GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE,(AUTONOMOUS), KARUR-639 005.

PG COURSE STRUCTURE UNDER CBCS SYSTEM

(For the candidates admitted from the year 2016-17 onwards)

SUBJECT CODE

INSTR.HOURS/

EXAM HOURS
SEMESTER

CREDIT

TOTAL
WEEK
MARKS
COURSE SUBJECT TITLE

INT EXT
Core Course-I Mathematical Physics – I P16PH1C1 6 4 3 25 75 100
Core Course-II Classical Dynamics and Relativity P16PH1C2 6 4 3 25 75 100
Core Course -III Analog and Digital Electronics P16PH1C3 5 4 3 25 75 100
I Elective Course -I Condensed matter Physics P16PH1E1 5 4 3 25 75 100
Basic Practical lab (General and
Core Practical–I - 4 - - - - -
Electronics)
Core Practical -II Advanced GeneralExperiments Lab - 4 - - - - -
30 16 400
Basic Practical lab (General and
Core Practical–IV P16PH2C4P 4 4 4 40 60 100
Electronics)
Advanced General and Microprocessor
Core Practical- V P16PH2C5P 4 4 4 40 60 100
Lab
II Core Course –VI Mathematical Physics-II P16PH2C6 5 5 3 25 75 100
Core Course- VII Quantum Mechanics P16PH2C7 6 5 3 25 75 100
Core Course –VIII Electromagnetic Theory P16PH2C8 6 5 3 25 75 100
Elective Course- II Microprocessor and Microcontroller P16PH2E2 5 5 3 25 75 100

30 28 600
Core Course –IX Thermodynamics and Statistical
P16PH3C9 6 5 3 25 75 100
Mechanics
Core Course- X Nuclear and Particle Physics P16PH3C10 6 5 3 25 75 100
Core Course - XI Communication Electronics P16PH3C11 5 5 3 25 75 100
III
Elective Course-III Crystal growth and Thin Film Physics P16PH3E3 5 5 3 25 75 100
Core Practical -III Advanced General & Electronics Lab - I - 4 - - - - -
Core Practical-IV Advanced General & Electronics Lab – II - 4 - - - - -
30 20 400
Core Practical -XII Advanced Electronics Lab - I P16PH4C12P 4 4 4 40 60 100
Core Practical-XIII Advanced Electronics Lab -II P16PH4C13P 4 4 4 40 60 100
Core Course-XIV Molecular Spectroscopy P16PH4C14 4 4 3 25 75 100
IV Elective Course-IV Nano science and Nanotechnology P16PH4E4 6 5 3 25 75 100
Elective Course-V Bio medical Instrumentation P16PH4E5 5 5 3 25 75 100
Project Project 7 4 - - - 100
30 26 600
TOTAL 120 90 2000
** Dissertation-80 marks and Viva - voce Examinations- 20 marks

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GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), KARUR-05

