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Tables of Contents for Princeton Problems in Physics, With Solutions
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xv
I Problems
1
74
Mechanics
3
6
Super-Ball tricks
3
1
Dusty spacecraft
3
1
Skyhook
4
1
Driven harmonic oscillators
4
1
Ball on a turntable
5
1
Damping
6
1
Dissolving spring
6
1
Shape of a soap film
6
1
Bead on a hoop
7
1
Solar system WIMPs
7
2
Electricity & Magnetism
9
7
Hemispherical bulge
9
1
Faraday rotation
10
1
Resistor with defect
10
1
Dipole antenna
11
1
Oscillating motor
12
1
Refrigerator magnet
12
1
Transmission line
12
1
Photographing electromagnetic waves
13
1
Cylindrical capacitor
14
1
Falling electron
15
1
Quantum Mechanics
16
6
Spherical δ function
16
1
Expanding square well
16
1
Crossed E and B fields
17
1
Harmonic oscillator perturbations
18
1
Resonance scattering
18
1
Spin flipping
19
1
Pion-nucleon scattering
19
1
Staircase potential
20
1
Neutron interferometry
20
1
Hyperfine splitting in hydrogen
21
1
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics
22
6
Negative temperature
22
1
Heteronuclear diatomic molecule
22
1
One-dimensional diffusion
23
1
Phase coexistence
24
1
Otto cycle
24
1
Drag force on a disk
25
1
Fluctuating wire
25
1
Adsorption on a film
25
1
Normal-superconductor coexistence curve
25
1
Monatomic crystal
26
2
Condensed Matter Physics
28
11
Quasiparticle tunneling
28
1
Superconducting phase boundary
29
1
Two-level centers
30
1
Ferroelectric
31
1
Grab bag
32
1
Rotons
33
1
Nematic liquid
34
2
Polarons
36
1
Ferromagnetism and paramagnetism
36
1
Quantum Hall effect
37
2
Relativity & Astrophysics
39
7
Frequency shifts
39
1
Rocket leaving earth
39
1
Gravitational magnetism
40
1
Why inflate?
41
1
Standard Schwarzschild
42
1
Rocket at rest
42
1
Domain wall
43
1
Orbiting gyroscope
43
1
Polynting-Robertson effect
44
1
Kasner model
44
2
Nuclear Physics
46
10
Geologic solar neutrino detector
46
1
Magnetic moments
47
1
Superallowed Fermi transitions
48
1
Neutrino sources
49
1
Mirror nuclei
50
1
Semi-empirical mass formula
51
1
Angular correlation
52
1
Deformed nuclei
52
2
β decays
54
1
Neutron polarization
54
2
Elementary Particle Physics
56
10
K0 decays
56
1
Muon-nucleon scattering
57
1
Scalar quarks
58
1
D decays
58
1
The Z0
59
1
Supernova neutrinos
60
1
The W+
61
1
Kobayashi-Maskawa mixing
62
1
The Higgs
63
1
Neutrino-quark scattering
64
2
Atomic & General Physics
66
9
Positronium
66
1
Phase contrast microscopy
67
1
Bad optics
68
1
Interstellar hydrogen
68
1
Quantum beats
69
1
Estimations
70
1
Atoms
71
1
Drag
71
1
Raman amplifier
72
1
Hurricane Gilbert
73
2
II Solutions
75
236
Mechanics
77
20
Super-Ball tricks
77
1
Dusty spacecraft
78
1
Skyhook
79
1
Driven harmonic oscillators
80
3
Ball on a turntable
83
2
Damping
85
3
Dissolving spring
88
1
Shape of a soap film
89
2
Bead on a hoop
91
2
Solar system WIMPs
93
4
Electricity & Magnetism
97
23
Hemispherical bulge
97
1
Faraday rotation
98
3
Resistor with defect
101
4
Dipole antenna
105
2
Oscillating motor
107
2
Refrigerator magnet
109
1
Transmission line
110
1
Photographing electromagnetic waves
111
2
Cylindrical capacitor
113
4
Falling electron
117
3
Quantum Mechanics
120
25
Spherical & function
120
3
Expanding square well
123
2
Crossed E and B fields
125
2
Harmonic oscillator perturbations
127
2
Resonance scattering
129
1
Spin flipping
130
4
Pion-nucleon scattering
134
2
Staircase potential
136
1
Neutron interferometry
137
5
Hyperfine splitting in hydrogen
142
3
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics
145
21
Negative temperature
145
1
Heteronuclear diatomic molecule
146
3
One-dimensional diffusion
149
3
Phase coexistence
152
1
Otto cycle
153
2
Drag force on a disk
155
3
Fluctuating wire
158
2
Adsorption on a film
160
2
Normal-superconductor coexistence curve
162
1
Monatomic crystal
163
3
Condensed Matter Physics
166
30
Quasiparticle tunneling
166
5
Superconducting phase boundary
171
1
Two-level centers
172
2
Ferroelectric
174
3
Grab bag
177
2
Rotons
179
4
Nematic liquid
183
3
Polarons
186
3
Ferromagnetism and paramagnetism
189
1
Quantum Hall effect
190
6
Relativity & Astrophysics
196
29
Frequency shifts
196
2
Rocket leaving earth
198
2
Gravitational magnetism
200
3
Why inflate?
203
5
Standard Schwarzschild
208
2
Rocket at rest
210
3
Domain wall
213
2
Orbiting gyroscope
215
2
Poynting-Robertson effect
217
2
Kasner model
219
6
Nuclear Physics
225
31
Geologic solar neutrino detector
225
5
Magnetic moments
230
3
Superallowed Fermi transitions
233
2
Neutrino sources
235
3
Mirror nuclei
238
4
Semi-empirical mass formula
242
1
Angular correlation
243
2
Deformed nuclei
245
4
β decays
249
4
Neutron polarization
253
3
Elementary Particle Physics
256
27
K0 decays
256
2
Muon-nucleon scattering
258
2
Scalar quarks
260
4
D decays
264
3
The Z0
267
3
Supernova neutrinos
270
4
The W+
274
2
Kobayashi-Maskawa mixing
276
1
The Higgs
277
3
Neutrino-quark scattering
280
3
Atomic & General Physics
283
28
Positronium
283
3
Phase contrast microscopy
286
4
Bad optics
290
2
Interstellar hydrogen
292
2
Quantum beats
294
2
Estimations
296
3
Atoms
299
3
Drag
302
4
Raman amplifier
306
1
Hurricane Gilbert
307
4
Bibliography
311
2
Index
313