The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Faculty/College of <<Faculty of Science >>, ACADEMIC YEAR

Department of <<Physics >> 2015-2016

<<Address>>, <<Contact details>>, <<e-mail ID>>

<<Name of the Programme: B.Sc.>> : <<B.Sc. Physics >>

YEAR II CORE: CREDIT 3
Semester IV <<PHY1411C10>> : <<MODERN PHYSICS>> HOURS 45

OBJECTIVES:

COURSE CONTENT / SYLLABUS

<< >>
<<Millikan's oil drop experiment for electronic charge, Determination of q/m of
positive rays, Aston mass spectrograph.

X Rays production, origin and properties, diffraction of X rays, Bragg’s law,

Moseley’s law.
UNIT-I 15 hrs.
Wave behaviour of particles; De Broglie wave length wave packets and particles;
Heinsenberg's uncertainty relation; Wave function; Physical interpretation of
trapped particles and Probability densities.

* Illustrative problems from text books (2 periods)>>

<< >>
<<α and β decay, radioactive dating, nuclear reactions, particle interaction (Basic
forces) and families of elementary particles.

Particle accelerators: Linear Accelerators, Van-de- graph generator, Cyclotron,

UNIT-II betatron (Brief introduction). 15 hrs.

Detectors: Introduction to Gas filled detectors, Scintillation Counter and

semiconductor detector.

* Illustrative problems from text books (2 periods)>>

<< >>
<<Introduction to Hydrogen Atom Spectrum, Bohr Magneton, Larmor’s
precession, Stern Gerlach experiment, Electron Spin and gyro magnetic ratio,
Vector atom model, Spin orbit interaction and fine structure, total angular
UNIT-III momentum for many e atom; L-S & J-J coupling (inbrief) 15 hrs.

INTERACTION WITH EXTERNAL FIELDS: Zeeman effect, Anomalous

Zeeman effect and its application to sodium lines, Paschen-Back effect, Stark
effect.
 * Illustrative problems from text books (2 periods)>>

REFERENCES
1. Modern physics by G Aruldhas and P Rajgopal
2. Modern physics by D Sehgal, K Chopra and N Sehgal (S Chand and Co, New Delhi)

3. Fundamentals of modern physics by J P Agrawal and A Agrawal Pragati Prakashan (Meerut)

4. Concepts of Modern Physics by Bieser (Tata McGraw-Hill)

 The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Faculty/College of <<Faculty of Science >>, ACADEMIC YEAR
Department of <<Physics >> 2015-2016

<<Address>>, <<Contact details>>, <<e-mail ID>>

<<Name of the Programme: B.Sc.>> : <<B.Sc. Physics >>

YEAR II CORE: CREDIT 2
Semester IV <<PHY1412C11>> : <<RELATIVITY AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS>> HOURS 30

OBJECTIVES:

COURSE CONTENT / SYLLABUS

<<SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY>>

<< Inertial Frames of Reference, Galilean transformation, Invariance of Newton’s

law. The Michelson-Morley Experiment, Expression for Fringe shift, Null
ecperiment and its consequences, Einstein’s Postulates, Lorentz Transformation,
UNIT-I Lorentz-Fitzerald, Contraction, Length contraction and Time Dilation, Relativistic 15 hrs.
Velocity Transformation Equations, Relativistic mass Variation, Einstein’s Mass-
Energy Relation, Momentum and Energy Relationship, Particles with zero rest
mass.

* Illustrative problems from text books (2 periods)>>

<< >>
<< Basic concepts of Statistical mechanics, Density of states, Maxwell – Boltzmann
(MB) statistics, Thermodynamic probability in MB statistics and distribution
function, Applications of MB- statistics, Equation of state, Maxwell’s energy and
velocity distribution law, limitations of MB-statistics.

Introduction to Quantum Statistics, Bose-Einstein (BE) Statistics, Thermodynamic

UNIT-II 15 hrs.
probability, BE distribution function, Application of BE-statistics, Planck’s
radiation law, Bose condensate, Fermi-Dirac (FD) statistics, FD-distribution
function, Applications of FD-statistics, Electronic specific heat of metals,
Comparison of MB, BE and FD-Statistics.

