Physics SLM

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Semester l	Unit Name	Course Title: Mechanics	Video Lecture
Unit I	Vectors Algebra	Vector algebra. Scalar and vector products, scalar and vector triple products, Derivative of a vector with respect to a parameter, Del operator, gradient, divergence and curl, Gauss divergence theorem, Stokes curl theorem and Green’s theorem, Line, surface and volume integral of a vector function.	Vectors
Unit Il	Gravitation field and potential	Gravitational field and potential, Gravitational potential energy, Gravitational field Intensity and potential due to a ring, a spherical shell, solid sphere and circular disc, gravitational self-energy, Inverse square law of forces, Kepler’s laws of planetary motion	Gravitational Field & Potential, Gravitational Potential Energy, Gravitational Potential and Field Intensity, Gravitational Field Intensity and Potential due to a Ring & Circular Disc, Gravitational Field Intensity & Potential due to a Spherical Shell, Gravitational Field Intensity and Potential due to a Solid Sphere
Unit Ill	Conservation Laws	Frames of reference, Concept of inertial and Non-inertial frames of references, Work energy theorem, Conservative and non-Conservative forces, Linear restoring force, Gradient of potential, Conservation of energy for the particle; Energy function, Concept of Centre of mass, Angular momentum and torque, Laws of conservation of total energy, total linear momentum and total angular momentum along with their examples.
Unit IV	Dynamics of rigid body and Moment of Inertia	Translatory and Rotatory motion, Equation of motion for Rotating rigid body, angular momentum vector and moment of inertia, Theorem of parallel and perpendicular axes, Moment of inertia of a cylinder, rod, lamina, ring, disc, spherical shell, solid sphere, kinetic energy of rotation, rolling along a slope, Application to compound pendulum.
Unit V	Properties of Matter	Basic concept, Elastic constants and their Interrelations, torsion of cylinder, bending of beam, bending moment, Cantilever, shape of Girders/ rail tracks. Viscosity, Stokes’s law, Posieuille’s formula, Equation of continuity, Bernoulli’s theorem, Surface tension and its molecular interpretation.

 

Semester II	Unit Name	Course Title: Electricity and Magnetism	Video Lecture
Unit I	Electric field and potential	Coulomb law, Gauss’ theory, its integral and differential forms, line integral of Electric field, Electric field and potential due to an arbitrary charge distribution. Electrostatic energy, energy stored in an Electric field. Electric field and potential due to long charged wire, Spherical shell, sphere, disc, dipole.	Coulomb Law and Electric Field, Charge & Coulomb`s Law, Conservative Nature of Electric Field, Electric Field is Negative Gradient of Potential, Infinite Line Charge (Electric field & Potential) Part -I, Electrostatics -Infinite line charge (Electric field & Potential) Part – 2, Line Integration of Electric Field, Gravitational Potential and Field Intensity
Unit Il	Electric and Magnetic fields in Matter	Moments of charge distributions, Polar and non-polar molecule, polarization vector, electric displacement vector, three electric vectors, dielectric susceptibility and permittivity, polarizability, Clausius-Mossotti relation. Magnetization, magnetic susceptibility, diamagnetic, paramagnetic and ferromagnetic substances, Hysteresis and B-H curve, Langevin’s theories of Diamagnetism and paramagnetism, Weiss theory of ferromagnetism	Magnetization
Unit Ill	Electric Currents (Steady and Varying)	Current density, Equation of Continuity, Ohm’s law and electrical conductivity, LorentzDrude theory, Wiedmann-Frenz law, Kirchhoff’s laws and their applications, Transient current, Growth and decay of D. C. in L – R and L – C circuits, charging and discharging of a capacitor through a resistance
Unit IV	Magnetostatics	Lorentz force, Bio-Savert’s law, Ampere’s law, Application of Biot-Savert law, magnetic field due steady current in a long straight wire, Interaction between two wires, field due a Helmholtz coil, solenoid and current loop, magnetic vector potential, permeability, Energy stored in Magnetic field.	Ampere`s Law, Magnetostatics -Lorentz E M Force, Magnetostatics – Limitation of Gauss Law, Magnetostatics – Helmholtz Coil
Unit V	Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Current	Faraday’s laws of induction, Lenz’s law, Electromotive force, Measurement of magnetic field, Eddy current, Mutual inductance, Self-inductance. Impedance, admittance and reactance, R-C, R-L and L-C circuits with alternating e.m.f. source, series and parallel L-C-R circuits, resonance and sharpness, Quality factor, Power in A. C. circuits, Choke coil.	Ampere Circuital Law (Part -1), Ampere Circuital Law (Part -2), E&M Field on Axis of Solenoid