M.Sc., PHYSICS – I SEMESTER – CORE COURSE - I
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-17 onwards)
MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS -I
UNIT- I: VECTOR FIELDS
Concept of vector and scalar fields–Vector identities–addition, multiplication,
orthogonal resolution vectors, product of two, three and four vectors – Gradient, Divergence,
Curl and Laplacian Line integral, Surface Integral and Volume integral – Gauss theorem,
Green’s theorem, Stoke’s theorem - Orthogonal curvilinear coordinates-Expressions for
Gradient, Divergence, Curl and Laplacian for cylindrical and spherical coordinates.
UNIT- II:VECTOR SPACE AND TENSORS
Definitions – Linear independence of vectors – Bilinear and quadratic forms – Change
of basis – Schmidt’s orthogonalisation process – Schwartz inequality - introduction to tensors-
n-dimensional space -superscripts and subscripts- Transformation of coordinates – Summation
convention-dummy and real indices – Contra variant, covariant and mixed Tensors – Rank of a
tensor – Symmetric and anti-symmetric tensors – Contraction of tensor – Raising and Lowering
of suffixes – Metric tensor.
UNIT-III: MATRIX THEORY
Introduction-Solution of linear algebraic equations –sub matrices- partitioning of
matrices- Transpose of a matrix- The conjugate of a matrix- The conjugate of a transpose-
Symmetric and anti-symmetric matrices- Hermitian and skew-Hermitian matrices-Minors,
Adjoint, Inverse and Determinant of a matrix- Orthogonal matrix- Unitary matrix and Trace of a
matrix- Rank of a matrix- – characteristic equation of a matrix- Cayley – Hamilton theorem –
Eigen values and Eigen vectors – similarity transformation-Diagonalization of a matrix.
UNIT-IV:ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Linear I, II order homogenous differential equations and linear I, II order
inhomogeneous differential equations-Linear ordinary differential equations of first order-
Solution of second order differential equations with constant co-efficients- Power series
solutions: Frobenius method –Linear independence of solutions- Orthogonal set of functions
and expansion theorem – Sturm – Liouville differential equation
UNIT-V: PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Solution of Laplace Equation in Cartesian co-ordinates – Partial differential equations in
physics problems -Wave equation – Equation of vibrating string – One dimensional heat flow –
Two dimensional heat flow -Laplace equation- D’ Alembert’s solution- Fourier series solution.
BOOKS FOR STUDY:
1. Mathematical Physics – Sathya Prakash.
2. Mathematical Physics – B.D. Gupta Vikas Publishing House (P) Ltd. Noida-(2008).
3. A.W. Joshi - Matrices and Tensors in Physics - Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi (1975).
4. P.K. Chattopadhyaya - Mathematical Physics - Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi, (1990).
BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:
1. Eugene Butkov - Mathematical Physics - Addison Wesley, London (1973).
2. L.A. Pipes and L.R Havil - Applied Mathematics for Engineers and Physicists -
McGraw Hill Company, Singapore (1967).
3. H.K.Das & Dr. Rama Verma- Higher Mathematical Physics-S.Chand& Company Pvt
Ltd., New Delhi, 2014.
4. G. Arfken and H.J. Weber - Mathematical Methods for Physicists, 4thcd. Prism Books,
Bangalore, (1995).
5. M.D. Greenberg - Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 2nd ed. International ed.,
Prentice – Hall International NJ, (1998).
6. E. Kreyszig - Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 8th ed. Wiley, NY, (1999).
7.Differential equations - Simons

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GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) KARUR-05

M.Sc., PHYSICS – I SEMESTER – CORE COURSE – II
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-17 onwards)
CLASSICAL DYNAMICS AND RELATIVITY

UNIT – I : FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND LAGRANGIAN FORMULATION

Mechanics of a particle and system of particles – Conservation laws – constraints
– Generalized co–ordinates – D’Alembert’s principle and Lagrangian equation –
Hamilton’s principle – Langrange’s equations – Applications: simple pendulum –
compound pendulum – Atwood’s Machine – Deduction of Hamilton’s Principle.

UNIT –II: TWO BODY CENTRAL FORCE PROBLEMS

Reduction of Two –Body central Force problem to the Equivalent one – Body
problem. Central force and motion in a plane-Equations of motion under central force
and first integral differential equation for an orbit- Inverse square law of force-Kepler’s
law of planetary motion and deduction –Virial theorem –Scattering in a central force
field- Scattering cross section – Rutherford scattering.

UNIT – III: HAMILTON’S FORMULATION

Cyclic co-ordinates and conservation theorems- Hamilton’s equation from
variational principle – principle of least action- canonical transformation - Identity
transformation and inverse transformation- Lagrange and Poisson brackets – Hamilton
Jacobi method – Action angle variables – Kepler’s problem in action angle variable –one
dimensional Harmonic oscillator.
UNIT –IV: RIGID BODY DYNAMICS AND OSCILLATORY MOTION
Principle axis transformation-angular momentum-kinetic theory-Degrees of
freedom of a rigid body-Euler angles – Moments and products of inertia –Euler’s
equation – symmetrical top – heavy symmetrical top-Theory of small oscillations and
normal modes – Frequencies of free vibration and normal co–ordinates – Linear
triatomic molecule
UNIT – V: RELATIVITY
Postulates of Special theory of relativity - four vectors in special theory of
relativity – Lorentz transformation in real four dimensional spaces – Minkowski space-
covariant four dimensional formulations – force and energy equation relativistic
mechanics – Lagrangian and Hamiltonian of relativistic mechanics.

