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Introduction
1.1 Invariance of Physical Laws
1.2 Relativity of Simultaneity
1.3 Time Dilation
1.4 Length Contraction
1.5 The Lorentz Transformation
1.6 Relativistic Velocity Transformation
1.7 Doppler Effect for Light
1.8 Relativistic Momentum
1.9 Relativistic Energy
Chapter 1 Review
Chapter 1 Answer Key
2.1 Blackbody Radiation
2.2 Photoelectric Effect
2.3 The Compton Effect
2.4 Bohr’s Model of the Hydrogen Atom
2.5 De Broglie’s Matter Waves
2.6 Wave-Particle Duality
Chapter 2 Review
Chapter 2 Answer Key
3.1 Wave Functions
3.2 The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
3.3 The Schrӧdinger Equation
3.4 The Quantum Particle in a Box
3.5 The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
3.6 The Quantum Tunneling of Particles through Potential Barriers
Chapter 3 Review
Chapter 3 Answer Key
4.1 The Hydrogen Atom
4.2 Orbital Magnetic Dipole Moment of the Electron
4.3 Electron Spin
4.4 The Exclusion Principle and the Periodic Table
4.5 Atomic Spectra and X-rays
4.6 Lasers
Chapter 4 Review
Chapter 4 Answer Key
Appendix A: Units
Appendix B: Conversion Factors
Appendix C: Fundamental Constants
Appendix D: Astronomical Data
Appendix E: Mathematical Formulas
Appendix F: Chemistry
Appendix G: The Greek Alphabet
Key Terms
Index
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