 

Semester III	Unit Name	Course Title: Thermodynamics	Video Lecture
Unit I	Basic concepts and First law of thermodynamics	Thermodynamic Systems, Thermal equilibrium and Zeroth law of thermodynamics, Equation of state and First law of thermodynamics, Discussion of Heat and Work, Quasi-static Work; Reversible and Irreversible; Path Dependence; Heat Capacities Adiabatic Processes, Vander Wall equation, Distinction between Joule, Joule-Thompson and Adiabatic expansion of a gas	Thermodynamics -1, Thermodynamics – 2
Unit Il	Second law of Thermodynamics and Entropy	Insufficiency of first law of thermodynamics, Condition of Reversibility, Carnot‟s Engine and Carnot‟s Cycle, Second law of thermodynamics, Carnot‟s Theorem, Thermodynamic scale of temperature and its identity to perfect gas, scale of temperature. Entropy, Mathematical formulation of Second law of thermodynamics, Entropy of an ideal gas, T-S diagram and its applications, Evaluation of Entropy changes in simple cases, Third law of thermodynamics.
Unit Ill	Thermodynamic Relations	Thermodynamic potentials, Maxwell‟s equation from thermodynamic potentials, Some useful manipulations with partial derivatives (cooling in adiabatic processes and Adiabatic stretching of a wire), The Clausius–Clapeyron‟s equations, Triple point, Applications of Maxwell‟sthermo dynamical relations.	Maxwell’s equation, Maxwell’s Relations of Thermo Dynamical Variables, Clausius- Clopeyron Equation
Unit IV	Transport of Heat	Modes of heat transfer via Conduction, Convection and Radiation, Fourier‟s law, One dimensional steady state conduction, Heat conduction through plane. Thermal conductivity and its experimental detection, Newton‟s law of cooling, Dimensional analysis applied to forced and free convection. Black body radiation, Thermodynamics of radiations inside a hollow enclosure, Kirchoff‟s Laws, Derivation of Stefan Boltzmann Law, Wein‟s displacement law, Black body spectrum formulaearly attempts, Raleigh Jean‟s Law, Quantum theory of Radiation, Planck‟s formula for black body spectrum, Wien‟s law, Radiation as a photon gas.
Unit V	Kinetic Theory of Gases	Kinetic theory of gases, Microscopic description of an Ideal gas, Degrees of freedom, Law of Equipartition of Energy, Distribution law of velocities, Most probable speed, Average speed and root mean square velocity of molecules, Pressure exerted by a perfect gas, Kinetic Interpretation of Temperature

 