BOOKS FOR STUDY:

1. Classical Mechanics: Herbert Goldstein, 3rdEdition, New Delhi, Narosa publishing
House.
2. Classical Mechanics: S.L. Gupta, V. Kumar, Pragati Prakashan, 2013.
3. Classical Mechanics: J. Upadhyaya, Himalaya, 2010.
4. Theory of Relativity: R.K.Pathira, Dover Pub., Inc., New York 2003.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:

1. Classical Mechanics: N.C.Rana and P.S.Joag, Tata McGraw Hill.
2. Introduction to Classical Mechanics: R.G.Takwalcal P.S.Puranik, TMGH.
3. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian: M.G.Calkin, Scientific Pub. Co., Ltd.,
4. Introduction to general Relativity: S.K Bose, Wiley and Sons.
5. Classical dynamics by Goldstein’s

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GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) KARUR-05

M.Sc., PHYSICS-I SEMSTER – CORE COURSE-III
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-17 onwards)

ANALOG AND DIGITAL ELECTRONICS

UNIT- I: THYRISTORS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
Silicon control rectifier – operation –equivalent circuit –V-I Characteristics- 900 variable
half wave rectifier -1800 variable half wave rectifier –SCR-full wave rectifier - TRIAC –
operation –V-I Characteristics - TRIAC power control –TRIAC phase control - Unijunction
transistor – construction – equivalent circuit – operation – V-I characteristics -DIAC – V-I
characteristics – DIAC Phase control.
UNIT-II:TRANSDUCERS AND INSTRUMENTATION AMPLIFIERS
Transducers: Displacement Transducer – Capacitive Transducer –Inductive
Transducer- Variable Differential Transformer Transducer (LVDT) –Oscillation Transducer –
Piezo electric Transducer – Potentiometer Transducer – Velocity Transducer.
Instrumentation amplifiers: Introduction to instrumentation amplifier-requirements of
good instrumentation amplifier-difference amplifier using one op-amp-modified difference
amplifier-instrumentation amplifier using transducer bridge-application of instrumentation
amplifier.
UNIT-III: OP-AMP FILTERS AND OSCILLATORS
Active filters: First and second order low and high pass Butter worth filter – band pass
filter- Log and antilog amplifiers – solving second order differential equations - Oscillators:
Phase shift oscillator - Wien bridge oscillator- square wave generator – triangular wave
generator- saw tooth generator – voltage controlled oscillator.
UNIT –IV: BINARY CODES AND LOGIC HARDWARE
Binary codes:Weighted Binary Codes - non weighted codes – error deducting codes –
error correcting codes- Logic hardware:Diode as a DC switch – Diode as a AC switch – Bipolar
Transistor as a DC switch – Bipolar Transistor as a AC switch – Logic families: Resistor
Transistor Logic (RTL) - Diode Transistor Logic (DTL) – Transistor - Transistor Logic(TTL)
UNIT –V: SEQUENTIAL AND MEMORY CIRCUITS
Sequential circuits:Ripple Counters – Up/Down Counters – type T design - Non
sequential counting– Type D design - Shift Register – Ring Counters – type JK design – Cycle
Counters - Memory circuits:Introduction to memories – Read only memories – Bipolar ROMs –
MOSROMs - Applications of ROM – Static Random Access Memories – Bipolar RAMs –
MOS RAMs - Dynamic Random Access Memories.
BOOKS FOR STUDY:
1. A Text book of applied electronics – Dr. R.S. Sedha- revised edition 2013 – S.Chand
Company limited (For Unit I)
2. Modern electronic instrumentation and measurement techniques – A.D Helfrick and W.D
Cooper – PHI Private Ltd. (For unit-II)
3. OPAMPs and linear integrated circuits – Ramakant A Gayakwad 3rd edition PHI private
ltd. New Delhi. (For unit-II and III)
4. Digital electronics – William H.Gothman - 2nd edition PHI private limited New Delhi (For
unit IVand V)
BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:
1. Digital Principles and Applications- A.P. Malvino and D.P. Leach- McGraw Hill
Publications.
2. Digital Design-M.Morris Mano- 3rd Edition- PHI (P) Ltd., New Delhi.

