Master
of Science in Physics
(2013 batch onwards)
SEMESTER-I
Code |
Name |
L |
T |
P |
C |
PH401 |
Mathematical Physics I |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
PH403 |
Classical Mechanics |
3 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
PH405 |
Quantum Mechanics I |
3 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
PH407 |
Computer Programming |
2 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
PH409 |
Electronics |
3 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
PH411 |
Electronics Laboratory |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
|
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13 |
4 |
9 |
43 |
SEMESTER-II
Code |
Name |
L |
T |
P |
C |
PH402 |
Mathematical Physics II |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
PH404 |
Statistical Mechanics |
3 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
PH406 |
Quantum Mechanics II |
3 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
PH408 |
Numerical Methods and Computational
Physics |
2 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
PH410 |
Electrodynamics I |
3 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
PH412 |
General
Physics Laboratory I |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
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|
13 |
4 |
9 |
43 |
SEMESTER-III
Code |
Name |
L |
T |
P |
C |
PH501 |
Electrodynamics II |
3 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
PH503 |
Atomic and Molecular Physics |
3 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
PH505 |
Solid State Physics |
3 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
PH507 |
Nuclear and Particle Physics |
3 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
PH512 |
Measurement Techniques |
2 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
PH511 |
General Physics
Laboratory II |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
|
|
14 |
4 |
8 |
44 |
SEMESTER-IV
Code |
Name |
L |
T |
P |
C |
PH516 |
Advanced Physics Laboratory |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
PH518 |
Project |
0 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
PH5xx |
Elective-I |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
PH5xx |
Elective-II |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
PH5xx |
Elective-II |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
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9 |
0 |
18 |
36 |
Total Credit=166
PH 401 Mathematical Physics
I (2-1-0-6) Linear
Algebra: Vector Spaces, subspaces, linear independence, spans, basis,
dimensions, linear transformations, image and kernel, rank and nullity,
change of basis, similarity transformation, inner product spaces, orthonormal sets, Gram-Schmidt procedure, dual space, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, Hilbert space; Ordinary and
Partial Differential equations: Series solution-Frobenius
method, Strum-Liouville equations; Special
functions: Legendre, Hermite, Laguerre
and Bessel functions, method of separation of variables for wave equations in
cartesian and curvilinear coordinates,
Green’s function and its applications;Integral
transformations: Laplace transformations and applications to differential
equations. Texts: 1. G.B.Arfken, H.J.Weber
and F.E. Harris, Mathematical Methods
for Physicists, 7th Edn., Academic
Press, 2012. 2. S.
Andrilli and D.Hecker, Elementary Linear Algebra, Academic
Press, 2006. References: 1. M.L.Boas, Mathematical Methods in Physical Sciences,
John Wiley & Sons, 2005. 2. S.
Lang, Introduction to Linear Algebra,
2nd Edn., Springer, 2012. 3. E.A.
Coddington,
Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations, Prentice Hall of India,
1989. 4. I.
Sneddon, Elements
of Partial Differential Equations, McGraw Hill. 5. T.
Lawson, Linear Algebra, John Wiley
& Sons, 1996. 6. P.
Dennery & A. Krzywicki,
Mathematics for Physicists, Dover
Publications, 1996. PH 403 Classical
Mechanics (3-1-0-8) D’Alembert’s
principle and Lagrange equation: Generalized coordinates, principle of
virtual work, D’Alembert’s principle, Lagrangian formulation and simple applications, Variational principle and Lagrange equation:
Hamilton’s principle, Lagrange equation from Hamilton’s
principle, Extension to non-Holonomic systems,
Lagrange multipliers, symmetry and conservation laws;Central
force problem: Two body problem in central force, Equations of motion,
effective potential energy, nature of orbits, Virial
theorem, Kepler’s problem, condition for
closure of orbits, scattering in a central force field, centre of mass and
laboratory frame;Rotating frame: Angular velocity,
Lagrange equation of motion, inertial forces;Rigid
body motion: kinetic energy, momentum of inertia tensor; angular momentum,
Euler angles, heavy symmetrical top, Euler equations, stability conditions;
Hamiltonian formulation: Legendre transformations, Hamilton’s
equations, symmetries and conservation laws in Hamiltonian picture,
Hamilton’s principle, canonical transformations, Poisson brackets,
Hamilton-Jacobi theory, action-angle variables; Small-oscillations: Eigenvalue problem, frequencies of free vibrations and
normal modes, forced vibrations, dissipation;Classical
field theory: Lagrangian and Hamiltonian
formulation of continuous system. Texts: 1.
