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Review material for Physics 250, covering topics such as Lorentz transformation, addition of velocities, momentum and energy, statistical physics, early quantum physics, the photoelectric effect, particle properties of waves, Rutherford scattering, radial probabilities and averages, hydrogenic atoms, magnetic moments, electron spin, protons and neutrons, and the Fermi sea. equations and formulas for each topic.
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Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
, in 3 D
S ' moving along + x axis
x =γ ( x ′ + c β t ′) ct = γ ( ct ′ +β x ′) x^2 – c^2 t^2 = x ′^2 – c^2 t ′^2
u (^) x
u ' x + v 1 +( u ′ x v ⁄ c^2 )
u (^) y^1 γ
u ′ y 1 +( ( u ′ x v ) ⁄ c^2 )
p ˜^ = ( E ⁄ c , p ) E = γ m (^) o c^2 p = βγ m (^) o c β pc E
E^2 = p^2 c^2 + m (^) o^2 c^4
E^2 – p^2 c^2 = E ′^2 – p ′^2 c^2 E = γ ( E ′ +β p ′ x c ) px c = γ ( p ′ x c +β E ′)
mv = qBR
pc ( GeV) = 0.3 q B ( Tesla) R m ( )
f^1 +β 1 – β
1 ⁄ 2 = f ′ λ 1 – β 1 +β
1 ⁄ 2 = λ′
n ( E ) dE g E ( ) f ( E ) dE^2 π N ( π kT )^3 ⁄^2
= =^ -----------------------^ E e – E^^ ⁄ kTdE
n ( ) v dv 4 π N v^2 m 2 π k (^) B T
3 ⁄ 2 e
1 2 --- mv
〈 --- mv^2 〉 3 2
= = --- k (^) B T v rms
3 k (^) B T m
〈 --- mv^2 x 〉 1 2 = --- k (^) B T
(a) Compton scattering:
(b) Absorption of Photons:
(c) Gravitational Red Shift:
Rutherford Scattering;
〈 ε ν( )〉 h ν e
h ν ⁄ k (^) BT
u ( ν) 8 π h ν
3
c^3
e
h ν ⁄ k (^) B T
hc λ m k (^) B T
R = σ T^4
σ =5.67∗ 10 –^8 W ⁄ m^2 K^4
h ν =φ + T (^) e^ max
λ – λ 0 = mc^ ------^ h - 1( – cosθ)
N ( x ) = N 0 e – μ x
ν 2 ν 1 1 gL C^2
ν' ν 1 GM Rc^2
N ( θ) k
(^2) Z (^2) e (^4) Nnt
4 r^2 T (^) α^2 sin^4 ( θ ⁄ 2 )
N = # alphas/ m^2 n = # atoms/ m^3 in foil t = thickness of foil
b kZ e
2 T (^) α = ------------^ cotθ ⁄ 2 r = distance of detector from foil
Tunneling:
Schrodinger Equation in higher dimensions:
Two dimensional box:
Central Forces:
Spherical harmonics and total angular momentum
,
Probabilities:
Expectation values:
Spherically symmetric potential:
0
– ------^ e^
p h i
∂ x
∂ y
∂ z
= (^) , , ----- p^2 – h^2 ∂
2
∂ x^2
2
∂ y^2
2
∂ z^2
= =– h^2 ∇^2
Lz x p (^) y y p (^) z h i
∂φ
E h
2 2 m
2 π n (^) x L (^) x
(^2 2) π n (^) y L (^) y
2
2 8 m
n (^) x L (^) x
(^2) n (^) y L (^) y
2 = = +
ψ ( x y , ) 2 L (^) x
L (^) y
π n (^) x x L (^) x
π n (^) y y L (^) y
= sin sin ------------
P x ( 1 < x < x 2 , y 1 < y < y 2 ) dx dy ψ ( x y , ) 2 y 1
y 2
x 2
Y (^) lm ( θ φ, ) = Θ lm ( θ) e im φ m = 0 ,± 1 ,± 2 ,… ,± l
L^2 Y (^) lm ( θ φ, ) = h^2 l l ( + 1 ) Y (^) lm (θ φ , ) L (^) z Y (^) lm ( θ φ, ) = hm (^) l Y (^) lm ( θ φ, )
P (θ 1 < θ < θ 2 ,φ 1 < φ <φ 2 ) d θ θ d φ Y (^) lm ( θ φ, ) 2 φ 1
φ 2
θ 2
U ( ) r = U r ( )
ψ nlm ( ) r = R (^) nl ( ) rY (^) lm ( θ φ, )
Radial probabilities and averages:
Hydrogenic atoms:
Magnetic moments:
Orbital:
Electron Spin S :
, , ,
,
Protons and Neutrons:
, , ,
Electron and orbital spin:
Fermi Sea: , ; , ,
∇^2 [ R r ( ) Y (^) lm ( θ φ, )] ∂
2
∂ r^2
r
∂ r
----- l l (^^ +^1 ) r^2
= + – ----------------- R r ( ) Y (^) lm ( θ φ, )
h^2 2 m
dr^2
r
--- dR dr
2
2 mr^2
P r ( 1 < r < r 2 ) r^2 dr R r ( ) 2 r 1
r 2
〈 f ( ) r 〉 drr^2 f ( ) r R r ( ) 2 0
∞
U r ( ) kZ e
2 r = –^ --------- E (^) n k e
2 2 a 0
2
n^2
μ B =5.788 × 10 – 5 eV/T
E = – μ ⋅ B μ = – μ B ( L/ h ) E = μ B m (^) l B
S^2 = s s ( + 1 ) h^2 S (^) z = m (^) s h s = 1 ⁄ 2 m (^) s =± 1 ⁄ 2
μ = – g μ B ( S ⁄ h ) =– 2 μ B ( S ⁄ h ) E = 2 μ B m (^) s B
μ n = eh ⁄ ( 2 m (^) p )=3.152 × 10 – 8 eV/T and s = 1 ⁄ 2
μ p n , = 2 g (^) p , n μ n ( S ⁄ h ) g (^) p = 2.79 g (^) n = – 1.91 ∆ E = 2 g (^) p n , μ n B
E = ( m (^) l + 2 m (^) s )μ B B
k (^) F 3 π^2 N V
1 ⁄ 3 = 3 D k (^) F^ π 2
= ---- 1 D E (^) f h
(^2) k 2 2 m
n ( E ) dE
------- E – f^3 ⁄^2 E dE
e
( E – E (^) f ) ⁄ ( kT )