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Semester-5

Core Course – VI  54 hrs (Credit – 3)

PH5 B10: QUANTUM MECHANICS

UNIT 1 (24 hrs)

1. Particle Properties of Waves   8 hours

Electromagnetic waves, black body radiation, ultraviolet catastrophe, Photoelectric

effect, nature of light, wave particle duality, Compton Effect & its demonstration. Pair

production, photons & gravity. (Sections 2.1 to 2.4 & 2.7 to 2.9 of Modern Physics- Arthur

Beiser)

2. Wave Properties Of Particles (10 hours)

De Broglie waves, waves of probability, phase velocity & group velocity, particle

diffraction, Davisson And Germer experiment, Electron Microscope, Uncertainty principle

I, Uncertainty principle II, Applying the uncertainty principle, Energy & time uncertainty.

(Sections 3.1 to 3.5 & 3.7 to 3.9 of Modern Physics by Arthur Beiser)

3.Atomic Structure (6 hours)

The   Bohr   atom-energy   levels   and   spectra,   correspondence   principle,   nuclear

motion, atomic excitation, Frank-Hertz experiment

(Sections 4.4 to 4.8 of Modern Physics by Arthur Beiser)

UNIT 2 (30 hrs)

4.Wave Mechanics(16 hours)

Classical mechanics is an approximation of quantum mechanics, wave function,

Schrodinger equation-time dependant form, linearity & super position, expectation values,

operators,   Schrodinger   equation-steady   state   form,   eigen   values   &   eigen   functions,

postulates of quantum mechanics, particle in a box, finite potential well, tunnel effect-

scanning   tunneling microscope, harmonic oscillator wave function, energy levels, zero

point energy.

(Sections 5.1, 5.3 to 5.11 & appendix to chapter 5 of Modern Physics by Arthur Beiser

and Section 3.5 of Quantum Mechanics  by G Arunldhas]

5.Hydrogen Atom (14 hours)

Schrodinger equation for the hydrogen atom, separation of variables, quantum

numbers, principal quantum number, orbital quantum number, magnetic quantum number,

electron probability density, radiative transitions, selection rules, Zeeman effect, electron

spin, exclusion principle, Stern-Gerlach experiment.

(Sections 6.1 to 6.10 & 7.1, 7.2 of Modern Physics by Beiser)

 

 

 

 

 



SEMESTER-5

CORE COURSE – V 54 HRS (CREDIT – 3)

PH5 B09: ELECTRODYNAMICS-II

UNIT I (27 HOURS)

1) ELECTRODYNAMICS   (15 HOURS)

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION - FARADAY’S LAW, INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELD, INDUCTANCE, ENERGY IN MAGNETIC FIELDS – MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS,

ELECTRODYNAMICS BEFORE MAXWELL, MAXWELL’S MODIFICATION OF AMPERE’S LAW, MAXWELL’S EQUATIONS AND MAGNETIC CHARGES, MAXWELL’S EQUATIONS INSIDE MATTER, BOUNDARY CONDITIONS.

(SECTIONS 7.2 TO 7.3 OF INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRODYNAMICS BY DAVID J GRIFFITHS)

2) ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES  (12 HOURS)

WAVES IN ONE DIMENSION, THE WAVE EQUATION, SINUSOIDAL WAVES, BOUNDARY CONDITIONS :REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION, POLARIZATION – ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES IN VACUUM , WAVE EQUATION FOR E AND B, MONOCHROMATIC PLANE WAVES IN VACUUM, ENERGY AND MOMENTUM OF E.M. WAVES, POYNTING VECTOR

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES IN MATTER, PROPAGATION THROUGH LINEAR MEDIA, REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION AT NORMAL INCIDENCE.

(SECTIONS 9.1 TO 9.3.2 OF INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRODYNAMICS BY DAVID J GRIFFITHS)

UNIT II (27 HOURS)

3) TRANSIENT CURRENTS  (7 HOURS)

GROWTH AND DECAY OF CURRENT IN LR AND CR CIRCUITS – MEASUREMENT OF HIGH RESISTANCE BY LEAKAGE – GROWTH OF CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF A CAPACITOR THROUGH LCR CIRCUIT – THEORY OF BG – EXPERIMENT TO DETERMINE CHARGE SENSITIVENESS OF BG USING A STANDARD CONDENSER AND HMS.

(SECTIONS 12.1 TO 12.6, 10.10 TO 10.13 AND SECTION 11.14 OF ELECTRICITY AND

MAGNETISM BY R. MURUGESHAN)

4) AC CIRCUITS (12 HOURS)

AC THROUGH L, C, R, LC, CR, LR AND LCR – RESONANCE AND RESONANT CIRCUITS – REPULSION BETWEEN COIL AND CONDUCTOR – J OPERATORS, APPLICATION TO AC CIRCUITS – AC BRIDGES –ANDERSON AND RAYLEIGH BRIDGE.

(SECTIONS 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.6, 22.7, 22.10, 22.11, 22.13, 22.18 TO 22.22.1, 22.23 OF

ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM BY D.N. VASUDEVA AND SECTIONS 11.5 TO 11.6 OF

ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM BY R. MURUGESHAN)

5) NETWORK THEOREMS (8 HOURS)

KIRCHHOFF’S LAWS, VOLTAGE SIGN AND CURRENT DIRECTION, SOLUTION OF SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS USING DETERMINANTS, SOURCE CONVERSION, SUPERPOSITION THEOREM, IDEAL EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS,THEVENIN'S THEOREM, THEVENIZING A GIVEN CIRCUIT, NORTON’S THEOREM, MAXIMUM POWER TRANSFER THEOREM.

(SECTIONS 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18, 2.19 AND 2.30 FROM ELECTRICAL

TECHNOLOGY BY THERAJA)