H. Goldstein, C. P. Poole and J. Safko,
Classical Mechanics, 3rd Edn., Pearson, 2012. References: 1.
N. C. Rana and P. S. Joag, Classical
Mechanics, Tata Mcgraw Hill (2001). 2.
L. Landau and E. Lifshitz, Mechanics,
Oxford (1981). 3.
S. N. Biswas, Classical Mechanics, Books and Allied (P) Ltd.,Kolkata (2004) . 4.
F. Scheck, Mechanics, Springer (1994). PH
405 Quantum
Mechanics I (3-1-0-8) Overview
of linear vector spaces: Inner product space, operators, expectation values
of physical variables, bases, Dirac notation, eigenvalues
and eigenvectors, commutation relations, Hilbert space; Postulates of Quantum
Mechanics: Wave particle duality, wavefunction and
its relation to the state vector, probability and probability current
density, conservation of probability, equation of continuity, density matrix;
Schroedinger equation: Simple potential problems,infinite potential well, step and barrier
potentials, finite potential well and bound states, linear harmonic
oscillator, operator algebra of harmonic oscillator;Three
dimensional problems:spherical harmonics, free particle in a spherical cavity,
central potential, Three dimensional harmonic oscillator, degeneracy,
Hydrogen atom;Angular momentum: Commutation relations,spin angular momentum, Pauli matrices, raising
and lowering operators, L-S coupling, Total angular momentum, addition of
angular momentum, Clebsch-Gordon coefficients. Texts: 1.
R. Shankar, Principles
of Quantum Mechanics, Springer (India), 2008. References: 1.
J. J. Sakurai, Modern
Quantum Mechanics, Pearson Education, 2002. 2.
K. Gottfried and T-M Yan, Quantum Mechanics: Fundamentals,2nd
Edn., Springer, 2003. 3.
D. J. Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics,
Pearson Education, 2005. 4.
P. W. Mathews and K. Venkatesan,
A Textbook of Quantum Mechanics, Tata
McGraw Hill, 1995. 5.
F. Schwabl, Quantum Mechanics, Narosa,
1998. 6.
L. Schiff, Quantum
Mechanics, Mcgraw-Hill, 1968. 7.
E. Merzbacher, Quantum Mechanics, John Wiley (Asia),
1999. 8.
B. H. Bransden and C. J. Joachain, Quantum
Mechanics, Pearson Education 2nd Edn., 2004. PH
409 Electronics (3-1-0-8) Bipolar
junction transistor: configurations, small signal amplifier, oscillators;
JFET and MOSFET: characteristics, small signal amplifier; OP-AMP:
Differential amplifiers, IC 741 circuits - amplifiers, scalar, summer, subtractor, comparator, logarithmic amplifiers, Active
filters, multiplier, divider, differentiator, integrator, wave shapers,
oscillators. Schmitt trigger; 555 Timer: Astable, monostable and bistable
multi-vibrators, voltage controlled oscillators; Voltage regulator ICs;
Number systems and their inter-conversion; Boolean algebra; Logic gates;
De-Morgan’s theorem; Logic Families: TTL, MOS and CMOS; Combinational
Circuits: Adders, subtractors, Encoder, De-coder,
Comparator, Multiplexer, De-multiplexers, Parity generator and checker;
Sequential Circuits: Flip-flops, Registers, Counters, Memories; A/D and D/A
conversion. INTEL 8085 microprocessor: Architecture and programming; I/O
interfacing using PPI 8255 and 8155; Architectural evolution in 16-bit,
32-bit and 64-bit microprocessors. Texts/References: 1.
A. S. Sedra and K. C. Smith,
Electronics Circuits, 6th Edn., Oxford University Press, 2009. 2.
R. L. Boylestad and L. Nashelsky,
Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory , 10th Edn.,
Prentice Hall, 2008 3.
D. P. Leach, A. P. Malvino
and G. Saha, Digital Principles and Applications ,
6th Edn., Tata McGraw Hill, 2007. 4.
