List of Errors and Typos Found in "Experiments in Modern
Physics" by A. C. Melissinos and J. Napolitano (2nd Edition):
Please report any additional typos you find to your instructors so
they can be added to this list.
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Page 41
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In the second set of displayed spectroscopic factors, near the middle of the
page, ^3S_0 should be ^3S_1. This can be confusing if you are not familiar
with angular momentum addition!
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Page 243
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In the figure caption ^3P_1 should be ^3P_2.
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Page 284
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3/5 of the way down the page, correct the formula for copper sulfate to
read Cu SO_4. There are four oxygen atoms in it, not four SO groups.
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Page 288
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Equation 7.47: on the right side the lambda needs a subscript "f".
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Page 318
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The footnote should cite the year 1954, not 1984.
List of Errors and Typos Found in "Experiments in Modern
Physics" by A. C. Melissinos (1st Edition):
Please report any additional typos you find to your instructors so
they can be added to this list.
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Page 50
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Figure caption should say this is the spectrum of mercury, not
hydrogen.
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Page 265
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Figure 6.14 graph of the Klein-Nishina formula is inaccurate.
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Page 269
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Figure 6.17 The "overlap" of the Lorentzian line shapes is said
to be in proportion to the amount of absorption of the gamma rays.
This is not true. The amount of absorption is given by the *convolution*
of the two line shapes, which gives another Lorentzian of twice the width,
but which is NOT computed from the simple overlap of areas.
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Page 270
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There is a sign error in the Lorentz Transformation near the bottom of the
page. If the nucleus is moving in the same direction as the emitted gamma
ray, the energy in the lab frame, E', is *bigger* than the emitted
energy. Hence the LT must contain a "+" sign. The next line of text is
written correctly in spite of this.
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Figure 6.18 and following test. The "overlap" of the Lorentzian line
shapes is said to be in proportion to the amount of absorption of the
gamma rays. This is not true. The amount of absorption is given by the
*convolution* of the two line shapes, which gives another Lorentzian of
twice the width, but which is NOT computed from the simple overlap of
areas.
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Page 290
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Figure 7.6: the rightmost transition should extend down to the
lowest m=-1/2 state.
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Page 310, 311
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The symbol "delta" gets used twice in different contexts. The first time
it is path difference, while the second time it is the phase difference.
They are not the same.
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Page 311
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The discussion leading to Equation 5.3 (Airy's formula) is wrong. The
author mixes up the amplitude-level reflectivity and transmissivity at the
top of the page, with the intensity-related variables in the given
formula. The given formula does not follow from the statements at the top
of the page. The formula itself is correct if R and T are taken to
be the intensity-related variable.
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Page 317
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Formula 5.12 is incorrect. See the Zeeman Experiment write-up.
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Page 367
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After a murky discussion, the g-factor for the proton is quoted as "5.56
nuclear magnetons". This is wrong since g is defined as a dimensionless
number, as on page 295. The given numerical value is correct, but there
should be no units.