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Amna Thursday, June 04, 2015 03:54 AM

Revised Syllabus and Recommended Books of Physics
 
[CENTER][CENTER][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=Green][B]PAPER: PHYSICS (200 MARKS)

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[CENTER][CENTER][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed][B]PAPER—I (Marks-100)[SIZE=3]

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[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B]I. Mechanics [/B]
[/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B]Vectors[/B]—Dots, Cross and triple products, Gradient, divergence and applications.[/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Newtonian laws of motion; calculus b[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]ased approach to kinematics, forces and dynamics, conservation law of energy; conservation of linear and angular momentum; Dynamics of rigid body; spin and precession; gyroscope; Gravitation; planetary motion and satellites; Kepler's laws; centripetal forces [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Special theory of relativity. Mischelson—Morley experiment and Einstein’s [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]postulates; Lorentz transformation; time dilation and length contraction; equivalence of mass and energy.
[/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B]II. Fluid Mechanics [/B]
[/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Surface tension; Viscosity; Elasticity; fluid motion and Bernoulli’s theorem. [/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B]
III. Waves and Oscillation [/B]
[/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Free oscillation with one and two degrees of freedom; forced and damped [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]oscillations and phenomenon of resonance. Simple harmonic motion. Traveling waves and transmission of energy; Phase and Group velocity; standing waves. Basics of sound waves.[/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Reflection, Refraction, Interference, Diffraction and Polarization of waves; [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]interfero-meter and Newton’s rings; Diffraction Gratings and their resolving power; spectro-meters. Electromagnetic wave equation; normal and anamolous dispersion; coherence, lasers and applications.
[/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B]IV. Heat and Thermodynamics [/B]
[/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Perfect ga[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]s and Van der Waals equation; Three Laws of Thermodynamics, internal energy, temperature, entropy. Thermal properties of Simple system production and measurement of low temperatures; kinetic theory of gases; Maxwellian distribution of molecular velocities; Brownian motion; Transport phenomena. Classical Maxwell-Boltzmann Statistics and its application; Quantum Bose—Einstein and Fermi—Dirac Statistics. [/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST] [FONT=Verdana]

[/FONT] [CENTER][CENTER][FONT=Verdana][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed]PAPER—II (Marks-100)[/COLOR][/SIZE]

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[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B]I. Electricity and Magnetism [/B]
[/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Electric field due to point charges, Gauss’ law Electric potential and Poisson and Laplace’s equation Dielectric medium and Polarization; Capacitance; Moving charges and resulting magnetic field; Ampere’s law; Vector potential; Magnetic properties of matter; Transient current; Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction; Alternating current and LRO circuit. Maxwell’s equations; Poynting theorem and Poynting Vector. Maxwell's equations in integral and differential form.[/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B]II. Modern and Quantum Physics [/B]
[/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Operators and quantum states, observables, time dependent and independent Schrodinger equation, angular momentum, spin-1/2 particle in a magnetic field, wave mechanics, particle in a box, tunneling, one-dimensional harmonic oscillator, Heisenber's uncertainty relationship and indeterminacy based on commutation properties of operators, Bohr theory and quantum numbers including electron spin; Pauli’s exclusion principle; Spectra of simple systems with one or two valence electrons. Photo electric effect Compton scattering; pair production; Lande’s g factor and Zeeman effect. Raman effect; Waves and particles and De Broglie’s Hypothesis. [/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B]III. Solid State Physics [/B]
[/SIZE][/FONT][LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Crystal lattice and structure, Bravais lattice, free electron model, Band theory and electron in a periodic potential, Fermi energy and density of states, n and p typ semiconductors, physics of the transistor and MOSFET, dielectric properties, magnetic properties and origin of magnetism.
[/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B]IV. Nuclear Physics [/B]
[/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Structure of Nuclei; Radioactivity and decay. Methods of detection, Mass Sepectrometer. Accelerators. Phenomenon of fission; reactor and nuclear power, nuclear fusion and its application, Elementary particles and their properties[/SIZE]. [/FONT][/LIST] [CENTER][CENTER][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=5][COLOR=Green][B]
SUGGESTED READINGS

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[FONT=Verdana] 1 Perspectives of Modern Physics. [COLOR=white]--------------------------------------- [/COLOR]A. Beiser.
2 Fundamentals of Physics.[COLOR=white] --------------------------------------------- [/COLOR] Halliday & Resnick
3 Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields and Waves[COLOR=white]-----------------------[/COLOR]D. Corson & P. Lorrain.
4 Heat and Thermodynamics.[COLOR=white] --------------------------------------- ----[/COLOR]D. Zemansky
5 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics[COLOR=white]-------------------------------------[/COLOR]D. Griffiths
6 Modern Physics [COLOR=white]----------------------------------------- --------------[/COLOR]Serway, Moses, Moyer.
7. Solid State Physics [COLOR=white]--------------------------------------- ------------[/COLOR]C. Kittel[/FONT]


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