TheChineseUniversityofHongKong DepartmentofPhysics st 2012131 TermTextbooksandReferencesList ReferenceBooks A.Giambattista,B.M.Richardson,R.C.Richardson,"Physics"(McGrawHill2008)(orlater PHYS1002 editions) J.S. Faughin, R.A. Serway, C. Buille, C.A.

. Bennett, "Serway's College Physics" (7th edition) (Thomson2006)(orlateredition) Textbook(s) J.Walker,Physics,4thedition(orlateredition),AddisonWesley. PHYS1003A ReferenceBooks AnyHKDSEandHKALEtextbooks Textbook(s) D.Halliday,R.Resnick,andJ.Walker,PrinciplesofPhysics,9thedition,JohnWiley&Sons. PHYS1110 AI ReferenceBooks Young and Freeman, Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics, 13rd Edition,Pearson,2012. Textbook(s) HRW:D.Halliday,R.Resnick,andJ.Walker,PrinciplesofPhysics,9thedition,JohnWiley& Sons. ReferenceBooks PHYS1111 Young and Freeman, Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics, 13rd Edition,Pearson,2012. J.W.Jerret,Jr.andR.A.Serway,PhysicsforScientistsandEngineerswithModernPhysics,7th ed.,Thomson. P.M. Fishbane, S.G. Gasiorowicz, S.T. Thornton, Physics for Scientists and Engineers with ModernPhysics,3thed.,Pearson. Textbooks and references of PHY2001 & PHY2004; and the selected articles available in the PHYS2011 DownloadArea. PHYS4011 None Textbook(s) RResnick,DHallidayandKSKrane,"Physics",Vol1,5thed,JohnWiley&Sons,2002. PHYS2001 Reference(s) DKleppnerandRJKolenkow,AnIntroductiontoMechanics",McGrawHill,1973,Academic Press,1992. Reference(s) GStephenson,MathematicalMethodsforScienceStudents,PrenticeHall,latested. PHYS2004 MaryLBoas,MathematicalMethodsinthePhysicalSciences,Wiley,latested. W E Boyce and R C DiPrima, Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems,NewYork:J.Wiley,latested.

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Reference(s) L.NyhoffandS.Leestma,IntroductiontoFortran90Programming(PrenticeHall1999). T.M.R.Ellis,I.R.Philips,andT.M.Lahey,Fortran90Programming(AddisonWesley1994). W.H.Press,S.A.Teukolsky,W.T.Vetterling,andB.P.Flannery,NumericalRecipesinFORTRAN: theArtofScientificComputing,2nded(CambridgeUniversity1992). P.L.DeVries,Afirstcourseincomputationalphysics(JohnWiley&Sons1994) J.H.Mathews,Numericalmethodsforcomputerscience,engineering,andmathematics (PrenticeHall1992). Reference(s)(reservedatUniversityLibrary) L.Kirkup,DataAnalysiswithExcel,(Q180.55S7K572002)(highlyrecommended) JohnR.Taylor,Anintroductiontoerroranalysis:thestudyofuncertaintiesinphysical measurements(QA275.T381982) L.Lyons,ApracticalguidetoDataanalysisforphysicalsciencestudents(QC33L91991) D.C.Baird,Experimentation(QC39B171995) Noteswillbeprovided. Textbook(s) J.B.MarionandS.T.Thornton,ClassicalDynamicsofParticlesAndSystems(FifthEdition) Reference(s) APArya,IntroductiontoClassicalMechanics,PrenticeHall,1990QC125.2.A79 TWBKibble,ClassicalMechanics,3rded,Longman,1985 CKittel,Mechanics,BerkeleyPhysicsCourse,Vol.1,2nded,McGrawHill,1973QC21.B4445 v.11973 CKittel,Mechanics,BerkeleyPhysicsCourse,Vol.2,2nded,McGrawHill,1973 DKleppner&RJKolenkow,AnIntroductiontoMechanics,McGrawHill,1973QA805.K621973 KRSymon,Mechanics,3rded,AddisonWiley,1971QC125.S981971 JBMarionandSTThornton,ClassicalDynamicsofParticles&Systems,3rded,HarcourtBrace JovanovichInc,1988QA845.M381988 Textbook(s) D.J.Griffiths,"Introductiontoelectrodynamics",3rdEdition,PrenticeHall,1999. Reference(s) E.M.Purcell,"ElectricityandMagnestism",2ndEdition,McGrawHill,1985. R.P.Feynman,R.B.LeightonandM.Sands,"TheFeynmanLecturesonPhysics,Vol.II", AddisonWesley,1965. J. Reitz, F. Milford and R. Christy, "Foundations of electromagnetic theory", 4th Edition, AddisonWesley,1993. Textbook(s)(AvailableinUniversityBookstoreforPurchaseandalsoinReservein UL) R.Harris,ModernPhysics,2ndEd.(PearsonInternationalEdition).PearsonAddisonWesley

