Teaching Plan for PHY-101 (Odd Sem-2019-20)

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The frame of references; Coordinate system: Cartesian, plane polar, cylindrical and spherical polar 2

The motion of single and system of particles, conservation laws 2

Constrained motion and types of constraints 1

Degrees of freedom and generalized coordinates 1

Concept of virtual displacement and workless constraints 1

Principle of virtual work and D’ Alembert principles [no derivation!] 1

Concept of generalized velocity, momentum and force 1

Derivation of the Lagrange equation of motion using D’ Alembert principle 1

Applications of Lagrange equation; cyclic or ignorable coordinates 2

Derivation of Hamilton’s canonical equations 1

Applications of Hamilton’s canonical equations 2

Poisson brackets (with examples) 1

Pre Mid Sem Total 16

Black body radiation (3), photoelectric effect(1) and Compton effect (No derivation)(1) 5

Wave-particle duality, de Broglie hypothesis, Davisson and Germer experiment 2

Concept of wave packets, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, phase velocity & group velocity 2

Concept of the wave function, postulates of quantum mechanics 2

Basic operators and expectation values, Schrodinger equations 1

Applications of Schrödinger time-independent equation: i) Particle in a Box 4

ii) Potential Step
iii) Potential barrier

Introduction of relativity, Michelson-Morley experiment 1

Postulates of Special relativity and Lorentz Transformation 1

Length Contraction and Time dilation, Doppler Effect 1

Velocity addition and mass-energy equivalence (no derivation) 2

Mid Sem to End Sem 21