* Illustrative problems from text books (2 periods)>>

REFERENCES
1. Modern physics by G Aruldhas and P Rajgopal
2. Concept of modern physics by A Beiser (Tata Mcgraw Hill, 6th edition)
3. Modern physics by D Sehgal, K Chopra and N Sehgal (S Chand and Co, New Delhi)
4. Quantum Mechanics by V. Devanathan (Narosa Pub.- 2006).
 The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Faculty/College of <<Faculty of Science >>, ACADEMIC YEAR
Department of <<Physics >> 2015-2016

<<Address>>, <<Contact details>>, <<e-mail ID>>

<<Name of the Programme: B.Sc.>> : <<B.Sc. Physics >>

YEAR II CORE: CREDIT 3
Semester IV <<PHY1413C12>> : <<PHYSICS LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS>> HOURS 45

OBJECTIVES:

COURSE CONTENT / SYLLABUS

<<PHYSICS LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS >>

<< 1. Filter circuit

2. Kater’s pendulum
3. Fly wheel
4. Double refraction
5. Polarimeter 45 hrs.
6. Small thickness by optical lever
7. Charging-discharging of a capacitor (RC circuit)
8. Transistor amplifier – current, voltage and power gains
9. Figure of merit of a ballistic galvanometer
10. High resistance by substitution method>>
 The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Faculty/College of <<Faculty of Science >>, ACADEMIC YEAR
Department of <<Physics >> 2015-2016

<<Address>>, <<Contact details>>, <<e-mail ID>>

<<Name of the Programme: B.Sc.>> : <<B.Sc. Physics >>

YEAR II Subsidiary: CREDIT 3
Semester IV <<PHY1414S10>> : <<MODERN PHYSICS>> HOURS 45

OBJECTIVES:

COURSE CONTENT / SYLLABUS

<< >>
<<Millikan's oil drop experiment for electronic charge, Determination of q/m of
positive rays, Aston mass spectrograph.

X Rays production, origin and properties, diffraction of X rays, Bragg’s law,

Moseley’s law.
UNIT-I 15 hrs.
Wave behaviour of particles; De Broglie wave length wave packets and particles;
Heinsenberg's uncertainty relation; Wave function; Physical interpretation of
trapped particles and Probability densities.

* Illustrative problems from text books (2 periods)>>

<< >>
<<α and β decay, radioactive dating, nuclear reactions, particle interaction (Basic
forces) and families of elementary particles.

Particle accelerators: Linear Accelerators, Van-de- graph generator, Cyclotron,

UNIT-II betatron (Brief introduction). 15 hrs.

Detectors: Introduction to Gas filled detectors, Scintillation Counter and

semiconductor detector.

* Illustrative problems from text books (2 periods)>>

<< >>
<<Introduction to Hydrogen Atom Spectrum, Bohr Magneton, Larmor’s
precession, Stern Gerlach experiment, Electron Spin and gyro magnetic ratio,
Vector atom model, Spin orbit interaction and fine structure, total angular
UNIT-III momentum for many e atom; L-S & J-J coupling (inbrief) 15 hrs.

INTERACTION WITH EXTERNAL FIELDS: Zeeman effect, Anomalous

Zeeman effect and its application to sodium lines, Paschen-Back effect, Stark
effect.
 * Illustrative problems from text books (2 periods)>>

REFERENCES
1. Modern physics by G Aruldhas and P Rajgopal
2. Modern physics by D Sehgal, K Chopra and N Sehgal (S Chand and Co, New Delhi)
3. Fundamentals of modern physics by J P Agrawal and A Agrawal Pragati Prakashan (Meerut)
4. Concepts of Modern Physics by Bieser (Tata McGraw-Hill)
 The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Faculty/College of <<Faculty of Science >>, ACADEMIC YEAR
Department of <<Physics >> 2015-2016

<<Address>>, <<Contact details>>, <<e-mail ID>>

<<Name of the Programme: B.Sc.>> : <<B.Sc. Physics >>

YEAR II Subsidiary: CREDIT 2
Semester IV <<PHY1415S11>> : <<RELATIVITY AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS>> HOURS 30

OBJECTIVES:

COURSE CONTENT / SYLLABUS

<<SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY>>

<< Inertial Frames of Reference, Galilean transformation, Invariance of Newton’s

law. The Michelson-Morley Experiment, Expression for Fringe shift, Null
ecperiment and its consequences, Einstein’s Postulates, Lorentz Transformation,
UNIT-I Lorentz-Fitzerald, Contraction, Length contraction and Time Dilation, Relativistic 15 hrs.
Velocity Transformation Equations, Relativistic mass Variation, Einstein’s Mass-
Energy Relation, Momentum and Energy Relationship, Particles with zero rest
mass.