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(2008). Reference(s)(AvailableinReserveinUL) [TZD]J.R.Taylor,C.D.ZafiratosandM.A.Dubson,ModernPhysicsforScientistsandEngineers, 2ndEd.(PrenticeHall2004). [SMM]R.A.Serway,C.J.Moses,andC.A.Moyer,ModernPhysics,3rdEd.(ThomsonLearning 2005). S.Gasiorowicz,QuantumPhysics,2ndEd.(JohnWiley&Sons1996). A.Beiser,ConceptsofModernPhysics,5thed.(McGrawHill1995) K.Krane,ModernPhysics,2nded.(Wiley1996) L.Lyons,AllyouwantedtoknowaboutMathematicsbutwereafraidtoaskMathematics forsciencestudents,Vols.1and2(OxfordUniversityPress1995). Textbook JamesD.Livingston,ElectronicPropertiesofEngineeringMaterials,JohnWiley&Sons(MIT SeriesinMaterialsScienceandEngineering)1999. References CharlesKittel,IntroductiontoSolidStatePhysics,JohnWiley&Sons,1976,1996. R.H.Bube,ElectronsinSolids:anintroductorysurvey,AcademicPress,1992. AllotherelementarytextsonSolidStatePhysics. Reference(s) M.L.Boas,MathematicalMethodsinthePhysicalSciences,(2nded,Wiley1983). G.Arfken,MathematicalMethodsforPhysicists,(4thed,AcademicPress,1995). G.Stephenson,MathematicalMethodsforScienceStudents,(2nded,ELBS/Longman,1973). P.R.Wallace,MathematicalAnalysisofPhysicalProblems,(Dover,1984). F.B.Hildebrand,AdvancedCalculusforApplication,(2nded,PrenticeHall,1976). E.Kreyszig,AdvancedEngineeringMathematics,(9thed,Wiley,2006). C.C.LinandL.A.Segel,MathematicsAppliedtoDeterministicProblemsintheNaturalSciences, (SIAM,1988). J.Kevorkian,PartialDifferentialEquations:AnalyticalSolutionTechniques,(2nded,Springer, 2000). Reference(s) L.Kirkup,DataanalysiswithExcel:anintroductionforphysicalscientists,CambridgeUniversity Press.[Q180.55S7K572002] N.C.Barford,ExperimentalMeasurements:Precision,Error,andTruth,2nded.Wiley1985. [QA275E271985] P.R.BevingtonandD.K.Robinson,DataReductionandErrorAnalysisforthePhysical Sciences,2nded.McGrawHill1992.[QA278.B481992] N.H.CookandE.Rabinowicz,PhysicalMeasurementandAnalysis,AddisonWesley1963 [QC39C595] E.M.PughandG.H.Winslow,TheAnalysisofPhysicalMeasurements,AddisonWesley,1966 [QC39.P8] Wikipedia.org Reference(s) D.J.Griffiths,IntroductiontoQuantumMechanics,2nded.(PrenticeHall,2005) B.H.BransdenandC.J.Joachain,IntroductiontoQuantumMechanics(Longman,1989) F.Schwabl,QuantumMechanics,2nded.(Springer,1995) R.L.Liboff,IntroductoryQuantumMechanics,2nded.(AddisonWesley,1992)

D.A.Park,IntroductiontotheQuantumTheory,3rded.(McGrawHill,1992) L.E.Ballentine,QuantumMechanics:amoderndevelopment(WorldScientific,1998) A.Yariv,AnIntroductiontoTheoryandApplicationsofQuantumMechanics,(Wiley,1982) E.Merzbacher,QuantumMechanics,3rded.(Wiley,1998) L.I.Schiff,QuantumMechanics,3rded.(McGrawHill,1968) K.Gottfried,QuantumMechanics,Vol.1:Fundamentals(Benjamin,1979) R.Shankar,PrinciplesofQuantumMechanics,2nded.(PlenumPress,1994) H.Kroemer,QuantumMechanicsforengineers,materialsscienceandappliedphysics (PrenticeHall,1994) J.J.Sakurai,ModernQuantumMechanics,rev.ed.(AddisonWesley,1994) L.D.LandauandE.M.Lifshitz,QuantumMechanics,NonrelativisticTheory,3rded.(Pergamon Press,1977) P.A.M.Dirac,ThePrinciplesofQuantumMechanics,4thed.