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GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), KARUR-5.

M.Sc. PHYSICS–I SEMESTER –ELECTIVE COURSE–I
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-17 onwards)
CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
UNIT - I: RECIPROCAL LATTICE AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION TECHNIQUES:
Reciprocal lattices and their applications to diffraction techniques- Ewald Sphere-
interaction of X-Rays with matter-absorption of X-rays- experimental diffraction techniques-
Laue’s diffraction technique- Powder X-ray Diffraction Technique- indexing of powder
photographs and lattice parameter determination-applications of powder X-ray diffraction
method-general concept of atomic scattering factor and structure factor.
UNIT – II: DEFECTS IN SOLIDS AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING (NDT)
Defects in Solids:Point defects- line defects (slip, plastic deformation, edge dislocation,
screw dislocation, Burger’s vector, concentration of line defects, and estimation of dislocation
density), surface (Planar) defects- grain boundaries and stacking faults.Non-Destructive
Testing: X-Ray Radiography Technique and displacement method – X-ray fluoroscopy – merits
and demerits of X-Ray Radiography – liquid penetrate method - Ultrasonic flaw detector -
merits and demerits of Ultrasonic testing.
UNIT - III: LATTICE VIBRATIONS AND THERMAL PROPERTIES
Vibration of mono atomic lattices - Lattices with two atoms per Primitive cell -
Quantization of lattice vibrations - Phonon momentum –Inelastic scattering of neutrons by
Phonons-Lattice heat capacity - Classical theory of lattice heat capacity - Einstein model -
Density of modes in one dimension and three dimension - Debye model of lattice heat capacity-
Thermal conductivity
UNIT – IV: ENERGY BANDS IN METALS AND SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
Energy levels and density of states – Fermi-Dirac distribution – Free electron gas in
three dimensions – Heat capacity of the electron gas – Kronig Penny model– Semiconductors –
Band gap – Effective mass – Intrinsic carrier concentration - derivation- Fermi level- variation
of Fermilevel with temperature – electrical conductivity – band gap determination – extrinsic
semiconductors – carrier concentration - derivation – Hall effect in semiconductors
UNIT V:SUPER CONDUCTIVITY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS
Introduction – Meissner effect – Thermo dynamical properties - London equation – BCS
theory – Type-I & Type-II superconductors – Josephson effect (Both AC & DC) – High Tcsuper
conductors – SQUIDS –Metallic glasses: Preparation- properties - uses -Shape Memory Alloys
(SMAs) - Characteristics – Properties of Ni-Ti alloy - applications – advantages and
disadvantages of Shape Memory Alloys .

BOOKS FOR STUDY:

1. Introduction to Solid State Physics, C. Kittel, Wiley Eastern- New Delhi.
2. Solid State Physics, A.J. Dekker, Macmillan, India.
3. Solid State Physics, S.O. Pillai, Wiley Eastern Ltd.
4. Solid State Physics, B.S. Saxena, R.C. Gupta & P.N. Saxena Pragati Prakashan, Meerut.
5. Crystallography for solid state physics, A.R. Verma and O.N. Srivastava, Wiley.
6. Elements of X-ray crystallography, L.V. Azaroff, McGraw-Hill.
BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:
1. Solid State Physics – S.L.Gupta & Dr.V.Kumar.
2. Fundamentals of Solid State Physics – Saxena Gupta and Saxena.
3. N.W.Asherof and N. D. Mermin, Solid State Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
International Edition, Philadelphia.
4. J. S. Blakemore, Solid State Physics, Second edition Cambridge University press,
Cambridge, London (1974)
5. M. M. Woolf son, An Introduction to X-ray Crystallography, Vikas publishing Ltd. (1978).