Semester IV	Course Title: Geometrical Optics	Video Lecture
Unit I	Fermat’s Principle and refraction (Spherical Surfaces) Fermat’s principle of extremum path and its application to deduce laws of reflection and refraction, Refraction at concave surface, Principal foci, Lateral and longitudinal magnifications, Aplanatic points of spherical surface.
Unit Il	Image Theory for Lens Systems Gauss’s general theory of image formation, Coaxial symmetrical system, Cardinal points of an optical system, General relationships, Thick and Thin lens, lens combinations, Newton’s formula, Coaxial lens system, Lagrange’s equation of magnification, Refraction through a thick lens. Matrix theory of image formation.
Unit Ill	Optical Aberrations and dispersion Aberrations in images, Spherical aberration, Chromatic aberration, Condition of achromatism, Achromatic combination of lenses in contact and separated lenses, Monochromatic aberrations and their reduction, Spherical mirrors and Schmidt corrector plates, Theory of dispersion.
Unit IV	Associated Optical Instruments Nodal Slide, Eyepiece, Ramsden’s, Huygen’s and Gaussian eyepieces, their comparison. Types of telescopes, Astronomical Reflecting and refracting telescope, Microscopes: principle and types, Spectrometer and its uses, Oil immersion objectives meniscus lens.

 

Semester V	Paper 1	Course Title: Physical Optics	Video Lecture
Unit I		Interference The principle of superposition, Two slit interference, coherence, Division of wave front and amplitude, Optical path retardations lateral shift of fringes, Fresnel biprism, Interference with multiple reflection, Thin films, Application for precision measurements, Haidinger fringes, Fringes of equal thickness and equal inclination.
Unit Il		Diffraction Fresnel’s and Fraunhofer diffraction: Diffraction of single slit, Zone plates, intensity distribution, Resolution of image, Rayleigh criterion, Resolving power of telescopes and microscopes, Diffraction due to 2-slits and N-slits, Diffraction grating, Resolving power of grating and comparison with resolving powers of prisms.	Diffraction of Light
Unit Ill		Polarization Plane polarized, Circular polarized and elliptically polarized light, Malus law, Brewster’s law, Double reflection and uniaxial crystals, Application of bi-refringence, Dichroism, Optical rotation, Rotation of plane of polarization, Optical rotation in liquids and crystals, Polarimeter.
Unit IV		Associated Optical Instruments Michelson intereferometer and its application for precise measurement of wavelength, Wavelength difference and width of spectral lines, Twyman-Green interferometer, Tolansky fringes, Fabry-Perot interferometer and Etalon.
Semester V	Paper II	Course Title: Basic Electronics	Video Lecture
Unit I	Network Theorems	Superposition Theorem, Constant voltage source and constant current source, Conversion of voltage source into current source, Thevenin’s Theorem and procedure for finding thevenin equivalent circuit, Norton‟s Theorem and procedure for finding Norton equivalent circuit, Maximum power transfer theorem, Applications of Network Theorems.
Unit II	Power Supplies	Semiconductor diode: P-N Junction diode, Diode circuits with DC and AC Voltage sources, Diode as a rectifier: Half and Full wave rectifiers, Bridge rectifiers, Peak inverse voltage, Efficiency, Ripple factor, Filters: Low pass and High pass filters, Band pass and Band stop filters, L and π – filters (Series inductor, Shunt capacitor, LC, CLC filters), Zener diode, its characteristics, Voltage regulation.	P-N Junction diode,
Unit III	Special Diodes	Special Diodes Tunneling effect, Tunnel diode, Varactor diode, Point contact diode, V-I characteristic of these diodes, Optoelectronic devices: Light emitting diode, Photodiode.	Special Purpose Diode,
Unit IV	Transistors	Bipolar junction transistor, Transistor operation and its Biasing rule, Transistor currents, Transistor circuit configuration, Transistor characteristics in different configuration, cut-off and saturation points, Active region, Relation between transistor current in various configuration, h Parameters, General idea of FETs
Unit V	Transistor Amplifiers	Single-stage transistor amplifiers, Common base (CB), Common emitter (CE) and, Common collector (CC) amplifier, Comparison of a amplifier configurations. Amplifier classification based on biasing condition, Power amplifiers (Class A, Push-Pull amplifier, Class B and Class C), Noise and Distortion in amplifiers, Multistage amplifier, Amplifier coupling, RC- coupled two stage amplifier and its frequency response, Advantage of RC coupling