R. Gaekwad, Op-Amps and
Linear Integrated Circuits, Prentice Hall of India, 1995. 5.
R. S. Gaonkar, Microprocessor
Architecture: Programming and Applications with the 8085, Penram
India, 1999. PH
411 Electronics
Lab (0-0-6-6) Typical
experiments: Half-wave and full-wave rectifiers; voltage regulation using Zener diode and IC 78xx; Regulated dual voltage power
supply using IC 78xx and IC79xx; I/O characteristics of BJT in CB and CE
configuration; Single stage amplifier using a FET; OP-AMP Circuits: Summer, subtractor, differentiator, integrator and active
filters; Colpitts and Wien bridge oscillators; monostable and astable multivibrator using NE555; Universality of NOR/NAND gates;
Verification of De Morgan's theorem, half-adder, full adder, multiplexers and
de-multiplexers; comparators; JK flip-flop, mod-counters; assembly language
programming exercises with INTEL 8085 microprocessor kit; Simple interfacing
experiments with 8155/8255. References: 1.
P. B. Zbar and A. P. Malvino, Basic Electronics: a text-lab manual, Tata
McGraw Hill, 1983. 2.
D. P. Leach, Experiments in Digital Principles, McGraw
Hill, 1986. 3.
R. S. Gaonkar, Microprocessor
Architecture: Programming and Applications with the 8085, Penram
India, 1999. PH 402 Mathematical
Physics II
(2-1-0-6) Tensors,
inner and outer products, contraction, symmetric and antisymmetric
tensors, metric tensor, covariant and contravariant
derivatives;Complex Analysis: Functions,
derivatives, Cauchy-Riemann conditions, analytic and harmonic functions,
contour integrals, Cauchy-Goursat Theorem Cauchy
integral formula; Series: convergence, Taylor series, Laurent series,
singularities, residue theorem, applications of residue theorem, conformal
mapping and application;Group Theory: Groups,
subgroups, conjugacy classes, cosets,
invariant subgroups, factor groups, kernels, continuous groups, Lie groups,
generators, SO(2) and SO(3),SU(2), crystallographic point groups. Texts: 1. J.
Brown and R.V.Churchill, Complex Variables and Applications, McGraw-Hill, 8th Edn.,
2008. 2. A.W.Joshi, Elements of Group Theory, New Age
Int., 2008. 3. A.W.Joshi, Matrices and Tensors in Physics, 3rd
Edn.,
New Age Int., 2005. References: 1. M.L.Boas, Mathematical Methods in Physical Sciences,
John Wiley & Sons , 2005. 2. G.B.Arfken, H.J.Weber
and F.E. Harris, Mathematical Methods
for Physicists, 7th Edn., Academic
Press, 2012. 3. M.
Hamermesh, Group
Theory and Its Applications to Physical Problems, Dover, 1989. PH 404 Statistical
Mechanics
(3-1-0-8) Statistical
description: macroscopic and microscopic states for classical and quantum
systems, connection between statistics and thermodynamics, entropy, classical
ideal gas, entropy of mixing and Gibb's paradox;Microcanonical
Ensemble: Phase space, Liouville's theorem,
applications of ensemble theory
to classical and quantum systems; Canonical Ensemble: partition function,
thermodynamics in canonical ensemble, classical systems, ideal gas, energy
fluctuation, equipartition andVirial
theorem, system of harmonic oscillators, statistics of paramagnetism,
negative temperature; Grand Canonical
Ensemble: equilibrium between a system and a particle-energy reservoir,
partition function, density and energy fluctuation. Formulation of Quantum
Statistics: Quantum mechanical ensemble theory, density matrix,statistics
of various ensembles, examples;Theory of quantum
ideal gases: Ideal gas in different quantum mechanical ensembles, identical
particles, many particle wave function, occupation numbers, classical limit
of quantum statistics, molecules with internal motion;Ideal
Bose Gas: Bose-Einstein condensation, blackbody radiation, phonons,Helium II;Ideal Fermi
Gas: Pauli paramagnetism, Landau diamagnetism,
thermionic and photoelectric emissions, white dwarfs;Interacting
Systems: Models of interacting systems, Ising,
Heisenberg and XY models, Solution of Ising
model in one dimension by
transfer matrix method. Texts: 1.
