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SyllabusforPhysics(PH)
MathematicalPhysics:Linearvectorspacematricesvectorcalculuslineardifferentialequations elementsofcomplexanalysisLaplacetransforms,Fourieranalysis,elementaryideasabouttensors. ClassicalMechanics:Conservationlawscentralforces,Keplerproblemandplanetarymotion collisionsandscatteringinlaboratoryandcentreofmassframesmechanicsofsystemofparticlesrigid bodydynamicsmomentofinertiatensornoninertialframesandpseudoforcesvariationalprinciple LagrangesandHamiltonsformalismsequationofmotion,cycliccoordinates,Poissonbracket periodicmotion,smalloscillations,normalmodesspecialtheoryofrelativityLorentztransformations, relativistickinematics,massenergyequivalence. ElectromagneticTheory:Solutionofelectrostaticandmagnetostaticproblemsincludingboundary valueproblemsdielectricsandconductorsBiotSavartsandAmpereslawsFaradayslawMaxwells equationsscalarandvectorpotentialsCoulombandLorentzgaugesElectromagneticwavesandtheir reflection,refraction,interference,diffractionandpolarization.Poyntingvector,Poyntingtheorem, energyandmomentumofelectromagneticwavesradiationfromamovingcharge. QuantumMechanics:PhysicalbasisofquantummechanicsuncertaintyprincipleSchrodinger equationone,twoandthreedimensionalpotentialproblemsparticleinabox,harmonicoscillator, hydrogenatomlinearvectorsandoperatorsinHilbertspaceangularmomentumandspinadditionof angularmomentatimeindependentperturbationtheoryelementaryscatteringtheory. ThermodynamicsandStatisticalPhysics:Lawsofthermodynamicsmacrostatesandmicrostates phasespaceprobabilityensemblespartitionfunction,freeenergy,calculationofthermodynamic quantitiesclassicalandquantumstatisticsdegenerateFermigasblackbodyradiationandPlancks

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distributionlawBoseEinsteincondensationfirstandsecondorderphasetransitions,criticalpoint. AtomicandMolecularPhysics:SpectraofoneandmanyelectronatomsLSandjjcoupling hyperfinestructureZeemanandStarkeffectselectricdipoletransitionsandselectionrulesXray spectrarotationalandvibrationalspectraofdiatomicmoleculeselectronictransitionindiatomic molecules,FranckCondonprincipleRamaneffectNMRandESRlasers. SolidStatePhysics:Elementsofcrystallographydiffractionmethodsforstructuredetermination bondinginsolidselasticpropertiesofsolidsdefectsincrystalslatticevibrationsandthermalproperties ofsolidsfreeelectrontheorybandtheoryofsolidsmetals,semiconductorsandinsulatorstransport propertiesoptical,dielectricandmagneticpropertiesofsolidselementsofsuperconductivity. NuclearandParticlePhysics:Nuclearradiiandchargedistributions,nuclearbindingenergy,Electric andmagneticmomentsnuclearmodels,liquiddropmodelsemiempiricalmassformula,Fermigas modelofnucleus,nuclearshellmodelnuclearforceandtwonucleonproblemAlphadecay,Beta decay,electromagnetictransitionsinnucleiRutherfordscattering,nuclearreactions,conservationlaws fissionandfusionparticleacceleratorsanddetectorselementaryparticles,photons,baryons,mesonsand leptonsquarkmodel. Electronics:NetworkanalysissemiconductordevicesBipolarJunctionTransistors,FieldEffect Transistors,amplifierandoscillatorcircuitsoperationalamplifier,negativefeedbackcircuits,active filtersandoscillatorsrectifiercircuits,regulatedpowersuppliesbasicdigitallogiccircuits,sequential circuits,flipflops,counters,registers,A/DandD/Aconversion.

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