Summary of Material in Chapters 7-9
You should understand the meanings of the following terms:
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mass, momentum, energy, rest energy, kinetic energy, potential energy
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acceleration, force, conservative force
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work, power
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partial derivative, complex number
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barrier penetration
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angular momentum
You should understand the following topics:
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Bragg diffraction, single crystal and power target versions
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Probability interpretation of matter waves
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Planck relationship between energy and frequency
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De Broglie relationship between momentum and wavenumber
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Group velocity and particle motion
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Heisenberg uncertainty principle (momentum-space, energy-time,
mass-proper time)
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Relationships between momentum, energy, rest energy, kinetic energy,
and particle velocity for both the relativistic and nonrelativistic
cases
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Relationship between S(x) and potential energy
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Gravity as an example of a conservative force
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Work and power
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Force and potential energy in three dimensions
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Trajectory calculations
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Particle in a box -- relationship between energies and the waves
in the box
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Barrier penetration
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Angular momentum