R. K. Pathria and P. D.
Beale, Statistical Mechanics, 3rd
Edn. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2011. 2.
S. R. A.
Salinas, Introduction to Statistical
Physics, Springer, 2004. References: 1.
W. Greiner, L Neise, and H.
Stocker, Thermodynamics and Statistical
Mechanics, Springer, 1994. 2.
K. Huang, Statistical
Mechanics, John Wiley Asia, 2000. 3.
L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz,
Statistical Physics, Pergamon, 1980. 4.
PH
406 Quantum
Mechanics II (3-1-0-8) Perturbation
Theory: Non-degenerate and Degenerate cases, Zeeman and Stark effects,
induced electric dipole moment of Hydrogen; Real Hydrogen Atom: relativistic
correction, spin-orbit coupling, hyperfine interaction, Helium atom,
Pauli’s exclusion principle, exchange interaction; Schroedinger
equation for a slowly varying potential: WKB approximation, turning points,
connection formulae, derivation of Bohr-Sommerfeld
quantization condition, applications of WKB; Variational
method: trial wave function, applications to simple potential problems; Time
Dependent Perturbation Theory: Sinusoidal perturbation, Fermi's Golden Rule;Special topics in radiation theory: semi-classical
treatment of interaction of radiation with matter, Einstein's coefficients,
spontaneous and stimulated emission and absorption, application to lasers;
Scattering Theory: Born approximation, scattering cross section, Greens
functions, scattering for different kinds of potentials, applications;
Relativistic quantum mechanics, Lorentz invariance, free particle Klein-Gordon
and Dirac equations. Texts: 1. B. H. Bransden and C. J. Joachain, Quantum Mechanics, Pearson Education,
2nd Edn., 2004. 2. R. L. Liboff, Introductory
Quantum Mechanics, Pearson Education, 4th Edn., 2003. References: 1. P. W. Mathews and
K. Venkatesan, A Textbook of Quantum Mechanics, Tata McGraw Hill, 1995. 2. F. Schwabl, Quantum
Mechanics, Narosa, 1998. 3. L. I. Schiff, Quantum Mechanics, Mcgraw-Hill,
1968. 4. J. J. Sakurai, Modern Quantum Mechanics, Pearson
Education, 2002. 5.
R. Shankar, Principles
of Quantum Mechanics, Springer; 2nd Edn., 1994. PH 408 Numerical Methods and
Computational Physics (2-0-3-7) Errors:
its sources, propagation and analysis;Roots of
functions: bisection, Newton-Raphson, secant
method, fixed-point iteration, applications;Linear equations:
Gauss and Gauss-Jordan elimination, Gauss-Seidel, LU decomposition; Eigenvalue
Problem: power methods and its applications;Least
square fitting of functions and its applications;Interpolation:
Newton’s and Chebyshev polynomials; Numerical
differentiation: forward, backward and centred
difference formulae;Numerical integration:
Trapezoidal and Simpson's rule, Gauss-Legendre integration, applications;Solutions of ODE: initial value problems,
Euler's method, second and fourth order Runge-Kutta
methods; Boundary value problems:
finite difference method, applications. Texts: 1.
K. E. Atkinson, Numerical Analysis, John Wiley
(Asia), 2004. 2.
S. C. Chapra and R. P. Canale, Numerical Methods for Engineers, Tata
McGraw Hill, 2002. References: 1.
J. D. Hoffman, Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists, 2nd Edn. CRC Press, Special Indian reprint, 2010. 2.
J. H. Mathews, Numerical Methods for Mathematics,
Science, and Engineering, PrenticeHall of
India, 1998. 3.
S. S. M. Wong, Computational Methods in Physics, World
Scientific, 1992. 4.