 

Semester VI	Paper l	Course Title: Modern Physics	Video Lecture
Unit I	Atomic Models	Thomson model, Rutherford model, Bohr model and spectra of hydrogen atom, Fine structure, Bohr Magnetron, Larmor‟s precession, Somerfield model, Stern-Gerlach experiment, Vector atomic model, Space Quantization and Spinning of an electron.	Atomic Models
Unit Il	Optical Spectra and X-rays	Optical spectra, Spectral notations, L-S, J-J coupling, Selection rules and intensity rules, Explanation of fine structure of Sodium D line, Zeeman effect, X-ray spectra (characteristics and continuous), Moseley‟s law.	Molecular Spectra
Unit Ill	Lasers and Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy	Einstein A and B coefficients, Spatial and Temporal coherence, Optical pumping, Population inversion, Laser action, Basic idea of LASER and MASER, Ruby Laser and He-Ne laser, Some applications. Franck-Condon Principle, Molecular spectra, Rotational, Vibration and Electronic spectra of diatomic molecules, General features of electronic spectra, Luminescence, Basics of Raman effect.	Introduction to LASER-I, Introduction to LASER-Il, Raman Effect, Basics of Raman effect, Basic of laser
Unit IV	Subatomic Physics	Structure of atomic nucleus, nuclear properties (charge, mass, spin, shape), nuclear binding energy, liquid drop model and semi-empirical mass formula, Law’s of radioactive decay, Basic idea of α, β and γ-decay.	liquid drop model, radio activity
Unit V	Elementary Particle Physics	Elementary Particles History and Classification of Elementary particles on the basis of mass, Fundamental interactions, Lepton and Baryon number, Conservation laws, Concept of Iso-spin, hypercharge and Strangeness, basic idea of quarks
Semester VI	Paper II	Course Title: Analog and Digital Electronics	Video Lecture
Unit I	Feedback Amplifiers	Principle of feedback amplifiers, Classification of positive and negative feedback, Advantage of negative feedback, gain stability, Decreased distortion, Increased bandwidth, Forms of negative feedback, Positive feedback and its advantage	Feedback Amplifier, Simple Harmonic Oscillators, Damped Harmonic Oscillators,
Unit II	Oscillators	Classification of oscillators, Frequency of oscillating current, Frequency stability of an oscillator, Essential of a feedback LC oscillator, Tuned base oscillator, Tuned collector oscillator, Hartley oscillator, Colpitt oscillator, Clapp oscillator, Tunel diode oscillator, Crystal oscillator, Phase shift oscillator, Wien Bridge oscillator, Relaxation oscillator, Astable, monostable and bistable multivibrator, Schmitt trigger, Saw-tooth generator, Blocking oscillators
Unit III	Number System	Number systems, Decimal, Binary, Octal and Hexadecimal number systems, Binary to decimal conversion, Double-Dadd method, Binary operations, Binary addition, Binary subtravtion, Complement of a number (1‟s complement and 2‟s complement), Binary divison, Representation of a Binary number as electrical signals, Conversion of Binary to octal, Binary to hexadecimal and vice-versa (Inter-conversion), BCD, GREY, EXCESS-3 codes.	Number systems, Decimal, Binary, Octal and Hexadecimal number systems
Unit IV	Boolean Algebra	Boolean algebra, Features of Boolean algebra, Laws of Boolean algebra, Equivalent switching circuit, Demorgan‟s theorems and duals
Unit V	Logic Gates	Positive and Negative logic, Two input OR gate, Diode OR gate and transistor OR gate, Three input OR gate and its truth table, Exclusive OR gates, The AND gate, Diode AND gate and transistor AND gate, The NOT gate, Bubbled gates, The NOR gate, The NAND gate, NAND and NOR as universal gates, The XNOR gate, Adders and subtractors, Half Adders, Full adders,	Adders and subtractors