This volume encompasses five chapters from my personal study notes which covers all courses and notes in my study of Nuclear Engineering, from high school throughout my post-doctorate associateship.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 9: The Wave Nature of Matter
The Wave Nature of Matter
DE BROGLIE'S CONCEPT OF MATTER WAVES
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MATTER WAVES
EXPERIMENTS OF DAVISSON AND GERMER
EXPERIMENTS OF G. P. THOMSON
THEORETICAL STUDY OF MATTER WAVES
QUANTUM MECHANICS
Matrices Algebra
1. THE CORPUSCULAR CONCEPT OF MATTER
2. THE TRANSFORMATION THEORY
WAVE MECHANICS
PHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF the wave function ψ
PRINCIPLE OF INDETERMINACY
CRITICISM OF THE THEORY OF MATTER WAVES
CHAPTER 10: Quantum Statistics
Principles of statistical mechanics
Calculus of probabilities and its laws
CLASSICAL STATISTICS
APPLICATIONS OF THE QUANTUM STATISTICS
A. Bose-Einstein statistics
1. Black body radiation
2. Gas degeneration
B. Fermi-Dirac statistics
1. Electron theory of metals
2. Thermal and electrical conductivities
3. Thermoelectricity
4. Thermionic effect
5. Photoelectric effect
6. Contact potential difference (Volta effect)
7. Paramagnetism of the alkali metals
CRITICISM OF THE QUANTUM STATISTICS
CHAPTER 11
the atom
SPECIAL UNITS USED IN ATOMIC PHYSICS
The Electronic Structure of the Atom
The Atom Models
THOMSON ATOM MODEL
RUTHERFORD NUCLEAR ATOM MODEL
EXPERIMENTS ON THE SCATTERING OF ALPHA PARTICLES
BOHR ATOM MODEL
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE
ORIGIN OF SPECTRAL LINES
Bohr's theory of the origin of spectral lines
1. Spectrum of the singly ionized helium
2. Determination of the ratio of the mass of the electron to that of the proton : m/MH
3. The discovery deuterium or heavy hydrogen of mass number two
APPLICATIONS OF BOHR'S THEORY
EXCITATION AND IONIZATION OF ATOMS
Methods of excitation of atoms
EXPERIMENT OF DAVIS AND GOUCHER
X-RAY SPECTRA
SOME PECULIARITIES OF THE CHARACTERISTIC X-RAY SPECTRA
X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTRA THE SOMMERFELD RELATIVISTIC ATOM MODEL
VECTOR ATOM MODEL
QUANTUM NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VECTOR MODEL OF THE ATOM
MAGNETIC MOMENT DUE TO ORBITAL MOTION
BOHR MAGNETON
MAGNETIC MOMENT DUE TO ELECTRON SPIN
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE IN ATOMS
ELECTRON CONFIGURATIONS WITH THEIR MODERN SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATIONS
Semiconductors and transistors
FINE STRUCTURE OF SPECTRAL LINES
OPTICAL SPECTRA
Fine structure
FINE STRUCTURE OF THE SODIUM D-LINE
FINE STRUCTURE OF THE Hα LINE
X-RAY SPECTRA
ZEEMAN EFFECT
DEBYE'S EXPLANATION OF THE NORMAL ZEEMAN EFFECT
EXPLANATION OF THE ANOMALOUS ZEEMAN EFFECT
PASCHEN-BACK EFFECT
STARK EFFECT
THE STARK PATTERN OF THE Hα LINE
FORBIDDEN LINES IN ATOMIC SPECTRA
Forbidden lines in nebular and auroral spectra
EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION OF THE VECTOR MODEL
STERN AND GERLACH EXPERIMENT
GYROMAGNETIC EFFECT
THE WAVE MECHANICAL ATOM MODEL
SOLUTION OF SCHRÖDINGER’S EQUATION FOR THE ONE-ELECTRON ATOM
SOME APPLICATIONS OF THE WAVE MECHANICAL THEORY
1. HYDROGEN AND HELIUM ATOMS
2. MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
CHAPTER 12: Molecular Spectra
Van der Waals type of binding
Molecular Spectra
Van der Waals type of binding
Metallic binding
Electric moments of molecules
Size and shape of molecules
Dissociation of molecules: heat of dissociation
Franck-Condon principle
MOLECULAR SPECTRA
Theory of the rotation-vibration spectra
Theory of the electronic band spectra
PECULIARITIES OF CERTAIN BAND SPECTRA
ISOTOPIC EFFECT IN MOLECULAR SPECTRA
RAMAN EFFECT
APPLICATIONS OF THE RAMAN EFFECT IN PHYSICS
APPLICATIONS OF THE RAMAN EFFECT IN CHEMISTRY
SOLID STATE SPECTROSCOPY
Chapter 13: Modern Problems of Radioactivity
Modern Problems of Radioactivity
The Nucleus of the Atom
RADIATIONS FROM NATURAL RADIOELEMENTS
Alpha disintegration
Beta disintegration
Gamma-ray emission
SPECTRA OF THE RADIATIONS FROM NATURAL RADIOELEMENTS
GAMMA RAY SPECTRA
Nuclear energy levels
ALPHA RAY SPECTRA
BETA RAY SPECTRA
The cloud chamber method
Theoretical interpretation of the β-ray continuum
