Pawel Scharoch, Maciej P Polak, Radoslaw Szymon

A First Guide to Computational Modelling in Physics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This hands-on text demystifies numerical modelling for early-stage physics and engineering students, with each chapter focusing on an intriguing physics problem. Developed over many years of teaching a computational modelling course, this stand-alone book gives students an essential numerical modelling toolkit for today's data-driven landscape"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 130
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9781009413121
• ISBN-10: 1009413120
• Artikelnr.: 69228736

Autorenporträt

Pawe¿ Scharoch is a University Professor within the Department of Semiconductor Materials Engineering at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland. He has also held positions at Durham University, the Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin, and at Orange Labs Poland. His principal work is on structural and electronic properties of atomic systems. Professor Scharoch also has around thirty years of experience in teaching various courses in general physics and computational physics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
How to use this book
First steps
1. Rectangular finite quantum well - Stationary Schrödinger Equation in 1D
2. Diffraction of light on a slit
3. Pendulum as a standard unit of time
4. Planetary system
5. Gravitation inside a star
6. Normal modes in a cylindrical waveguide
7. Thermal insulation properties of a wall
8. Cylindrical capacitor
9. Coupled harmonic oscillators
10. The Fermi-Pasta-Ulam problem
11. Cold hydrogen star
12. Rectangular quantum well filled with electrons - The idea of self-consistent calculations
13. Time dependent Schrödinger Equation Dawid Dworzäski
14. Poisson equation in 2D
Appendices
Further Reading
Index.