The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. II

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The New Millennium Edition: Mainly Electromagnetism and Matter

Richard P. Feynman Robert B. Leighton Matthew Sands(Author)

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Published on 29. September 2015

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Intro
Front matter
Title Page
Copyright
Introduction to the Electronic Editions
About the Authors
Preface to the New Millenium Edition
Feynman's Preface
Foreword
Contents
1. Electromagnetism
1-1. Electrical forces
1-2. Electric and magnetic fields
1-3. Characteristics of vector fields
1-4. The laws of electromagnetism
1-5. What are the fields?
1-6. Electromagnetism in science and technology
2. Differential Calculus of Vector Fields
2-1. Understanding physics
2-2. Scalar and vector fields-T and h
2-3. Derivatives of fields-the gradient
2-4. The operator ?
2-5. Operations with ?
2-6. The differential equation of heat flow
2-7. Second derivatives of vector fields
2-8. Pitfalls
3. Vector Integral Calculus
3-1. Vector integrals
the line integral of ??
3-2. The flux of a vector field
3-3. The flux from a cube
Gauss' theorem
3-4. Heat conduction
the diffusion equation
3-5. The circulation of a vector field
3-6. The circulation around a square
Stokes' theorem
3-7. Curl-free and divergence-free fields
3-8. Summary
4. Electrostatics
4-1. Statics
4-2. Coulomb's law
superposition
4-3. Electric potential
4-4. E=-??
4-5. The flux of E
4-6. Gauss' law
the divergence of E
4-7. Field of a sphere of charge
4-8. Field lines
equipotential surfaces
5. Application of Gauss' Law
5-1. Electrostatics is Gauss' law plus .
5-2. Equilibrium in an electrostatic field
5-3. Equilibrium with conductors
5-4. Stability of atoms
5-5. The field of a line charge
5-6. A sheet of charge
two sheets
5-7. A sphere of charge
a spherical shell
5-8. Is the field of a point charge exactly 1/r2?
5-9. The fields of a conductor
5-10. The field in a cavity of a conductor
6. The Electric Field in Various Circumstances
6-1. Equations of the electrostatic potential
6-2. The electric dipole
6-3. Remarks on vector equations
6-4. The dipole potential as a gradient
6-5. The dipole approximation for an arbitrary distribution
6-6. The fields of charged conductors
6-7. The method of images
6-8. A point charge near a conducting plane
6-9. A point charge near a conducting sphere
6-10. Condensers
parallel plates
6-11. High-voltage breakdown
6-12. The field-emission microscope
7. The Electric Field in Various Circumstances (Continued)
7-1. Methods for finding the electrostatic field
7-2. Two-dimensional fields
functions of the complex variable
7-3. Plasma oscillations
7-4. Colloidal particles in an electrolyte
7-5. The electrostatic field of a grid
8. Electrostatic Energy
8-1. The electrostatic energy of charges. A uniform sphere
8-2. The energy of a condenser. Forces on charged conductors
8-3. The electrostatic energy of an ionic crystal
8-4. Electrostatic energy in nuclei
8-5. Energy in the electrostatic field
8-6. The energy of a point charge
9. Electricity in the Atmosphere
9-1. The electric potential gradient of the atmosphere
9-2. Electric currents in the atmosphere
9-3. Origin of the atmospheric currents
9-4. Thunderstorms
9-5. The mechanism of charge separation
9-6. Lightning
10. Dielectrics
10-1. The dielectric constant
10-2. The polarization vector P
10-3. Polarization charges
10-4. The electrostatic equations with dielectrics
10-5. Fields and forces with dielectrics
11. Inside Dielectrics
11-1. Molecular dipoles
11-2. Electronic polarization
11-3. Polar molecules
orientation polarization
11-4. Electric fields in cavities of a dielectric
11-5. The dielectric constant of liquids
the Clausius-Mossotti equation
11-6. Solid dielectrics
11-7. Ferroelectricity
BaTiO3
12. Electrostatic Analogs
12-1. The same equations have the same solutions
