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Physics Syllabus for Main Examination 1. Mechanics and Waves Dimensional analysis.

Newton's laws of motion and applications, variable mass sy stems, projectiles. Rotational dynamics-kinetic energy, angular momentum, theore ms of moment of intertia and calculations in simple cases. Conservative forces, frictional forces. Gravitaional potential and intensity due to spherical objects . Central forces, Kepler's problem, escape velocity and artificial satellites (i ncluding GPS). Streamline motion, viscosity, Poiseuille's equation. Applications of Bernoulli's equation and Stokes' law. Special relativity and Lorentz transformation-length contraction, time dilation, mass-energy relation. Simple harmonic motion, Lissajous figures. Damped oscillation, forced oscillatio n and resonance. Beats, Phase and group velocities. Stationary waves, vibration of strings and air columns, longitudinal waves in solids. Doppler effect. Ultras onics and applications. 2. Geometrical and Physical Optics. Laws of reflection and refraction from Fermat's principle. Matrix method in para xial optics- thin lens formula, nodal planes, system of two thin lenses. Chromat ic and spherical aberrations. Simple optical instruments-magnifier, eyepieces, t elescopes and microscopes. Huygens' principle-reflection and refraction of waves. Interference of light-You ng's experiment, Newton's rings, interference by thin films, Michelson interfero meter. Fraunhofer diffraction-single slit, double slit, diffraction grating, res olving power. Fresnel diffraction-half-period zones and zone plate. Production a nd detection of linearly, circularly and elliptically polarised light. Double re fraction, quarter-waves plates and half-wave plates. Polarizing sheets. Optical activity and applications. Rayleigh scattering and applications. Elements of fibre optics-attenuation; pulse dispersion in step index and parabol ic index fibres; material dispersion. Lasers, characteristics of laser light-spa tial and temporal coherence. Focussing of laser beams and applciations. 3. Heat and Thermodynamics Thermal equilibrium and temperature. The zeroth law of thermodynamics. Heat and the first law of thermodynamics. Efficiency of Carnot engines. Entropy and the s econd law of thermodynamics. Kinetic theory and the equation of state of an idea l gas. Mean free path, distribution of molecular speeds and energies. Trasport p henomena. Andrew's experiements-van der Waals equation and applications. Joule-K elvin effect and applications. Brownian motion. Thermodynamic potentials-Maxwell relations. Phase transitions. Kirchhoff's laws. Black-body radiation-Stefan-Bol tzmann law, spectral radiancy, Wien displacement law, application to the cosmic microwave background radiation, Planck radiation law. 4. Electricity and Magnetism Electric charge, Coulomb's law, electric field, Gauss' law. Electric potential, van de Graff accelerator. Capacitors, dielectrics and polarization. Ohm's law, K irchhoff's first and second rules, resistors in series and parallel, application s to two-loop circuits. Magnietic field-Gauss'law for magnetism, atomic and nucl ear magnetism, magnetic susceptibility, classification of magnetic materials. Ci rulating charges, cyclotron, synchrotron. Hall effect. Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law, Faraday's law of induction., Lenz's law. Inductance. Alternating current c ircuits-RC, LR, single-loop LRC circuits, impedance, resonance, power in AC circ uits. Displacement current, Maxwell's equations (MKS units), electromagnetic wav es, energy transport and Poynting vector. 5. Atomic and Nuclear Physics Photoelectric effect, Einstein's photon theory. Bohr's theory of hydrogen atom. Stern-Gerlach experiment, quantisation of angular momentum, electron spin. Pauli exclusion principle and applications. Zeeman effect. X-ray spectrum, Bragg's la w, Bohr's theory of the Mosley plot. Compton effect, Compton wavelength. Wave na

ture of matter, de Broglie wavelength, wave-particle duality. Heisenberg's uncer tainty relationships. Schroedinger's equation-eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of (i) particle in a box, (ii) simple harmonic oscillator and (iii) hydrogen atom. Potential step and barrier penetration. Natural and artificial radioactivity. Bi nding energy of nuclei, nuclear fission and fusion. Classification of elementary particles and their interactions. 6. Electronics Diodes in half-waves and full-wave rectification, qualitative ideas of semicondu ctors, p type and n type semiconductors, junction diode, Zener diode, transistor s, binary numbers, Logic gates and truth tables, Elements of microprocessors and computers.

Physics Vol I&II by David Haliday and Resnick (for basic concepts) Any practice book for objective questions. Any IIT/Engineering entrance type objective questions book in physics will do Mechanics - D.S. Mathur, B.S. Agarwal Waves and Oscillations - Brijlal & Subramanyam, B.S. Agarwal Optics - Brijlal& Subramanyam, B.S. Agarwal, Ajoy & Ghatak Thermal Physics - Singal, Agarwal & Prakash, B.S. Agarwal, Shah & Srivastava Electricity & Magnetism: D.C. TAyal, B.S. Agarwal, Griffith Any fundamental book on electrical engineering like B.L Thareja (Vol 1) or Vince nt Del Tero Modern Physics - A Beiser (Concepts of modern physics), S.L. Gupta, B.S. Agarwal , J.B. Rajan Electronics - Milman & Halkias, S. Ramnam, Ryder or Bolstead, Malvina Properties of Matter - B. Aggarwal Atomic Physics - J. B. Rajan Fundamental of Magnetism electricity - B.N. Basudeva A Text Book of Suond - Khanna & Bedi Nuclear Physics - D.C. Tayal Introduction of Electrodynamics - Griffith Advanced Level Physics - Nelkon & Parkar University Physics - Zeemasky Numerical Problems - B. Lal & Subrahmanyam Quantum Mechnaics - A Ghatak A Dictionary of Physics - Goldstein Physics Books for Paper 1 Classical Mechnism -Gupta, Kumar & Sharma - Takewale & Puranik -H.Goldstein Mechanics - Kleppner & Kolenkov -D.S. Mathur Wave/Spl.Relatively - D.S. Mathur/Kleppner&Kolenkov Special Relativity-R.Resnic -Gupta & Goyal Optics-Ajay Ghatak -B.S. Agarwal Electrodyanamics - David Griffiths EM Theory -Chopra&Agarwal/Satya Prakash Thermal Physics - P.K Chakraborty - Satya Prakash, Singhal & Agarawal -Statistical Physics -B.B laud Physics Books for Paper 2

Quantum Physics- Resnick & Eisberg Concept of Mordern Physics - Arthut Bevser Quantum Mechanics -Ghatak & Loknathan -Chatwal & Anand/Satya Prakash Atomic & Molecular Spectra -Rajkumar Nuclear Physics -S.B Patel Solid State Physics -Kittel Electronics -Allon Mottershed Objective Physics -H.C. Verma/TMH

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