13 13 ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, 2015 Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. PHYSICAL SCIENCES [Field of Study Code : PHYP (161) | Time Allowed :, 3 hours Maximum Marks : 70 INSTRUCTIONS FOR CANDIDATES (@) This Question Paper consists of two Parts, i.e. Part—A and Part—B. (i) All questions are compulsory. Answers should be written in the space following each question. (iii) Use of calculators is permitted. (iv) Extra pages are attached at the end of the Question Paper for Rough Work. 3A ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, 2015 Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. PHYSICAL SCIENCES SUBJECT ........... (Field of Study/Language) FIELD OF STUDY CODE - NAME OF THE CANDIDATE . . REGISTRATION NO. CENTRE OF EXAMINATION. . (Signature of Candidate) “(Signature of Invigilator) (Signature and Seal of Presiding Officer) 3A/13AFOR OFFICE USE ONLY Question No.| Marks [Question No.) Marks | Al a | Bl Az | e 7 : | — _ 4 a3 B3 [~ Ad B4 | AS = : | = 1A |. Be ; | B7 BS Bo | Bio | | total BI : Total Marks [A +B) = 3a 3 [P.7.0./13AUseful Physical Constants : Conversion Factors /13A Acceleration due to gravity, g = 9-81 m/s” Avogadro number, Ny = 6-022 x 10?9 /mol Boltzmann constant, ky = 1:38 x 10° J/K Charge of electron, e = 1:6 x 107!9 Cc. Gravitational constant, G = 6:67 x 107! Nan? /kg? Mean radius of the earth, R, = 637 x 10° m Permittivity of vacuum, ¢) = 8:85 x 107!? F/m Planck constant, h = 6°63 « 10°4 J-s Rest mass of electron, m, = 911 * 107! kg Rest mass of neutron, m, = 1:67 x 10-7 kg Speed of light in vacuum, c = 3 108 m/s Stefan-Boltzmann constant, 6 = 5:67 x 10°8 W/m?-K* Universal gas constant, R = 831 J/mol-K 1 calorie = 4-25 Lev=16x109 5 [P.T.0./13APART—A. Note : Answer all questions. Each question carries 6 marks. Al. Solve the following nonlinear differential equation by transforming into a linear equation : du 24442 5 2u+y et -2usy = (3-1 (u+ 1) xt ) Pai 7 [P.T.0./13A/1343. A particle of mass mis constrained to slide under gravity on a smooth wire in the shape 713A of vertical circle with radius R. The wire is rotating about the vertical diameter with constant angular velocity 2 @ Set up the Lagrangian and write the equations of motion. Write the answers in terms of the angular displacement of the particle from the downward vertical with the center of the circle as the origin. (i) Derive the Hamiltonian of the system. Is it conserved? 11 [P.T.0./13A 12Ad. 113A Obtain the following virial expansion for the ideal Bose gas of identical particles of mass m each, at temperature T ota ep li-ve)?* kpT 4218 WB. ~ in powers of nA? = fi, where n is the average number of particles per unit volume of the gas and A=h/J2nmkgT is the thermal wavelength. Symbols have their usual meaning. 13 [P.T.0.AS. A circular disc of radius R has a uniform charge density o. It is revolving about an axis passing perpendicularly through its center with angular velocity w. Find the value of magnetic induction at the center. /13A 15 [P.7.0,713A 16PART—B Note : Answer all questions. Each question carries 4 marks. B1. Consider the 4x4 matrix a 1 1 0 1 0 Hoorn 1 1 “|1 0 10 Find the eigenvalues of e% where a: is a real number. Are any eigenvalues degenerate? fan 7 [P-7.0.B2. An electron is confined inside a cubic box of side 10 A. Calculate the force exerted on one of the faces of the box if the electron is in the ground state. /13A 18B3. A particle of unit mass moves in the x-y plane under the potential Vix, W=R(x? +y? +20.xy, -1. 20BS. An amplifier has an ideal gain of 100 which changes by 20% due to change in internal parameters. After a feedback circuit is incorporated, this fluctuation is limited to 2%. Find the feedback parameter of the circuit. sa 21 [PTOB6. The rare-earth metal Dysprosium (Dy) has a saturation magnetization of 2:4 10° A /m. Its density is 8-5x 10°kg/m? and molar atomic mass is 162-5x 10S kg/mole. Find the magnetic moment per atom in terms of effective number of Bohr magneton (ip) /13A 22B7. An element has a cubic lattice with unit cell dimension a. It contributes one valence electron per atom for electrical conduction. Using the free electron model, calculate the Fermi wave vector of conduction electrons and compare it with the first Brillouin zone dimension. 3A 23 [PT.0.BS. Show the energy-level diagram for Zeeman splitting of the cadmium red line (A =643-8nm) for the transition between spectroscopic levels 'D, -»'P, /13A , 24B9. Calculate the speed at which the total energy (Ey,.q1) of a free particle equals twice its rest mass energy. /13A 25BAO. A dielectric fiber of a transparent material can be used to guide electromagnetic waves under the condition of total internal reflection. Determine the minimum dielectric constant of the medium so that a wave incident at an angle on one end will be confined within the fiber until it emerges ftom the other end. tee /13A 26SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK /18A . 27 [P.T.O.SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK 113A F 28113A SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK 29 [P.T.0.SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK 1 on ao E1S—750%2