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GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) KARUR-05
M.Sc., PHYSICS – II SEMESTER – CORE PRACTICAL – I
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-17 onwards)
BASIC PRACTICAL LAB(GENERAL AND ELECTRONICS)
(Any Fifteen experiments)
A General Experiments (Minimum six)
1. Determination of Co-efficient of coupling by ac Bridge Method.
2. Determination of q, n,σ by Elliptical fringes Method.
3. Determination of q, n, σ by Hyperbolic fringes Method.
4. Determination of Stefan’s Constant.
5. Determination of Dielectric Constant at high frequency by Lecher Wire.
6. Determination of e/m of an Electron Magnetron Method.
7. Determination of L of a coil by Anderson’s Method.
8. Photo Electric Effect (Planck’s Constant Determination).
9. Determination of numerical aperture of an optical fiber.
10. Diameter of a thin wire & pin hole using laser.
11. Determination of particle size & verification of Malus law.
12. B-H loop – Energy loss of a magnetic material Anchor ring using BG
13. Determination of dielectric constant of a liquid by R.F oscillators.

B. Electronics experiments (Minimum six)

14. Design and study of monostable Multivibrator using IC.

15. Design and study of AstableMultivibrator using IC.
16. UJT Characteristics and Relaxation oscillator using UJT.
17. Common Drain Amplifier using FET.
18. FET Amplifier design.
19. Construction of Dual regulated power supply.
20. Design and study of Wien bridge oscillator using IC 741.
21. Design and study of Phase shift oscillator using IC 741.
22. Filters using IC 741.
23. Solving simultaneous and differential equations using IC 741.

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M.Sc., PHYSICS – I & II SEMESTER – CORE PRACTICAL – II
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-17 onwards)
ADVANCED GENERAL AND MICROPROCESSOR LAB
(Any Fifteen experiments)
A. Advanced general experiments (Minimum six)
1. Four Probe Method-Determination of resistivity of a sample
2. Determination of Carrier concentration and Hall Co-efficient in Semiconductors
3. Determination of Magnetic Susceptibility of liquid by Guoy’s Method
4. Determination of Magnetic Susceptibility of Quincke’s Method
5. Determination of Wavelength and thickness of a film using Michelson’s Interferometer.
6. Charge of an electron by Spectrometer.
7. Polarizability of liquids by finding the refractive indices at different wavelengths by
spectrometer.
8. Refractive Index of Transparent Solids, Liquids and Brewster’s angle using laser.
9. Rydberg’s constant by spectrometer.
10. Wavelength calculation using Hartmann’s formula by constant deviation spectrograph.
11. Determination of specific rotatory power of a liquid using Polarimeter.
12. Determination of wavelength of monochromatic source using biprism.
13. Determination of compress ability using a liquid by ultrasonic method.

B. Microprocessor experiments (Minimum six)

1. To find the largest and smallest number

2. To find the sum of series
3. Interfacing - LED
4. Interfacing – A/D converter
5. Interfacing – D/A converter
6. Interfacing – Relay
7. Interfacing – Stepper Motor
8. Interfacing – Temperature Measurement
9. Interfacing – Traffic control system.
10. Interfacing – Seven Segment Display add on board

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GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) KARUR-05

M.Sc., PHYSICS-II SEMSTER – CORE COURSE IV
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-17 onwards)
MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS – II

UNIT- I: COMPLEX ANALYSIS

Complex numbers- Complex conjugates-Modulus and argument of a complex number-
Functions of complex variables-Limit, Continuity and Differentiability – Cauchy –Riemann
conditions – Complexintegration – Cauchy’s integral theorem and integral formula – Taylor’s
and Laurent’s Series–Residues and singularities – Cauchy’s residue theorem – Evaluation of
definite integrals.

