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By A. S. Kompaneyets

Rigorous, systematic research through popular physicist deals complex scholars a radical historical past in mechanics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics that stresses atomic, nuclear, and microscopic elements. in particular powerful in its insurance of statistical physics. good points 137 exercises, many with whole options. Translated through George Yankovsky with the author's supervision. 1961 edition.

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We shall show that the problem of the motion of two masses interacting only with one another can always be easily reduced to a problem of the motion of a single mass. Let the mass of the first particle be m1 and of the second m2. We call the radius vectors of these particles, drawn from an arbitrary origin, r1 and r2, respectively. The components of r1 are x1, y1, z1; the components of r2 are x2, y2, z2. ” In addition, let us introduce the radius vector of the relative position of the particles Let us now express the kinetic energy in terms of and .

The triangle has six degrees of freedom. The position of a rigid body in space is defined by three points which do not lie on the same straight line. These three points, as we have just seen, have six degrees of freedom. It follows that any rigid body has six degrees of freedom. It should be noted that only such motions of the rigid body are considered as, for example, the rotation of a top, where no noticeable deformation occurs that can affect its motion. Generalized coordinates. It is not always convenient to describe the position of a system in Cartesian coordinates.

Electron Diffraction Sec. 24. The Wave Equation Sec. 25. Certain Problems of Quantum Mechanics Sec. 26. Harmonic Oscillatory Motion in Quantum Mechanics (Linear Harmonic Oscillator)265 Sec. 27. Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field Sec. 28. Quasi-Classical Approximation Sec. 29. Operators in Quantum Mechanics Sec. 30. Expansions into Wave Functions Sec. 31. Motion in a Central Field Sec. 32. Electron Spin Sec. 33. Many-Electron Systems Sec. 34. The Quantum Theory of Radiation Sec. 35. The Atom in a Constant External Field Sec.

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