Introduction to Theoretical Physics

Golden, Sidney, An Introduction to Theoretical Physical Chemistry, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, Massachusetts (1961). 

Wangsness, R. K., 1963. Introduction to Theoretical Physics Classical Mechanics and Electrodynamics, Wiley, New York. 

Page, L. (1935). Introduction to Theoretical Physics , Van Nostrand, New York, Chapter IV. 

For proof, see for example, Slater and Frank, Introduction to Theoretical Physics, pp. 365-366, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1933. 

Every body has three axes the use of which permits the kinetic energy to be expressed in a particularly simple form. These are called the princijxd axes of inertia. The moment of inertia about a principal axis is defined by the expression fprHr, in which p is the density of matter in a given volume clement dr, r is the perpendicular distance of this element from the axis in question, and the integration is over the entire volume of the solid. For a discussion of this question see J. C. Slater and N. II. Frank, Introduction to Theoretical Physics, p. 94, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, 1933. 

The treatment which follows is based on that in E. B. Wilson, Jr., and J. B, Howard,. ]. Chem. Phys., 4 260 (1936), but has been corrected to conform to the criticism of B. T. Darling and D. M. Dennison, Phys. Rev., 57 128 (1940). The -ector technique used was adapted from the similar treatment of rigid bodies by b. Page, Introduction to Theoretical Physics, 2d ed., Chap. 2, Van Nostrand, New York, 1934. See also H. Margenaii and G. M. Murphy, The Mathematics of Physics and Chemistry, Chap. 9, an Xostrand, New York, 1943. 

Slater, J. C., and N. H. Frank. 1933. Introduction to theoretical physics. New York McGraw-HUl. 

See, for example, (a) R. K. Wangsness, Introduction to Theoretical Physics, Classical Mechanics and Electrodynamics, Wiley, New York, 1966, p. 360 (b) A. V. Sokolov, Optical Properties of Metals (English edition), Ed. by O. S. Heavens, American Elsevier, New York, 1967, Chap. 2 (c) J. D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, 2nd ed., Wiley, New York, 1975, Sect. 7.5. 

Margenau and Murphy, op. cit., Section 14.7 also W. Band, Introduction to Mathematical Physics, Chapter IV, D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., Princeton, N.J., 1959 Morse and Feshbach, Methods of Theoretical Physics, Chapter VII, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1953. 

Ernest R. Davidson, ed., Theoretical Chemistry. Chemical Reviews 91, no. 5 (July/August 1991). Note that in Slater s Introduction to Chemical Physics, only 13 of 522 pages focus on organic molecules. 

This appendix begins with a brief introduction to the physics of metal surfaces. We limit ourselves to those properties of surfaces that play a role in catalysis or in catalyst characterization. The second part includes an introduction to the theory of chemisorption, and is intended to serve as a theoretical background for the chapters on vibrational spectroscopy, photoemission, and the case study on promoter effects. General textbooks on the physics and chemistry of surfaces are listed in [1-8]. 

See also textbooks such as W. J. Moore, Physical Chemistry, New York, 1950 S. Glasstone, Theoretical Chemistry, New York, 1944 J. G. Slater, Introduction to Chemical Physics, New York, 1939. 

Due to the weak binding of physisorbed particles to substrates, the application of low temperatures is indispensable to stabilize mono- and multilayer films. Principles of low-temperature technologies can be found in Refs. 290, 296, and 375. A general introduction to the physics of solid surfaces and physisorption is provided in Ref. 393, experimental details are contained in Ref. 383, and both experimental and theoretical aspects are discussed in Ref. 202. 

Detailed explanations on theoretical tools are given. Emphasis is on viscoelastic properties. The book contains a few chapters on dilute, semidilute, and concentrated solutions of rodlike molecules. The following is a simphfied version M. Doi, Introduction to Polymer Physics, Oxfor Univ. Press Clarendon, 1996. 

Conducting polymers have now been studied for nearly a decade since the report [1] of the achievement of a highly conducting "metallic state upon doping of polyacetylene, (CH)x, with acceptors such as iodine and AsFs and donors such as sodium. This report led to vigorous activity in exploration of the physics and chemistry of the phenomena associated with these systems. A review of the full extent of theoretical development as well as synthetic and experimental work is beyond the scope of a short article. Therefore, only a brief introduction to the physical concepts as applied to a quasi-one-dimensional system is given below, followed by application to a conducting polymer of current interest, polyaniline. 

The quest for improved methods for elucidating and predicting the reactive behavior of molecules and other chemical species is a continuing theme of theoretical chemistry. This has led to the introduction of a variety of indices of reactivity some are rather arbitrary, while others are more or less directly related to real physical properties. They have been designed and are used to provide some quantitative measure of the chemical activities of various sites and/or regions of the molecule. 

Iachello, F. (1987), An Introduction to the Use of Group Theoretic Techniques in Scattering, Lecture Notes in Physics Vol. 279, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 160. 

Heermann, D. W., An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods in Theoretical Physics, Springer, Berlin, 1986. 

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