UNIT- II: INTEGRAL TRANSFORMS

Fourier series – Uses - Dirichlet’s theorem: Dirichlet’s conditions- change of Interval
form- Physical examples of Fourier series- Properties of Fourier series- Determination of
Fourier coefficients – Fourierintegrals – Faltung theorem – Application to heat and wave
Equations –Laplace transform – Convolution theorem.

UNIT-III: GREEN’S FUNCTION TECHNIQUES AND INTEGRAL EQUATIONS

Green’s functions – Properties – Green’s function for one dimensional case- Green’s
function for Poisson’s equation and solution– Methods of solutions in one dimension –
Applications of linearintegral equations – Fredholm and Volterra type - Neumann series – Eigen
functionexpansion – Applications.

UNIT-IV: SPECIAL FUNCTIONS

Gamma and Beta functions- Symmetry property of beta functions- Evaluation of beta
function-– Legendre, Bessel, Laugerre and Hermite differential equations: Series solution –
Rodrigue’s formulagenerating functions – Orthogonality relations – importance of recurrence
relations.

UNIT-V:GROUP THEORY
Concept of a group- Abelian group- The generators of a finite group- The cyclic group-
Multiplication table – Subgroups, cosets and classes – Direct productgroups – Point groups –
Space groups – Representation theory –Homomorphism andisomorphism – Reducible and
irreducible representations –The unitary and point groups- Schur’s lemma – The
greatOrthogonality theorem – Character table – C3V and D3H as examples – Elementary ideas
ofrotation groups.

BOOKS FOR STUDY:

1. Mathematical Physics – Sathya Prakash.
2. Mathematical Physics – B.D.Gupta- Vikas Publishing House (P) Ltd., Noida-2008.
3.A.W. Joshi - Elements of Group Theory for Physicists (Wiley Eastern, New Delhi, 1971).
4. E. Kreyszig - Advanced Engineering mathematics (Wiley Eastern, New Delhi, 1983).
5. G. Arfken and H.J. Weber - Mathematical Methods for Physicists (Prism Books,
Bangalore, 1995).

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:

1.H.K.Das& Dr. Rama Verma- Higher Mathematical Physics- S.Chand& Company Pvt Ltd.,
New Delhi, 2014.
2. A.K. Ghatak, I.C. Goyaland A.J. Chua - Mathematical Physics (McMillan, New
Delhi,1995).
3. P.K. Chattopadhyaya - Mathematical Physics (Wiley, Eastern, New Delhi, 1990).
4. W.W.Bell- Special Functions for Scientists and Engineers (Van Nostrand, New York,
1968).
5.L.A.Pipes and L.R. Harvil - Applied Mathematics for Engineers and Physicists (McGraw
Hill, Singapore, 1970)
6. F.A. Cotton - Chemical Applications of Group theory (Wiley Eastern, New Delhi, 1987).

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M.Sc., PHYSICS – II SEMESTER – CORE COURSE – VII
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-17 onwards)
QUANTUM MECHANICS
UNIT – I: MATRIX FORMULATION AND REPRESENTATION THEORY
Dirac’s bra and ket notation – Hilbert space - Dynamical Variables and linear Operators;
projection operators, unitary operator, matrix representation of an operator – Unitary
transformation: Change of basis– Significant properties of unitary transformations –Matrix
theory of Harmonic oscillator – Schrodinger, Heisenberg and Interaction pictures

UNIT–II:TIME INDEPENDENT,TIME DEPENDENTPERTURBATION THEORY

AND WKB APPROXIMATION
Non-degenerate energy levels-effect of electric field on the ground state of hydrogen-
Stark effect-Zeeman effect-transition to continuum state-Fermi’s Golden rule-selection rules-
WKB method –validity of WKB method
UNIT –III: MANY ELECTRON ATOMS AND CHEMICAL BONDING
Indistinguishable particles-Pauli principle-inclusion of spin-spin functions for two and
three electrons- central field approximation-Thomas –fermi model of the atom-Hartee equation-
Hartee-Fock equation-Born –Oppenheimer approximation – molecular orbital method- Heitler –
London theory of hydrogen molecule