12-2. The flow of heat
a point source near an infinite plane boundary
12-3. The stretched membrane
12-4. The diffusion of neutrons
a uniform spherical source in a homogeneous medium
12-5. Irrotational fluid flow
the flow past a sphere
12-6. Illumination
the uniform lighting of a plane
12-7. The "underlying unity" of nature
13. Magnetostatics
13-1. The magnetic field
13-2. Electric current
the conservation of charge
13-3. The magnetic force on a current
13-4. The magnetic field of steady currents
Ampère's law
13-5. The magnetic field of a straight wire and of a solenoid
atomic currents
13-6. The relativity of magnetic and electric fields
13-7. The transformation of currents and charges
13-8. Superposition
the right-hand rule
14. The Magnetic Field in Various Situations
14-1. The vector potential
14-2. The vector potential of known currents
14-3. A straight wire
14-4. A long solenoid
14-5. The field of a small loop
the magnetic dipole
14-6. The vector potential of a circuit
14-7. The law of Biot and Savart
15. The Vector Potential
15-1. The forces on a current loop
energy of a dipole
15-2. Mechanical and electrical energies
15-3. The energy of steady currents
15-4. B versus A
15-5. The vector potential and quantum mechanics
15-6. What is true for statics is false for dynamics
16. Induced Currents
16-1. Motors and generators
16-2. Transformers and inductances
16-3. Forces on induced currents
16-4. Electrical technology
17. The Laws of Induction
17-1. The physics of induction
17-2. Exceptions to the "flux rule"
17-3. Particle acceleration by an induced electric field
the betatron
17-4. A paradox
17-5. Alternating-current generator
17-6. Mutual inductance
17-7. Self-inductance
17-8. Inductance and magnetic energy
18. The Maxwell Equations
18-1. Maxwell's equations
18-2. How the new term works
18-3. All of classical physics
18-4. A travelling field
18-5. The speed of light
18-6. Solving Maxwell's equations
the potentials and the wave equation
19. The Principle of Least Action
19-1. A special lecture-almost verbatim
19-2. A note added after the lecture
20. Solutions of Maxwell's Equations in Free Space
20-1. Waves in free space
plane waves
20-2. Three-dimensional waves
20-3. Scientific imagination
20-4. Spherical waves
21. Solutions of Maxwell's Equations with Currents and Charges
21-1. Light and electromagnetic waves
21-2. Spherical waves from a point source
21-3. The general solution of Maxwell's equations
21-4. The fields of an oscillating dipole
21-5. The potentials of a moving charge
the general solution of Liénard and Wiechert
21-6. The potentials for a charge moving with constant velocity
the Lorentz formula
22. AC Circuits
22-1. Impedances
22-2. Generators
22-3. Networks of ideal elements
Kirchhoff's rules
22-4. Equivalent circuits
22-5. Energy
22-6. A ladder network
22-7. Filters
22-8. Other circuit elements
23. Cavity Resonators
23-1. Real circuit elements
23-2. A capacitor at high frequencies
23-3. A resonant cavity
23-4. Cavity modes
23-5. Cavities and resonant circuits
24. Waveguides
24-1. The transmission line
24-2. The rectangular waveguide
24-3. The cutoff frequency
24-4. The speed of the guided waves
24-5. Observing guided waves
24-6. Waveguide plumbing
24-7. Waveguide modes
24-8. Another way of looking at the guided waves
25. Electrodynamics in Relativistic Notation
25-1. Four-vectors
25-2. The scalar product
25-3. The four-dimensional gradient
25-4. Electrodynamics in four-dimensional notation
25-5. The four-potential of a moving charge
25-6. The invariance of the equations of electrodynamics
26. Lorentz Transformations of the Fields
26-1. The four-potential of a moving charge
26-2. The fields of a point charge with a constant velocity
26-3. Relativistic transformation of the fields
26-4. The equations of motion in relativistic notation
27. Field Energy and Field Momentum
27-1. Local conservation
27-2. Energy conservation and electromagnetism