W. H. Press, S. A. Teukolsky,
W. T. Verlling and B. P. Flannery, Numerical
Recipes in C, Cambridge, 1998. PH 410 Electrodynamics I (3
1 0 8) Electrostatics:
Poisson and Laplace equations, Dirichlet and
Neumann boundary conditions;Boundary value
problems: Method of images, Laplace equation in Cartesian, spherical and
cylindrical coordinate systems, applications; Green
function formalism: Green function for the sphere, expansion of Green
function in spherical coordinates; Multipole
expansion; Boundary value problems for dielectrics; Magnetostatics:
vector potential, magnetic induction for a circular current carrying loop,
magnetic materials, boundary value problems, Magnetic shielding, magnetic
field in conductors; Electrodynamics: Maxwell’s equations, Gauge
transformations, Poynting’s theorem, Energy
and momentum conservation; Electromagnetic waves: wave equation, propagation
of electromagnetic waves in non-conducting medium, reflection and refraction
at dielectric interface, total internal reflection, Goos-Hänchen
shift, Brewster's angle, complex refractive index. Texts: 1.
J. D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, John
Wiley (Asia), 1999. References: 1.
H J W Muller Kirsten, Electrodynamics, World Scientific, 2011. 2.
J. R. Reitz and F. J. Millford,
Foundation of Electromagnetic Theory, Narosa,
1986. 3.
W. Greiner, Classical Electrodynamics, Springer,
2006. 4.
L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz,
Electrodynamics of Continuous Media, ButterworthHeimemann,
1995. PH 412 General
Physics I (0-0-6-6) A
typical set of experiments: Faraday
Effect, Magnetic susceptibility of a liquid; Diffraction by grating, Fresnel
Bi-prism, Fourier Optics, Raman Effect, Frank-Hertz experiment, Electrical resistivity
of semiconductors, Hall effect in semiconductors, Study of magnetic
hysteresis, Temperature dependent characteristics of p-n junction. References: 1.
R. A. Dunlop, Experimental Physics, Oxford University Press, 1988. 2.
A. C. Melissinos, Experiments in Modern Physics, Academic Press, 1996. 3.
E. Hecht, Optics, Addison-Wesley, 4th Edn., 2001. 4.
A. Lipson, S G Lipson and H Lipson, Optical Physics, Cambridge University
Press, 4th Edn., 2010. 5.
Laboratory Manual with details about
the experiments. PH 501 Electrodynamics - II (3
1 0 8) Frequency
dependence of permittivity, permeability and conductivity, electrons in
conductors and plasma; Electromagnetic waves in conducting medium: reflection
and transmission; Wave Guides: waves between parallel conductors, TE and TM
waves, rectangular and cylindrical wave guides, resonant cavities; Radiating
Systems and Multipole fields: retarded potential,
field and radiation of a localized oscillating source, electric dipole fields
and radiation, quadrupole fields, multipole expansion, energy and angular momentum, multipole radiations; Scattering: scattering at long
wavelengths, perturbation theory, Rayleigh scattering; Radiation by Moving
Charges: Lienard-Wiechert potential, radiation by nonrelativistic and relativistic charges, angular
distribution of radiations, distribution of frequency and energy, Thomson's
scattering, bremsstrahlung in Coulomb collisions;
Relativistic Electrodynamics: covariant formalism of Maxwell's equations,
transformation laws and their physical significance, relativistic
generalization of Larmor's formula, relativistic
formulation of radiation by single moving charge. Texts: 1.
J. D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, John Wiley (Asia), 1999. 2.
References: 1. H J W Muller
Kirsten, Electrodynamics, World
Scientific, 2011. 2. E. C. Jordan and K.