(OxfordUniversityPress,1967) Textbook(s) Therewillbehandwrittenlecturenotes.Studentsshoulddownloadclassnotesandreadthem priortoattendinglectures. Therearemanybooksonstatisticalmechanicsorstatisticalphysicsorstatistical thermodynamics.Thecontentsarequitestandard.However,Icouldnotfindonethatis reasonablypricedandfitstoourcourseperfectly.Therefore,IwillNOTselectatextbook. Instead,Iwouldsuggestseveralreferencebooks.Theseandotherbooksareputonreservein thereservedbooksectionintheUniversityLibrary.Therearemanynewstatisticalphysics textbookspublishedinrecentyears,asitsrelevancehasbeenincreasinglyrecognizedevenat theundergraduatelevel.SomeofthesebooksareavailableinEbookform,asmarkedbelow. Reference(s) F.Mandl,"StatisticalPhysics",2nded.JohnWiley&Sons.[QC174.8.M271988](Astandard textbookforfinalyearstudentsintheBritishuniversitysystem.) TonyGuenault,"Statisticalphysics"2nded.Chapman&Hall.[QC174.8.G841995](Ashort bookthatusesprobablythesimplestapproachingettingthekeyresultsinequilibrium statisticalphysics.Goodforstudentslearningthesubjectforthefirsttime.) PHYS4260 D.H.Trevana,"StatisticalMechanics:Anintroduction",EllisHorwood[QC174.8.T631993] (SameapproachasGuenaultandsimilarincoverage.Verypractical.) W.G.V.Rosser,"Anintroductiontostatisticalphysics",EllisHorwood.[QC174.8.R67](Very detaileddiscussionsonhowtodevelopthetheoryfromthebasics.Thestartingpointissimilar tothebookbyGuenault,butthebooktakesthereadersfarther.Excellentdiscussiononthe connectionsfromstatisticalmechanicsandthermodynamics.) HaraldJ.W.MullerKirsten,BasicsofStatisticalPhysicsABachelorDegreeIntroduction, WorldScientific2010.Thechosentopicsareexactlythoseinourcourse.Astrongpointofthe bookisthattherearemanyworkedexamples. L.G.Benguigui,StatisticalMechanicsforBeginners,WorldScientific2010.[QC174.8B46 2010]Averywellwrittennewstatmechtextbookforfirsttimelearners.Wewillcoverallthe topicsinthisbook.Forsometopics,ourtreatmentwillbedeeper.Thestrongpointsare:the bookisshort(147pages)andthesimplest/directapproachischosen. S.J.BlundellandK.M.Blundell,ConceptsinThermalPhysics,OxfordUniversityPress2006 [QC254.2B582006](Anotherverywellwrittenmodernbookthatcoversboth thermodynamicsandstatisticalphysicsattheundergraduatelevel.Thetopicsarecoveredin

short(butmany)chapters,allowingareadertolearnaparticulartopicwithin15pagesorso. Astrongpointisthepartonspecialtopics(mostlyapplicationsofstatisticalmechanics), includingshockwaves,stars,earthsatmosphere,etc.EbookversionisavailableviaUL website.) C.Hermann,StatisticalPhysics:IncludingApplicationstoCondensedMatter,Springer2005. (Wewillcover90%ofthetopicsinthisbook.Therearesolvedproblemsasexamples.Ebook versionisavailableviaULwebsite.) R.BowleyandM.Sanchez,"IntroductoryStatisticalMechanics",OxfordUniversityPress. [QC311.5.B6841999](2copiesreservedinlibrary)(Thelevelofpresentationfitstoastandard undergraduatecourse.Thecoverageisslightlymorethanthatinourcourse.) C.KittelandH.Kroemer,"Thermalphysics"2nded.WHFreeman.[QC311.5.K521980](A standardundergraduatetextbookinUSuniversities.) F.Reif,"FundamentalofStatisticalandThermalPhysics",McGrawHill.[QC175.R43](Similarto KittelandKroemer.)AsimplerversionisF.Reif,"StatisticalPhysics",BerkeleyPhysicsCourse, Vol.5,McGrawHill.[QC21.4445v.5]. K.Huang,"IntroductiontoStatisticalPhysics",Taylor&Francis.