27-3. Energy density and energy flow in the electromagnetic field
27-4. The ambiguity of the field energy
27-5. Examples of energy flow
27-6. Field momentum
28. Electromagnetic Mass
28-1. The field energy of a point charge
28-2. The field momentum of a moving charge
28-3. Electromagnetic mass
28-4. The force of an electron on itself
28-5. Attempts to modify the Maxwell theory
28-6. The nuclear force field
29. The Motion of Charges in Electric and Magnetic Fields
29-1. Motion in a uniform electric or magnetic field
29-2. Momentum analysis
29-3. An electrostatic lens
29-4. A magnetic lens
29-5. The electron microscope
29-6. Accelerator guide fields
29-7. Alternating-gradient focusing
29-8. Motion in crossed electric and magnetic fields
30. The Internal Geometry of Crystals
30-1. The internal geometry of crystals
30-2. Chemical bonds in crystals
30-3. The growth of crystals
30-4. Crystal lattices
30-5. Symmetries in two dimensions
30-6. Symmetries in three dimensions
30-7. The strength of metals
30-8. Dislocations and crystal growth
30-9. The Bragg-Nye crystal model
31. Tensors
31-1. The tensor of polarizability
31-2. Transforming the tensor components
31-3. The energy ellipsoid
31-4. Other tensors
the tensor of inertia
31-5. The cross product
31-6. The tensor of stress
31-7. Tensors of higher rank
31-8. The four-tensor of electromagnetic momentum
32. Refractive Index of Dense Materials
32-1. Polarization of matter
32-2. Maxwell's equations in a dielectric
32-3. Waves in a dielectric
32-4. The complex index of refraction
32-5. The index of a mixture
32-6. Waves in metals
32-7. Low-frequency and high-frequency approximations
the skin depth and the plasma frequency
33. Reflection from Surfaces
33-1. Reflection and refraction of light
33-2. Waves in dense materials
33-3. The boundary conditions
33-4. The reflected and transmitted waves
33-5. Reflection from metals
33-6. Total internal reflection
34. The Magnetism of Matter
34-1. Diamagnetism and paramagnetism
34-2. Magnetic moments and angular momentum
34-3. The precession of atomic magnets
34-4. Diamagnetism
34-5. Larmor's theorem
34-6. Classical physics gives neither diamagnetism nor paramagnetism
34-7. Angular momentum in quantum mechanics
34-8. The magnetic energy of atoms
35. Paramagnetism and Magnetic Resonance
35-1. Quantized magnetic states
35-2. The Stern-Gerlach experiment
35-3. The Rabi molecular-beam method
35-4. The paramagnetism of bulk materials
35-5. Cooling by adiabatic demagnetization
35-6. Nuclear magnetic resonance
36. Ferromagnetism
36-1. Magnetization currents
36-2. The field H
36-3. The magnetization curve
36-4. Iron-core inductances
36-5. Electromagnets
36-6. Spontaneous magnetization
37. Magnetic Materials
37-1. Understanding ferromagnetism
37-2. Thermodynamic properties
37-3. The hysteresis curve
37-4. Ferromagnetic materials
37-5. Extraordinary magnetic materials
38. Elasticity
38-1. Hooke's law
38-2. Uniform strains
38-3. The torsion bar
shear waves
38-4. The bent beam
38-5. Buckling
39. Elastic Materials
39-1. The tensor of strain
39-2. The tensor of elasticity
39-3. The motions in an elastic body
39-4. Nonelastic behavior
39-5. Calculating the elastic constants
40. The Flow of Dry Water
40-1. Hydrostatics
40-2. The equations of motion
40-3. Steady flow-Bernoulli's theorem
40-4. Circulation
40-5. Vortex lines
41. The Flow of Wet Water
41-1. Viscosity
41-2. Viscous flow
41-3. The Reynolds number
41-4. Flow past a circular cylinder
41-5. The limit of zero viscosity
41-6. Couette flow
42. Curved Space
42-1. Curved spaces with two dimensions
42-2. Curvature in three-dimensional space
42-3. Our space is curved
42-4. Geometry in space-time
42-5. Gravity and the principle of equivalence
42-6. The speed of clocks in a gravitational field
42-7. The curvature of space-time
42-8. Motion in curved space-time
42-9. Einstein's theory of gravitation

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