UNIT-IV: SCATTERING THEORY AND ANGULAR MOMENTUM

Scattering amplitude –Born approximation and its validity –orbital angular momentum-
spin angular momentum-total angular momentum-operators-commutation relations of total
angular momentum with components - Ladder operators – Commutation relationof Jz with J+
and J-– Eigen values of J2 and JZ– Addition of angular momenta – Clebsh–Gordanco-efficients
(basic ideas only). Pauli’s spin matrices

UNIT-V: RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM MECHANICS

Klein–Gordan equation for free particle – Equation of continuity, probability density and
probability current density for Klein–Gordan equation – Dirac’s relativistic wave equation for
free particle– Dirac Matrices – Plane wave solution of Dirac’s relativistic wave equation –
Negative energy states – Equation of continuity, probability density and probability current
density for Dirac equation – spin–orbit coupling.
BOOKS FOR STUDY:
1. P.M. Mathews& K.Venkatesan, A Text Book of Quantum Mechanics – TMH, New Delhi –
2008
2. G.Aruldas, Quantum Mechanics, PHI, New Delhi -2006.
3. Satyaprakash, Quantum Mechanics, Kedar Nath Ram Nath & Co, Meerut, 2006.
4. B.S. RajputAdvanced Quantum Mechanics, Pragati Prakashan, Meerut, 2008.
5. Manas Chanda, Atomic Structures and chemical bond – TMH, New Delhi, 1991
6. Peter W. Atkins, Ronald S Friedman, Molecular Quantum Mechanics, Oxford University
Press, IV Edition, 2007
BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:
1. Sujaul Chowdhury, Quantum Mechanics – Narosa publishing House, New Delhi, 2014
2. V.Devanathan, Quantum Mechanics – Narosa publishing House, New Delhi, 2011
3. V.K.Thankappan, Quantum Mechanics, New Age International publishers, New Delhi,
2006.
4. Lenord I Schiff, Quantum Mechanics, TMH, New Delhi, III Edition, 2010

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M.Sc., PHYSICS – II SEMESTER – CORE COURSE – VIII
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-17 onwards)
ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY
UNIT – I:INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROSTATICS
Coulomb’s law – Electric field – Gauss law – Scalar potential – Poisson and
LaplaceEquation – Green’s theorem – Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions –
Electrostaticboundary value problems: Solution using Green’s function – Method of images
illustrations:point charge in the presence of (i) a grounded conducting sphere, (ii) a charged,
insulated andconducting sphere, (iii) near a conducting sphere at fixed potential and (iv)
conducting spherein a uniform electric field – Green’s function for the sphere.
UNIT – II:ELECTROSTATICS OF MACROSCOPIC MEDIA
Multipole expansion – Boundary value problems with dielectrics – Illustrations: (i)
pointcharge embedded at a distance away from a dielectric interfaced, (ii) dielectric sphere in
auniform electric field and (iii) spherical cavity in a dielectric medium with applied electric
field – Molecular Polarizability and Electric Susceptibility – Electrostatic energy in
dielectricmedia.
UNIT – III:MAGNETOSTATICS
Biot and Savert’s law –Divergence and Curl of Magnetic Induction- Force between
current carrying conductors – Differential equationsof Magnetostatics– Magnetic Vector
potential –- Magnetic field of a localized current distribution –Magnetic moment and force on a
current distribution in an external field – Magnetostatic energy- Magnetic Field of
boundaryconditions on B and H – Methods of solving boundary value problems in
Magnetostatics –Uniformly magnetized sphere.
UNIT – IV:ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
Faraday’s law of induction – Maxwell’s displacement current – Maxwell equations –
Maxwell equations in terms of vector and scalar potentials – Gauge transformation –
Lorentzgauge- Coulomb gauge – Poynting’s theorem – Conservation of energy and momentum
fora system of charged particles and electromagnetic fields.
UNIT – V:PLANE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND WAVE PROPAGATION
Plane waves in a non-conducting medium – Linear and circular polarization,
Stokesparameters – Reflection and refraction of electromagnetic waves at a plane interface
betweendielectrics – Propagation of electromagnetic waves in hollow metallic cylinders -
cylindrical and rectangular wave guides – TM and TE modes.
BOOKS FOR STUDY:
1. David J Griffths-Introduction to Electromagnetics- III edition, Prentice Hall of India Pvt.,
Ltd.,- New Delhi (2000).
2. Classical Electrodynamics – John David Jackson-III Edition, John Wiley & co., (2000).
3. Electromagnetic theory – SathyaPrakash- Kedar nath Ramnath Publishing Co.,
4. Electromagnetic theory – Chopra Agarwal – K.Nath & Co.,(1984).
BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:
1. N.Narayana Rao- Basic Electromagnetics with Applications- , Prentice Hall of India Pvt.,
Ltd., - New Delhi (2002).
2. Umesh Sinha-Electromagnetic theory and applications- Technology India Publications,
New Delhi, (2000).
3. Edward C. Jordan and Keith G. Balmain- Electromagnetic Waves and radiating systems-
III Edition-, Prentice Hall of India Pvt., Ltd., - New Delhi (2000).
4. John R. Reitz- Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory- VI Edition, Narosa Publishing
House, New Delhi.
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GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) KARUR-05

