CLUSTER UNIVERSITY SRINAGAR

th
SYLLABUS- SEMESTER 7 (CBCS) - INTEGREATED M.SC PHYSICS
DCE COURSE - THEORY

TITLE: CLASSICAL MECHANICS

COURSE CODE: IGPHY18-704E/PGPHY21-104E CREDITS: 04

Total Marks: 100 Marks Contact Hours: 64 hrs
Internal Assessment Test: 20 Marks
End Term Examination: 80 Marks

UNIT I
Variational Principle: Generalised coordinates, Constrains, D’Alemert’s Principle, Hamiltons principle, La-
grange equations, Conservation Theorems and symmetry, Energy function and conservation.
Central Force: Equivalent one body problem, Equation of motion and first integrals, classification of orbits,
The Virial theorem, Differential equation of orbit, Bertrand’s theorem, Kepler problem, The Laplace-Rung-Lenz
Vector, Scattering in Central Field, Scattering problems in Laboratory coordinates.

UNIT II
Rigid body Kinematics: Coordinates, orthogonal transformation, properties of transformation matrix, Euler
angles, Calay-Klein parameters, infinitesimal and finite rotations, rate of change of a vector.
Rigid body dynamics: Angular momentum and kinetic energy of motion about a point, the inertial tensor,
eigenvalues of inertial tensor and principal axis of transformation, Euler equations of motion, Torque free motion
of rigid body.

UNIT III
Oscillations: systems with many degrees of freedom, Eigenvalue equation, principal axis of transformation,
free vibrations and normal coordinates, example of linear triatomic molecule, Forced vibrations, dissipative
effects, The damped driven pendulum.
Hamilton’s Formulation: Legendre transformation, cyclic coordinates, Routh’s procedure, The principle of
least action, relativistic considerations of Hamilton’s formulation.

UNIT IV
Canonical transformations Equations of canonical transformation, examples, Poisson brackets, equations of
motion and conservation theorem in Poisson bracket formulations, Liouvile’s theorem.
Hamilton Jacobi Theory: Hamilton Jacobi equation, example of harmonic oscillator, Hamiltons character-
istic function, separation of variables in H-J equation, Kepler problem, Action angle variables, Kepler problem
in action angle variables.
Text(s):

1. Classical Mechanics, H. Goldstein, C. Poole, J. Safko, 3e, Pearson, 2000.

Reference Books:

1. Mechanics, L. D. Landau and E. M. Liftshitz, 3e, Elsevier, 1976.

2. Classical Mechanics: System of Particles and Hamiltonian Dynamics, W. Greiner, Springer,2003.
3. Analytical Mechanics, L. N. Hand and J. D. Finch, CAMBRIDGE, 1998.
4. Classical Mechanics, A Course of Lectures, A. K. Raychaudhari, Oxford Press, 1983.
5. Classical Mechanics, An introduction, D. Strauch, Springer, 2009.
6. Classical Mechanics, J. C. Upadhyaya, 2e, Himalaya publishing, 2014.
7. Classical Mechanics: Point particles and Relativity, W. Greiner, Springer, 2004.
8. Mathematical methods of classical mechanics, V. I. Arnold, 2e, Springer-Verlag, 1989.

15