G. Balmain, Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating
Systems, Prentice Hall,
1995. 3. J. Schwinger et aI, Classical Electrodynamics, Persesus
Books, 1998. 4. G. S. Smith, Classical
Electromagnetic Radiation, Cambridge,
1997. PH 503 Atomic and Molecular
Physics (3-1-0-8) Review
of one-electron and two-electron atoms: spectrum of hydrogen, helium and
alkali atoms; Many electron atoms: central field approximation, Thomas-Fermi
model, Slater determinant, Hartee-Fock and
self-consistent field methods, Hund's rule, L-S and
j-j coupling, Equivalent and nonequivalent electrons, Spectroscopic terms, Lande interval rule; Interaction with Electromagnetic
fields: Zeeman, Paschen Back and Stark effects; Hyperfine structure and
isotope shift, selection rules; Lamb shift; Molecular spectra: rotational, vibrational, electronic, Raman and Infra-red spectra of
diatomic molecules; electronic and nuclear spin, Hund's
rule, Frank–Condon principle and selection rules; Molecular structure:
molecular potential; Born-Oppenheimer approximation, diatomic molecules,
electronic angular momenta; Approximation methods;
linear combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO)
approach; states for hydrogen molecular ion; shapes and term symbols for
simple molecules; Spectroscopic techniques: basic principles of microwave,
infrared, Raman, NMR, ESR and Mossbauer spectroscopy; Modern developments:
optical cooling and trapping of atoms, Bose-Einstein condensation, molecular
spectroscopy in a magneto-optical trap, time resolved spectroscopy in the femtosecond regime. Texts: 1. B. H. Bransden and C. J. Joachain, Physics
of Atoms and Molecules, 2nd Edn. Pearson, 2008. 2. C. N. Banwell and E. M. McCash, Fundamentals
of Molecular Spectroscopy, 4th
Edn.,
Tata McGraw, 2004. References: 1. G. K. Woodgate, Elementary Atomic Structure, Clarendon Press, 1989. 2. I. N. Levine, Quantum Chemistry, PHI, 2009. 3. F. L. Pilar, Elementary Quantum Chemistry, McGraw Hill, 1990. 4. H. E. White, Introduction to Atomic
Spectra, Tata McGraw
Hill, 1934. 5. W. Demtroder, Atoms,
Molecules and Photons, 2nd Edn., Springer, 2010. 6. C. J. Foot, Atomic Physics, Oxford
(2005). PH 505 Solid State Physics (3-1-0-8) Crystal
structure: symmetry operations, Bravais lattices,
point groups, examples of simple crystal structures, Miller indices and
reciprocal lattice, Bragg and von Laue diffraction, structure factor; Crystal
binding: molecular crystals, repulsive interaction, cohesive energy, ionic
metallic and covalent crystals; Lattice vibration and thermal properties:
harmonic approximation, monatomic and diatomic lattices, Brillouin
zone, phase and group velocities, density of states, acoustic and optical
modes, quantization of linear chain, phonons, crystal momentum, determination
of dispersion relations, Debye model of specific heat, anharmonic
effects, thermal expansion, thermal conductivity; Free electron theory: Fermi
gas, specific heat, Ohm’s law, magneto-resistance, thermal conductivity
Wiedemann-Franz law; Band theory: Bloch theorem,
nearly free electron model, classification of metal, insulator and
semiconductor, motion of electron in energy bands, effective mass, tight
binding model, Fermi surfaces of metals, de Hass-van Alphen effect; Semiconductor:
Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, mobility and electrical conductivity,
Fermi level, Hall effect, cyclotron resonance; Magnetism: Diamagnetism, Hund’s rules, Lande
g-factor, quantum theory of paramagnetism, Pauli paramagnetism, exchange interaction, ferromagnetism, Ising model, Heisenberg model, mean field theory, magnons and spin waves, ferromagnetic domains, magnetic
anisotropy energy, hysteresis; Superconductivity: Meissner
effect, London equations, type-I and type-II superconductors; Ginzburg-Landau theory, outlines of BCS theory, flux
quantization. Text: 1.
C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, 8th
Edn., John Wiley & Sons, 2005. 2.
J.D. Patterson and B.C. Bailey ,
Solid State Physics, Springer,
2007. References: 1.
N. W. Ashcroft and N. D. Mermin,
Solid State Physics, Harcourt Asia Pte. Ltd., 2001. 2.
M. S. Rogalski and S. B.
Palmer, Solid State Physics, Gordon
and Breach Science Publishers, 2001. PH
507
Nuclear and Particle Physics (3-1-0-8) Nuclear
properties: radius, size, mass, spin, moments, abundance of nuclei, binding
energy, semi-empirical mass formula, excited states; Nuclear forces:
deuteron, n-n and p-p interaction, nature of nuclear force, Yukawa
hypothesis; Nuclear Models: liquid drop, shell and collective models; Nuclear
decay and radioactivity: radioactive decay, detection of nuclear radiation,
alpha, beta and gamma decays, radioactive dating; Nuclear reactions:
conservation laws, energetics, isospin,
reaction cross section, Rutherford scattering, nuclear scattering, optical
model, compound nucleus, direct reactions, resonance reactions, neutron
physics, fission and fusion reactors; Particle accelerators and detectors:
electrostatic accelerators, cyclotron, synchrotron, linear accelerators,
colliding bean accelerators, ionization chamber, scintillation detectors,
semiconductor detectors; Elementary particles: Fundamental forces, properties
mesons and baryons, symmetries and conservation laws, quark model, concept of
colour charge, discrete symmetries, properties, of
quarks and leptons, gauge symmetry in electrodynamics, particle interactions
and Feynman diagrams. Texts: 1.
