Syllabus

B.Sc(H)-M.Sc. Physics
Semester : I Type: Core
Course Name: Mechanics Course Code:
Credits: 4 L T P: 3-0-2

Course Outcomes:

CO 1 Understand Coordinate systems, laws of motion and their application to

various dynamical situations, notion of inertial frames and concept of
Galilean invariance.

CO 2 Understand the principles of elasticity through the study of Young

Modulus and modulus of rigidity.

CO 3 Apply Kepler’s law to describe the motion of planets and satellite

in circular orbit,through the study of law of Gravitation.

CO 4 In the laboratory course, the student shall perform experiments related

to mechanics.

Rationalized syllabus
Unit-I
Coordinate systems: Cartesian, polar, spherical, and cylindrical. Newton’s law of motion,
conservation of momentum; impulse; momentum of variable mass system-motion of rocket;
work and energy theorem, conservative and non-conservative forces, potential energy,
energy diagram; stable and unstable equilibrium; elastic and inelastic collisions between
particles.

Unit-II
Dynamics of a system of particles, centre of mass, moment of inertia: calculation of moment
of inertia for rectangular, cylindrical and spherical bodies; Angular momentum of a particle
and system of particles, conservation of angular momentum; torque, rotation about a fixed
axis, kinetic energy of rotation; motion involving both translation and rotation.

Unit-III
Kepler’s laws, two body problem and its reduction to one body problem and its solution; the
energy equation and energy diagram; Law of gravitation: Gravitational force and potential
energy, inertial and gravitational mass, potential and field due to spherical shell and solid
sphere; motion of a particle under central force field, orbits of artificial satellites.

Unit IV
Inertial and Non-Inertial, Fictitious forces. Equation of motion with respect to a uniformly
accelerating frame. Equation of motion with respect to a uniformly rotating frame -
Elasticity: Relation between Elastic constants. Twisting torque on a Cylinder or Wire.
Bending of a beam.
Unit V

Fluid Motion: compressible and incompressible fluids, Equation of continuity; streamline

and turbulent flow, Pascal's law and Archimedes principle. Poiseuille's equation.

Text and Reference Books:

 1. An introduction to mechanics, D. Kleppner, R.J. Kolenkow, 1973, McGraw-Hill.
2. Mechanics, Berkeley Physics, vol.1, C.Kittel, W.Knight, et.al. 2007, Tata McGraw-
Hill.
3. Physics, Resnick, Halliday and Walker 8/e. 2008, Wiley.
4. Analytical Mechanics, G.R. Fowles and G.L. Cassiday. 2005, Cengage Learning.
5. Feynman Lectures, Vol. I, R.P.Feynman, R.B.Leighton, M.Sands, 2008, Pearson
Education
6. University Physics, Ronald Lane Reese, 2003, Thomson Brooks/Cole.
7. Mechanics, D.S. Mathur, S. Chand and Company Limited, 2000 University Physics.

B.Sc(H)-M.Sc. Physics
Semester : 1 Type: Core
Course Mechanics Lab Course Code:
Name:

List of Experiments:
1. Measurements of length (or diameter) using vernier calliper, screw gauge and travelling
microscope.
2. To study the random error in observations.
3. To determine the height of a building using a Sextant.
4. To study the Motion of Spring and calculate (a) Spring constant, (b) g and (c) Modulus
of rigidity.
5. To determine the Moment of Inertia of a Flywheel.
6. To determine g and velocity for a freely falling body using Digital Timing Technique
7. To determine Coefficient of Viscosity of water by Capillary Flow Method (Poiseuille’s
method).
8. To determine the Young's Modulus of a Wire by Optical Lever Method.
9. To determine the Modulus of Rigidity of a Wire by Maxwell’s needle.
10. To determine the elastic Constants of a wire by Searle’s method.
11. To determine the value of g using Bar Pendulum.
12. To determine the value of g using Kater’s Pendulum.

Text and Reference Books:

1. Advanced Practical Physics for students, B. L. Flint and H.T. Worsnop, 1971, Asia
Publishing House.
2. Advanced level Physics Practicals, Michael Nelson and Jon M. Ogborn, 4th Edition,
reprinted 1985, Heinemann Educational Publishers
3. A Text Book of Practical Physics, I.Prakash & Ramakrishna, 11th Edn, 2011, Kitab Mahal.
 B.Sc(H)-M.Sc. Physics
Semester : I Type: Core
Course Name: Mathematical Physics-I Course Code: IPHY1C002T
Credits: 3 L T P: 3-0-0

Course learning outcome:

CO1 Revise the knowledge of calculus, vectors, vector calculus, probability and
probability distributions. These basic mathematical structures are essential in
solving problems in various branches of Physics as well as in engineering.
CO2 Learn the curvilinear coordinates which have applications in problems with
spherical and cylindrical symmetries.
CO3 Learn the Dirac delta function its properties, which have applications
in various branches of Physics, especially quantum mechanics.

