Course Catalogue

Waves and Oscillation: Different equations of SHM, total energy and average energy, combination of SHM, spring mass systems, tensional pendulum; Two-body oscillation, reduced mass, damped oscillation, forced oscillation, resonance, progressive wave, power and intensity of wave, stationary wave, group and phase velocity. Optics: Defects of imaging, spherical aberration, astigmatism, coma, distortion, curvature, chromatic aberration. Theories of light, interference of light, Young’s experiment, Fresnel prism, and interference in thin films. Newton’s rings, interferometers, diffraction by single slit, diffraction from a circular aperture, resolving power of optical instruments, diffraction at double slit and N-slits, diffraction grating. Polarization and polarized light. Brewster’s law, polarization by double refraction, Nicol prism, optical activity and Polarimeters. Thermal Physics: Heat and work- the first law of thermodynamics and its applications; Kinetic Theory of gases Kinetic interpretation of temperature, specific heats of ideal gases, equipartition of energy, mean free path, Maxwell’s distribution of molecular speeds, reversible and irreversible processes, Carnot’s cycle, second law thermodynamics, Carnot’s theorem, entropy, Thermodynamic functions, Maxwell relations, Clausius and Clapeyron equation.

Vectors and motions: The SI units, position, displacement, velocity, acceleration, vectors & scalars, adding vectors, components of vectors, unit vectors, projectile motion. Forces: Newton’s laws of motion, friction, Newton’s gravitation, concepts of work & energy, conservation laws, planets & satellites, concepts of equilibrium. Oscillations: Simple harmonic motion, pendulum, resonance, transverse & longitudinal waves, Lissajous’ figures, musical sounds, beats, Doppler Effect. Thermodynamics: Temperature & heat, Laws of thermodynamics, engines, refrigerators.

Electromagnetism: Coulomb’s law, Gauss’ Law, Ohm’s Law, Ampere’s Law, Maxwell’s equations, magnetic materials, corpuscular & wave properties of light. Special Theory of Relativity, Length Contraction & Time Dilation, Mass-Energy Relation, Photo Electric Effect, Quantum Theory, X-rays and X-ray Diffraction, Compton Effect, Dual Nature of Matter & Radiation, Atomic Structure, Nuclear Dimensions, Electron Orbits, Atomic Spectra, Bohr Atom, Radioactive Decay, half-life, (and Rays, Isotopes, Nuclear Binding Energy), Fundamentals of Solid State Physics, Lasers, Holography.

Electricity, Magnetism: Electrical Charge, Coulomb’s law, electric field, dipole and flux of electric field and flux density, Gauss’s law, electric potential, potential energy. Magnetic field, Magnetic flux and flux density, Ampere’s law, Biot Savart’s law, Faraday’s law of Induction, Inductance, Energy in the Magnetic field. Optics: Defects of images, spherical aberration, astigmatism, coma, distortion, curvature, chromatic aberration. Light, interference of light, Young’s experiment, Fresnel prism, interference. Newton’s rings, interferometers, Diffraction, resolving power of optical instruments, diffraction grating; Polarization and polarized light. Brewster’s law, polarization by double refraction, Nicol prism, optical activity and Polarimeters. The course includes lab works based on theory taught.