[QC174.8.H822001](Thisisa veryinterestingbook.Only270pageinlength,theauthorgaveaconciseandprecise introductiontothekeyideasinstatisticalmechanics.Readersneedtodigesteverysentence carefully.Thediscussionsarequitedeepinplaces.Thelackofworkedexamplesisaweak pointofthebook.Theauthorwroteaclassictextbook"StatisticalMechanics"[QC175.8.H8 1987]backin1963,whichgivesarigoroustreatmentonthesubjectatthegraduatelevel.) D.J.Amit,"Statisticalphysics:anintroductorycourse",WorldScientific.[QC174.8.A451999] (Anexcellentbookforselflearningwrittenbyanexcellentauthorwellknownforhisclarity. Theauthoralsowrote"FieldTheory,therenormalizationgroup,andcriticalphenomena" [QC173.4.C74A441984],fromwhichmanyresearcherslearnedhowtostudycritical phenomenausingfieldtheoreticalapproaches. Reference(s) JHMoore,CCDavisandMACoplan,BuildingScientificApparatus,apracticalguidetodesign andconstruction,AddisonWesley. ADeSa,PrinciplesofElectronicInstrumentation,EdwardArnold.(TK7878.4.D41990) BEJones,Instrumentation,MeasurementandFeedback,McGrawHill.(TA165.J581990) GAWoolvet,TransducersinDigitalSystems,PeterPeregrinus.(TJ223.TW66) JAlloccaandAStuart,Transducers:TheoryandApplication,Reston.(TJ223.T7A45) RPPallasArenyandJGWebster,SensorsandSignalConditioning,Wiley,1991. (TK7872.T6P25)

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ARoth,VacuumTechnology,3rded.,NorthHolland,1990.(TJ940.R63) RADunlop,ExperimentalPhysics,ModernMethods,OxfordUniversityPress,1988. D.A.Bell,OperationalAmplifiersApplications,Troubleshooting,andDesign,PrenticeHall, 1990.(TK7871.58O6B451990) AFPPutten,ElectronicMeasurementSystems,PrenticeHall,1988.(TK7878.P87) FRDungan,ElectronicCommunicationsSystems,2nded,Delmar,1993. LPHuelsman,ActiveandPassiveAnalogFilterDesign,McGrawHill,1993.(TK7872.F5H797 1993) PEJohnson,HRJohnsonandHPMoore,AHandbookofActiveFilters,PrenticeHall,1980. (TK7872.F5J651980). R J Schoenbeck, Electronic Communications odulation and transmission, Merrill, 1992. (TK5102.5.S3621992) Reference(s) SoftCondensedMatter,RichardA.L.Jones(OxfordUniversityPress,2002). PolymerSolutionsAnIntroductiontoPhysicalProperties,IwaoTeraoka(WileyInterscience, 2002). StructuredFluidsPolymers,Colloids,Surfactants,T.A.WittenwithP.A.Pincus(Oxford UniversityPress,2004). SoftCondensedMatterPhysicsinMolecularandCellBiology,editedbyW.C.K.PoonandD. Andelman(Taylor&Francis,2006). Reference(s) M.PlischkeandB.Bergersen,EquilibriumStatistcalPhysics,2nded.(WorldScientific,1994). R.K.Pathria,StatisticalMechanics,2ndEd.(Elsevier,2001). L.E.Reichl,AModernCourseinStatisticalPhysics(1998). S.K.Ma,ModernTheoryofCriticalPhenomena(Benjamin/Cummings,1976). (2006). S.Sachdev,QuantumPhaseTransitions(Cambridge,1999). Reference(s) C.CohenTannoudji,J.DupontRoc,G.Grynberg:Photons,andAtoms.AnIntroductionto QuantumElectrodynamics(Wiley,NewYork1989) C.CohenTannoudji,J.DupontRoc,G.Grynberg:AtomPhotonInteractions(Wiley,NewYork 1992) M.O.Scully,M.S.Zubairy:QuantumOptics(CambridgeUniv.Press,Cambridge1996) W.H.Louisell:QuantumStatisticalPropertiesofRadiation(Wiley,NewYork1973) P.Meystre,M.SargentIII:ElementsofQuantumOptics(Springer,Berlin,Heidelberg1999) D.F.Walls,G.J.Milburn:QuantumOptics(Springer,Berlin,Heidelberg1994) R.Loudon:TheQuantumTheoryofLight(Oxford2000) C.W.Gardiner:QuantumNoise(Springer,Berlin,Heidelberg1991) Reference(s) MiltonOhring,TheMaterialsScienceofThinFilms,AcademicPress,TA418.9.T45O471992. DonaldL.Smith,ThinFilmDeposition:PrinciplesandPractice,McGrawHill,Inc.,TA418.9. T45S651995.