* Illustrative problems from text books (2 periods)>>

<< >>
<< Basic concepts of Statistical mechanics, Density of states, Maxwell – Boltzmann
(MB) statistics, Thermodynamic probability in MB statistics and distribution
function, Applications of MB- statistics, Equation of state, Maxwell’s energy and
velocity distribution law, limitations of MB-statistics.

Introduction to Quantum Statistics, Bose-Einstein (BE) Statistics, Thermodynamic

UNIT-II 15 hrs.
probability, BE distribution function, Application of BE-statistics, Planck’s
radiation law, Bose condensate, Fermi-Dirac (FD) statistics, FD-distribution
function, Applications of FD-statistics, Electronic specific heat of metals,
Comparison of MB, BE and FD-Statistics.

* Illustrative problems from text books (2 periods)>>

REFERENCES
1. Modern physics by G Aruldhas and P Rajgopal
2. Concept of modern physics by A Beiser (Tata Mcgraw Hill, 6th edition)
3. Modern physics by D Sehgal, K Chopra and N Sehgal (S Chand and Co, New Delhi)
4. Quantum Mechanics by V. Devanathan (Narosa Pub.- 2006).
 The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Faculty/College of <<Faculty of Science >>, ACADEMIC YEAR
Department of <<Physics >> 2015-2016

<<Address>>, <<Contact details>>, <<e-mail ID>>

<<Name of the Programme: B.Sc.>> : <<B.Sc. Physics >>

YEAR II Subsidiary: CREDIT 3
Semester IV <<PHY1416S12>> : <<PHYSICS LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS>> HOURS 45

OBJECTIVES:

COURSE CONTENT / SYLLABUS

<<PHYSICS LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS >>

<< 1. Filter circuit

2. Kater’s pendulum
3. Fly wheel
4. Double refraction
5. Polarimeter 45 hrs.
6. Small thickness by optical lever
7. Charging-discharging of a capacitor (RC circuit)
8. Transistor amplifier – current, voltage and power gains
9. Figure of merit of a ballistic galvanometer
10. High resistance by substitution method>>
 The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Faculty/College of <<Faculty of Science >>, ACADEMIC YEAR
Department of <<Physics >> 2015-2016

<<Address>>, <<Contact details>>, <<e-mail ID>>

<<Name of the Programme: B.Sc.>> : <<B.Sc. Physics >>

YEAR II Elective: CREDIT 2
Semester IV <<PHY1001E09>> : <<Soft Matter Physics>> HOURS 30

OBJECTIVES:

COURSE CONTENT / SYLLABUS

<< >>
<<Introduction to soft materials, physics of soft materials-intermolecular forces,
UNIT-I
dynamics, structural organizations. Experimental techniques to study soft materials – 15 hrs.
light and X-ray scattering, mechanical properties, viscoelasticity measurement (Rheology)
and optical properties (simple microscope, confocal microscope, birefringence).>>

<< >>
<<Polymers, Colloids, Amphiphiles, gels and emulsions, Liquid Crystal, biological soft
UNIT-II matter – membranes, DNA, properties, polysaccharides. Applications and uses of soft 15 hrs.
materials.>>

REFERENCES
1. Introduction to soft matter – synthetic and biological self-assembling materials
Author: lan W. Hamley
Pub: John Wiley and Sons.
 The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Faculty/College of <<Faculty of Science >>, ACADEMIC YEAR
Department of <<Physics >> 2015-2016

<<Address>>, <<Contact details>>, <<e-mail ID>>

<<Name of the Programme: B.Sc.>> : <<B.Sc. Physics >>

YEAR II Elective: CREDIT 2
Semester IV <<PHY1002E10>> : <<Electron Optics>> HOURS 30

OBJECTIVES:

COURSE CONTENT / SYLLABUS

<< >>
<<Motion of electrons in Electric and Magnetic fields, measurement of charge to mass ratio
of electrons, Construction, function of CRO and its applications.
UNIT-I 15 hrs.
Properties of an ideal image, imaging in light optics, imaging with electrons: Electrostatic
lenses, Magnetic lenses.>>

<< >>
<<Focusing properties of a thin Magnetic lenses, Comparison of magnetic and
UNIT-II Electrostatic lens, Defects of electron lenses, Chromatic Aberration, Axial astigmatism, 15 hrs.
Distortion and Curvature field, electron microscopes.>>

REFERENCES
1. Physical Principles of Electron Microscope: An Introduction to TEM, SEM and AEM R. Egerton,
springer, ISBN: 978-0-387-25800-3
 The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Faculty/College of <<Faculty of Science >>, ACADEMIC YEAR
Department of <<Physics >> 2015-2016