CO4 The aim of this Lab is not just to teach computer programming and
numerical analysis but to emphasize its role in solving problems in
Physics. Highlights the use of computational methods to solve physical
problems, Students can use any one operating system Linux or Microsoft
Windows

UNIT-I
Limits, continuity, average and instantaneous quantities, differentiation. Plotting functions.
Intuitive ideas of continuous, differentiable, etc. functions and plotting of curves.
Approximation: Taylor and binomial series. First Order Differential Equations and
Integrating Factor.
UNIT-II
Second Order Differential equations: Homogeneous Equations with constant
coefficients, Wronskian and general solution Statement of existence and Uniqueness
Theorem for Initial Value Problems. Particular Integral. Calculus of functions of more than
one variable: Partial derivatives, exact and inexact differentials. Orthogonal Curvilinear
Coordinates.
UNIT-III
Derivation of Gradient, Divergence, Curl and Laplacian in Cartesian, Spherical and
Cylindrical Coordinate Systems. Definition of Dirac delta function Representation as limit
of a Gaussian function and rectangular function. Properties of Dirac delta function.
UNIT-IV
Recapitulation of vectors: Properties of vectors. Scalar product and its invariance under
rotations. Vector product, Scalar triple product and their interpretation in terms of area and
volume respectively. Scalar and Vector fields. Vector Differentiation: Directional derivatives
and normal derivative.
UNIT-V
Gradient of a scalar field and its geometrical interpretation. Divergence and curl of a vector
field. Vector Integration: Ordinary Integrals of Vectors. Multiple integrals, Jacobian. Notion
of infinitesimal line, surface and volume elements. Line, surface and volume integrals of
Vector fields. Flux of a vector field. Gauss' divergence theorem, Green's and Stokes,
Theorems and their applications (no rigorous proofs).
 Text and Reference Books:
1. Mathematical Methods for Physicists, G.B. Arfken, H.J. Weber, F.E. Harris,2013, 7th
Edn., Elsevier.
2. Differential Equations, George F. Simmons, 2007, McGraw Hill.
3. Mathematical Tools for Physics, James Nearing, 2010, Dover Publications.
4. Mathematical methods for Scientists and Engineers, D.A. McQuarrie, 2003, Viva
Book.
5. Advanced Engineering Mathematics, D.G. Zill and W.S. Wright, 5 Ed., 2012, Jones
and Bartlett Learning.
6. Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Erwin Kreyszig, 2008, Wiley India.

B.Sc(H)-M.Sc. Physics
Semester : I Type: Core
Course Mathematical Physics Course Code: IPHY1C002T
Name: Lab-I
Credits: 1 L T P: 0-0-2

List of Experiments:
Topics Description with Applications
Introduction and Overview Computer architecture and organization, memory and
Input/output devices
Basics of scientific computing Binary and decimal arithmetic, Floating point numbers,
algorithms, Sequence, Selection and Repetition, single
and double precision arithmetic, underflow &overflow-
emphasize the importance of making equations in terms
of dimensionless variables, Iterative methods
Errors and error Analysis Truncation and round off errors, Absolute and relative
errors, Floating point computations.

Text and Reference Books:

1. Introduction to Numerical Analysis, S.S. Sastry, 5thEdn., 2012, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
2. Schaum's Outline of Programming with C++. J. Hubbard, 2000, McGraw---Hill Pub.
3. Numerical Recipes in C: The Art of Scientific Computing, W.H. Pressetal, 3r d Edn.,
2007, Cambridge University Press.
4. A first course in Numerical Methods, U.M. Ascher& C. Greif, 2012, PHI Learning.
5. Elementary Numerical Analysis, K.E. Atkinson, 3 r d Edn., 2007, Wiley India Edition.
 Int. B. Sc(H)-M. Sc. Physics
Semester: 1 Type: Open Elective
Course Name: Renewable Energy and Course Code: IPHY1O002T
Energy Harvesting
Credits: 4 L T P: 4-0-0

Course Learning Outcomes:

CO1 The emphasis of course is on applications in solving problems of interest to
physicists.
CO2 The students are to be examined entirely on the basis of problems, seen and
unseen

Rationalized syllabus
UNIT-I
Fossil fuels and Alternate Sources of energy: Fossil fuels and nuclear energy and their
limitation, need of renewable energy, non-conventional energy sources. developments in
offshore Wind Energy, Tidal Energy, Wave energy systems, biomass, biochemical conversion,
biogas generation, tidal energy, Hydroelectricity.
UNIT-II
Solar energy: Solar energy and its importance, storage of solar energy, solar pond, non-
convective solar pond, applications of solar pond, solar water heater, solar distillation, solar
cooker, solar green houses, Need and characteristics of photovoltaic (PV) systems, PV models
and equivalent circuits, and sun tracking systems.
UNIT-III
Wind Energy Harvesting: Fundamentals of Wind energy, Wind Turbines and different
electrical machines in wind turbines, Power electronic interfaces, and grid interconnection
topologies.

UNIT-IV
Geothermal Energy and Hydro Energy: Ocean Energy Potential against Wind and Solar,
Wave Characteristics and Statistics, Wave Energy Devices. Tide characteristics and Statistics,
Tide Energy Technologies,
UNIT-V
Ocean Energy: Ocean Thermal Energy, Osmotic Power, Ocean Bio-mass. Geothermal
Resources, Geothermal Technologies. Hydropower resources and technologies, environmental
impact of hydro power sources.
Reference Books:
1. Non-conventional energy sources - G. D. Rai - Khanna Publishers, New Delhi. Solar
energy - M P Agarwal - S Chand and Co. Ltd.
2. Solar energy - Suhas P Sukhative Tata McGraw - Hill Publishing Company Ltd.
3. Godfrey Boyle, Renewable Energy, Power for a sustainable future, 2004, Oxford
University Press, in association with The Open University.
4. Dr. P Jayakumar, Solar Energy: Resource Assesment Handbook, 2009. J. Balfour, M.
Shaw and S. Jarosek, Photovoltaics, Lawrence J Goodrich (USA)