32. PHYSICS
Total Marks 200
Paper I
Marks 100
Mechanics
- Vectors dots, cross and triple products. Gradient divergence and applications
- Newtonian laws of motion, conservation law of energy, conservation of linear and angular momentum, dynamics of rigid body, spin and precession, gyroscope, gravitation, planetary motion including satellite
- Special theory of relativity: Michelson Morely experiment and Einsteins postulates, Lorentz transformation, time dilation and length contraction, equivalence of mass and energy
Fluid mechanics
Surface tension, Viscosity, Elasticity, fluid motion and Bernoulhes theorem
Waves & Oscillation
Free Oscillation with one and two degrees of freedom, forced and dampened oscillations and phenomenon of resonance. Traveling waves and transmission of energy, phase and group velocity, standing waves
Reflection, refraction, interference, diffraction and polarization of waves, interferon-meter and Newtons rings, diffraction gratings and their resolving power, spectro-meters, electromagnetic wave equation, normal and anomalous dispersion, coherence, laser and its application
Heat and thermodynamics
Perfect gas and Van der Waals equation. Three laws of thermodynamics, thermal properties of simple system production and measurement of low temperature. Kinetic theory of gases, Maxwellian distribution of molecular velocities, Brownian motion, transport phenomenon, classical Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics and its application, Quantum Bose Einstein and Fermi Direct statistics
Paper II
Marks 100
Electricity and magnetism
Electric field due to point charges, Gauss Law, electric potential and Poisson and Laplaces equation. Dielectric medium and polarization, Capacitance, moving charges and magnetic field. Amperes law, vector potential, magnetic properties of matter. Transient current. Farradys law of electromagnetic induction, Alternating Current and LRO circuit. Maxwells equations, Poynting theorem and Poynting vector
Electronics
Thermonic emission, space charge, diode, triode tetrode, pentode and their static and dynamic characteristics. Amplitude modulation and demodulation or detection. Various basic circuits for rectification, amplification modulation and detection connected with radio receivers and transmission, n and p type semiconductors. Biased function, transistors, common base and common emitter configurations
Atomic physics
Bohr theory and quantum numbers including electron spin. Paulifs exclusion principle, spectra of simple systems with one or two valence electrons. Photo electric effect. Compton scattering, pair production, Landefs g factor and Zeeman effect. Raman effect, waves and particles and De Brogliefs
hypothesis, Schrodinger wave equation and its application to one dimensional harmic oscillator. Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
Nuclear physics
Structure of nuclei: Radioactivity ∞, β and decay. Methods of detection. Mass Spectrometer, accelerators, phenomenon of fission, reactor and nuclear power, nuclear fusion and its application. Elementary particles and their properties