PH1030: Physics

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Course Information

L-T-P-C2-1-0-3
Prerequisites None

Syllabus

Module 1: Newton's Laws of motion in vector form

Lecture hours: 9 · Tutorial hours: 5 · Lab hours: 0

Vectors, coordinate transformation and transformation properties of vectors, Motion in polar, cylindrical, and spherical coordinate system, Motion in central forces, Non-inertial frames of reference .

Module 2: Introduction to physics of fields

Lecture hours: 8 · Tutorial hours: 4 · Lab hours: 0

Concept of fields: scalar and vector fields, Gradient of a scalar potential, Divergence and Curl of vector fields, Equipotential surfaces, Conservative force-field, the concept of equilibrium, Stokes theorem, Divergence theorem, Applications in gravitation, electrostatics and magnetostatics: Gauss's law and Ampere's law .

Module 3: Special Relativity

Lecture hours: 5 · Tutorial hours: 2 · Lab hours: 0

Equivalence of inertial frames, constant speed of light, Michelson-Morley experiment, Postulates of special theory of relativity, Simultaneity, Lorentz transformations, Length contraction, time dilation, invariant interval, Energy-momentum relation .

Module 4: Quantum Mechanics

Lecture hours: 6 · Tutorial hours: 3 · Lab hours: 0

Wave particle duality (historical experiments), De Broglie's hypothesis, Uncertainty Principle, Wave function and wave packets, Schrödinger Equation, Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions, Probabilities and Normalization, Expectation values, Particle in a box, qualitative overview of H atom, finite potential step and tunneling .

Study Materials

Textbooks

  1. An Introduction to Mechanics, Daniel Kleppner and Robert Kolenkow, Tata McGraw-Hill (2007), ISBN: 978-0070647787
  2. Introduction to Electrodynamics, D. J. Griffiths, PHI Learning (2012), ISBN: 978-9332550445
  3. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, D. J. Griffiths, Cambridge India (2016), ISBN: 978-1316646519

References

  1. Introduction to Classical Mechanics, with Problems and Solutions, David Morin, Cambridge University Press (2008), ISBN: 978-0521876223
  2. Classical Mechanics, J R Taylor, University Science Books (2004), ISBN: 978-1891389207
  3. Mechanics (Berkeley Physics Course, Vol. 1), C. Kittel, W. Knight, M. Ruderman et al., McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt Ltd (2011), ISBN: 978-0070702134
  4. The Feynman Lectures of Physics (Vol. 1), R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton, M. Sands, Narosa Publishing House (2008), ISBN: 978-8185015828
  5. Electricity and Magnetism (Berkeley Physics Course, Vol. 2), E. M. Purcell, McGraw Hill Education India (2011), ISBN: 9780070702141
  6. Introduction to Special Relativity, R. Resnick, John Wiley (2007), ISBN: 8126511001
  7. Special Relativity: For the Enthusiastic Beginner, D J Morin, Createspace Independent Publishers, ISBN: 978-1542323512
  8. Quantum Mechanics, B. H. Bransden and C. J. Joachain, Pearson (2000), ISBN: 978-0582356911