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