<<Address>>, <<Contact details>>, <<e-mail ID>>

<<Name of the Programme: B.Sc.>> : <<B.Sc. Physics >>

YEAR II Foundation: CREDIT 2
Semester IV <<PHY1007F01>> : <<Radiation Physics>> HOURS 30

OBJECTIVES:

COURSE CONTENT / SYLLABUS

<<IN BASIC OF RADIATION PHYSICS: AN INTRODUCTION>>

<<Classification of forces in nature

Classification of Fundamental particles
Classification of radiations
Classification of ionizing photon radiations

Radiation quantities and units

UNIT-I &
Atomic and nuclear structure 30 hrs.
II
Rutherford model of the atom, Bohr’s model of hydrogen atom
Nuclear structure
Nuclear reactions
Radioactivity, Activation of nuclei, Mode of radioactive decay
Electron interactions
Stopping power
Dose distribution in water for various radiation beam>>
REFERENCES
1. Basic radiation physics: E.B. Podgorsak, Canada
2. Review of Radiation
 The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Faculty/College of <<Faculty of Science >>, ACADEMIC YEAR
Department of <<Physics >> 2015-2016

<<Address>>, <<Contact details>>, <<e-mail ID>>

<<Name of the Programme: B.Sc.>> : <<B.Sc. Physics >>

YEAR II Foundation: CREDIT 2
Semester IV <<PHY1008F01>> : <<Nanoscience>> HOURS 30

OBJECTIVES:

COURSE CONTENT / SYLLABUS

<< >>
<<The energy,time and length scales of interest in Nanoscience and technology,
significance of Nanoscale, Nanostructures, nanocrystals and clusters and their
types: quantum wells, quantum wires, quantum dots, superlattices, grapheme,
fullerene, carbon nanotube, Inorganic Nanotubes, Nanowires, polymers,
monomers, Biopolymers, composite materials, nanofols, nonporous inorganic
UNIT-I &
II
materials, organic nanomaterials like Dendrimers, micelles, liposomes, block 30 hrs.
copolymers. Cosmetics, Clays, Coatings, Paints, Remediation, Fuel Cells,
Displays, Batteries, Fuel Additives, Lubricants, Magnetic Materials, Medical
Implants, Machinable Ceramics, Water Purification, Military Battle suits, Plastics,
Energy Storage, Adhesives / Connectors, Molecular Electronics, Thermal
Materials, Structural Composites, Fibers and Fabrics, Catalyst Support, Ceramics,
Biomedical Appliances>>
REFERENCES
1. Introduction to Nanotechnology- Charles P. Pooler Jr. and Franks J. Qwens
Handbook of nanostructured Biomaterials and their Applications in
2.
Nenotechnology – Hari Singh Nalwa
3. Nanocomposite Science &Technology Ajayan, Schadler & Braun
 The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Faculty/College of <<Faculty of Science >>, ACADEMIC YEAR
Department of <<Physics >> 2015-2016

<<Address>>, <<Contact details>>, <<e-mail ID>>

<<Name of the Programme: B.Sc.>> : <<B.Sc. Physics >>

YEAR II Foundation: CREDIT 2
Semester IV <<PHY1009F01>> : <<BIO PHYSICS>> HOURS 30

OBJECTIVES:

COURSE CONTENT / SYLLABUS

<< BIO PHYSICS: AN INTRODUCTION
>>
<< Chemical Binding: Quantum mechanics, Pauli exclusion principle, ionization
energy, electron affinity and chemical binding, electron negativity and strong
bonds.
Energies, forces and bonds: Inter atomic potentials for strong bonds and weak
bonds. Non-central forces. Bond energies.
Rates of reaction: Free energy, internal energy. Thermodynamics and statistical
UNIT-I &
mechanics. Reaction kinetics. Water acids, bases and aqueous reactions. Radiation
energy. Transport processes: Diffusion. Viscosity and conduction. 30 hrs.
II
Some Techniques and methods: X-ray diffraction and molecular structure.
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Scanning tunneling microscopy
Biological Polymers: Nucleic Acids. Nucleic Acids conformation: DNA and
RNA. Proteins.
Biological membranes: Historical background. Membrane chemistry and
structure.
Biological energy: Energy consumption. Respiration and photosynthesis.
Movement of organism: Bacterial motion. Chemical memory in primitive
organisms. Muscular movements >>
REFERENCES
1. Bio physics, an introduction by Rodney Cotterill. John wiley and sons
2. Fundamental concept in bio physics (Vol.-1) Thomas Jue Springer.
3. Biological Physics: energy, information, life. By Philip Nelson