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The document outlines the course details for 'Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Mechanics' offered by the Department of Physics at IIT Roorkee, including objectives, content, contact hours, and examination structure. It covers topics such as statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics principles, and various experiments related to these fields. The course has a total of 42 contact hours and includes a list of suggested textbooks for further reading.

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Syllabi PHB 102

The document outlines the course details for 'Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Mechanics' offered by the Department of Physics at IIT Roorkee, including objectives, content, contact hours, and examination structure. It covers topics such as statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics principles, and various experiments related to these fields. The course has a total of 42 contact hours and includes a list of suggested textbooks for further reading.

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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE

NAME OF DEPTT./CENTRE : Department of Physics

1. Subject Code: PHN-006 Course Title: Quantum Mechanics and Statistical


Mechanics

2. Contact Hours: L: 3 T: 0 P: 2

3. Examination Duration (Hrs.): Theory: 3 Practical : 0

4. Relative Weightage: CWS: 15 PRS: 15 MTE: 30 ETE: 40 PRE: 0

5. Credits: 4 6. Semester: Spring 7. Subject Area: BSC

8. Pre-requisite: None

9. Objective: To provide basic knowledge and applications of Statistical Mechanics and


Quantum Mechanics.

10. Details of Course:

S. No. Contents Contact Hours


1 Postulates of classical statistical mechanics, the three ensembles: 8
micro canonical, canonical and grand canonical; Micro canonical:
Definition of entropy from microstates, Derivation of the laws of
thermodynamics, concept of temperature from the derivative of
entropy.
2 Statistical distributions: Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein, Fermi- 10
Dirac distributions; Applications: equipartition of energy, Bose-
Einstein Condensation, Black body radiation: Classical Rayleigh-
Jeans law, Wien’s law, Planck’s Quantum radiation law, Stefan’s law,
Wien’s displacement law, Stimulated emission, Einstein’s A and B
coefficients, Specific heat of solids, free electrons in a metal.
3 Photoelectric effect, Compton effect, Frank-Hertz experiment, wave 7
particle duality and wave packets, de Broglie waves, phase and group
velocities, Davisson-Germer experiment and gamma ray scattering
from electrons, uncertainty principle (single slit thought experiment),
applications of the uncertainty principle.
4 Basic postulates of quantum mechanics and physical meaning of the 11
wave function, Schrödinger wave equation, stationary states,
expectation values, probability current density; Applications: Particle
in a 1-D box, 1-D step potential, reflection and transmission by a
barrier and tunneling and their applications in electronics, electron in
periodic potential, energy band gap, qualitative discussion of Kronig-
Penney model, 1-D linear harmonic oscillator.
5 H-atom and the related quantum numbers (n,l,m), normal and 6
anomalous Zeeman effect, Anomalous Zeeman effect (Na D1 and D2
lines), Stern-Gerlach experiment, Fine structure of H  line.
Total 42

List of experiments:

1. Study of magnetic field of a pair of coils in Helmholtz arrangement


2. Determination of e/m
3. Determination of first excitation potential of a gas by Frank-Hertz experiment
4. Determination of Stefan’s constant
5. Determination of Planck’s constant by radiation
6. To study and verify Malus’ law
7. Study of polarization of light using quarter wave plate
8. Determination of Brewster’s angle at glass-air interface
9. Determination of width of a slit by single-slit diffraction pattern
10. Four probe method of finding resistivity of semiconductor
11. Quincke’s Method for determining mass susceptibility
12. Wavelength of Na light by Newton’s ring method

11. Suggested Books:


S.No. Name of Authors / Books / Publishers Year of
Publication/
Reprint
1. A. Beiser, “Concepts of Modern Physics”, Tata McGraw Hill 2009
2. F. Reif,” Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics”, Sarat 2010
3. R.P. Feynman, “The Feynman Lectures On Physics (Vol. 1-3)”, Narosa 2008
4. I.S. Tyagi, “Principles of Quantum Mechanics”, Pearson Education 2013
5. D.J. Griffiths,” Introduction to Quantum Mechanics”, Pearson 2005
Education

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