University Physics Volume 3

University Physics is a three-volume collection that meets the scope and sequence requirements for two- and three-semester calculus-based physics courses. Volume 1 covers mechanics, sound, oscillations, and waves. Volume 2 covers thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, and Volume 3 covers optics and modern physics. This textbook emphasizes connections between theory and application, making physics concepts interesting and accessible to students while maintaining the mathematical rigor inherent in the subject. Frequent, strong examples focus on how to approach a problem, how to work with the equations, and how to check and generalize the result. * Complete Textbook by OpenStax * Multiple Choices Questions (MCQ) * Essay Questions Flash Cards * Key-Terms Flash Cards Powered by https://www.jobilize.com/ Unit 1. Optics 1. The Nature of Light 1.1. The Propagation of Light 1.2. The Law of Reflection 1.3. Refraction 1.4. Total Internal Reflection 1.5. Dispersion 1.6. Huygens’s Principle 1.7. Polarization 2. Geometric Optics and Image Formation 2.1. Images Formed by Plane Mirrors 2.2. Spherical Mirrors 2.3. Images Formed by Refraction 2.4. Thin Lenses 2.5. The Eye 2.6. The Camera 2.7. The Simple Magnifier 2.8. Microscopes and Telescopes 3. Interference 3.1. Young's Double-Slit Interference 3.2. Mathematics of Interference 3.3. Multiple-Slit Interference 3.4. Interference in Thin Films 3.5. The Michelson Interferometer 4. Diffraction 4.1. Single-Slit Diffraction 4.2. Intensity in Single-Slit Diffraction 4.3. Double-Slit Diffraction 4.4. Diffraction Gratings 4.5. Circular Apertures and Resolution 4.6. X-Ray Diffraction 4.7. Holography Unit 2. Modern Physics 5. Relativity 5.1. Invariance of Physical Laws 5.2. Relativity of Simultaneity 5.3. Time Dilation 5.4. Length Contraction 5.5. The Lorentz Transformation 5.6. Relativistic Velocity Transformation 5.7. Doppler Effect for Light 5.8. Relativistic Momentum 5.9. Relativistic Energy 6. Photons and Matter Waves 6.1. Blackbody Radiation 6.2. Photoelectric Effect 6.3. The Compton Effect 6.4. Bohr’s Model of the Hydrogen Atom 6.5. De Broglie’s Matter Waves 6.6. Wave-Particle Duality 7. Quantum Mechanics 7.1. Wave Functions 7.2. The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle 7.3. The Schrӧdinger Equation 7.4. The Quantum Particle in a Box 7.5. The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator 7.6. The Quantum Tunneling of Particles through Potential Barriers 8. Atomic Structure 8.1. The Hydrogen Atom 8.2. Orbital Magnetic Dipole Moment of the Electron 8.3. Electron Spin 8.4. The Exclusion Principle and the Periodic Table 8.5. Atomic Spectra and X-rays 8.6. Lasers 9. Condensed Matter Physics 9.1. Types of Molecular Bonds 9.2. Molecular Spectra 9.3. Bonding in Crystalline Solids 9.4. Free Electron Model of Metals 9.5. Band Theory of Solids 9.6. Semiconductors and Doping 9.7. Semiconductor Devices 9.8. Superconductivity 10. Nuclear Physics 10.1. Properties of Nuclei 10.2. Nuclear Binding Energy 10.3. Radioactive Decay 10.4. Nuclear Reactions 10.5. Fission 10.6. Nuclear Fusion 10.7. Medical Applications and Biological Effects of Nuclear Radiation 11. Particle Physics and Cosmology 11.1. Particle Conservation Laws 11.2. Quarks 11.3. Particle Accelerators and Detectors 11.4. The Standard Model 11.5. The Big Bang 11.6. Evolution of the Early Universe