K. S. Krane, Introductory Nuclear Physics, John
Wiley, 1988. References: 1.
R. R. Roy and B. P. Nigam, Nuclear Physics: Theory and Experiment, New Age, 1967. 2.
A. Das and T. Ferbel, Introduction to nuclear and particle
physics, John Wiley, 1994. 3.
M. A. Preston and R. K. Bhaduri,
Structure of the nucleus,
Addison-Wesley, 1975. 4.
I. S. Hughes, Elementary
Particles, Cambridge, 1991. 5.
F. Halzen and A. D. Martin, Quarks and Leptons, John Wiley, 1984. 6.
D. Perkins, Introduction
to High Energy Physics, Cambridge
University Press; 4th Edn.,
2000. PH
509 Measurement Techniques (2-0-2-6) Principles
of measurement systems; low pressure generation and measurement; low
temperature generation and measurement; Instruments: X-ray diffractometer, LASER, Spectrometers - FTIR, UV-Vis, near
IR, Raman, Photoluminescence; Microscopes - optical, AFM, SEM, TEM; Magnetic
measurement systems: VSM, SQUID, thermal measurement system: DSC, Resonance
Spectroscopy: ESR, NMR; optical spectrum analyzer. Scientific
seminar on related topics Texts
/ References: 1.
A. D. Helfrick and W.D.Cooper, Modern Electronic
Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques, PHI, 1996. 2.
J. P. Bentley, Principles
of measurement systems, Pearson Education Ltd, England, 2005. 3.
A. S. Morris, R. Langari, Measurement and Instrumentation: Theory
and Application, Academic Press, London, 2012. 4.
G.C.M. Meijer, Smart
Sensor Systems, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, UK, 2008. 5.
A. Ghatak and K.Thyagarajan, Optical
Electronics, C.U.P., 1991. 6.
D. A. Skoog, F. J. Holler and
T. A. Nieman, Principles
of Instrumental Analysis, Saunders Coll. Publ., 1998. 7. H. J. Tichy, Effective Writing for Engineers, Managers,
Scientists, John Wiley & Sons, 1988. 8. M. Alley, The
Craft of Scientific Presentations: Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to
Avoid, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003. PH
511 General
Physics Lab II (0-0-6-6) Optics:
Michelson interferometer, Fabry-Perot
interferometer; Solid State Physics: Monatomic and diatomic lattice
characterization, four probe measurement of magneto-resistance of
semiconductors, electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy; Atomic and
Molecular Physics: emission
spectra of gases, absorption spectrophotometry;
Nuclear Physics: study of alpha, beta and Gamma-rays. References: 1.
R. A. Dunlop, Experimental Physics, Oxford University
Press, 1988. 2.
A. C. Melissinos, Experiments in Modern Physics,
Academic Press, 1996. 3.
E. Hecht, Optics, Addison-Wesley, 4th Edn.,
2001. 4.
J Varma, Nuclear Physics
Experiments, New Age Publishers, 2001. 5.
Laboratory Manual with details about the experiments. PH
516 Advanced
Physics Lab (0-0-6-6) Atomic
spectra by constant deviation spectrometer; polarization, Fraunhofer
diffraction and Bragg diffraction using microwave; Holography: construction
of the hologram and reconstruction of the object beam; Zeeman effect; X ray diffraction;
Radioactive decay: counting statistics; Optical fiber: mode field diameter
and numerical aperture, bend loss measurement; superconducting, ferroelectric
and ferromagnetic transitions,
characterization of quantum dot structures. Texts/References: 1.
E. Hecht, Optics, Addison-Wesley, 4th Edn.,
2001. 2.
R A Dunlop, Experimental Physics: Modern Methods,
Oxford University Press, 1st Edn., USA, 1988. 3.
A Ghatak and K Thyagarajan, Introduction to fiber optics, Cambridge
University Press, 1st Edn., 1999. 4.
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