 3.6 Electromagnetic Waves.; 4 Electromagnetic Radiation.; 4.1 Geometrical Optics.; 4.2 Wave Optics.; 4.3 Photons.; 4.4 Thermal Radiation.; 5 Atomic Structure of Matter.; 5.1 The Atom.; 5.2 Electron Waves.; 5.3 The Electron Shell Of Atoms.; 5.4 The Atomic Nucleus.; 5.5 Chemical Binding.; 5.6. Lattice Structure Of Crystals.; 6 Quantum Gases.; 6.1 Lattice Vibrations And Phonons.; 6.2 Laser.; 6.3 Energy Bands.; 6.4 Motion Of Electrons In Crystals.; 6.5 Semiconductors.; 6.6 Elementary Events. Appendix A Physical Quantities With SI Units. Appendix B. Physical Constants. Index.

About the Author

Gebhard von Oppen is a professor at the Institute for Atomic Physics at the Technical University of Berlin. Frank Melchert is an instructor in experimental physics at the Technical University of Berlin.