M.Sc., PHYSICS – II SEMESTER – ELECTIVE COURSE – II
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-17 onwards)
MICROPROCESSOR AND MICROCONTROLLER

UNIT-I:MICROPROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE, INSTRUCTION SET AND

INTERFACING:
Intel 8085 Microprocessor Architecture- Pin configuration- Instruction cycle- Instruction
and data formats- Addressing modes- Status flags- Intel 8085 instructions-Address Space
partitioning- Memory and I/O Interfacing- Data transfer schemes,-Interrupts of Intel 8085-
Generation of control signals for memory and I/O devices.

UNIT-II: INTERFACING MEMORY AND I/ODEVICES:

Interfacing memory and devices – I/O and Memory mapped I/O– Type Of interfacing
devices- Data transfer schemes – Programmed and DMA data transfer schemes- Programmable
Peripheral Interface (8225A)- Timer Interface- DMA Controller – Programmable Interrupt
Controller (8259) – Programmable Interface (8251)

UNIT – III: MICROCONTROLLER

Introduction-comparison between microprocessors and microcontrollers-features of
8051-8051 microcontroller hardware-pin out of 8051- internal RAM-internal ROM-input/output
ports-register set of 8051 –memory organizations in 8051-external memory-addressing modes –
Data transfer instructions- PUSH and POP instructions-logical instructions-jump and call
instructions
UNIT-IV: MICROCONTROLLER SFRS AND PROGRAMMING:
Counter / Timer - Counter Programming - Basics of Serial Communication - RS232
Connections and ICs Max 232 - 8051 Serial Communication Registers - Serial Communication
Programming - Interrupts - Interrupts Registers - Internal and External Interrupt Programming

UNIT-V:ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMS AND INTERFACING APPLICATIONS:

8 bit addition, subtraction, multiplication and division programs-sum of series-block
transfer-largest, smallest ascending and descending order programs-interfacing LED display-
interfacing DAC 0808 with 8051-interfacing 0809/0809 with 8051-stepper motor interface-
traffic light control system

BOOKS FOR STUDY:

1. B. Ram, Fundamentals of Microprocessors and Microcomputers,Dhanpat Rai Publications
(P) Ltd., New Delhi (2005).
2.A.P.Godse and D.A.Godse, Microprocessors and its applications (Firstedition), Technical
Publications, Pune, 2006.
3. The 8051 Microcontroller Architechture Programming and Applications Kenneth J.Ayla.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:

1. Muhammad Ali Mazidi, Janice Gillispie Mazidi - The 8051 Microcontrollerand Embedded
Systems, Pearson Education, Delhi, Seventh IndianReprint 2004

2. A.Nagoor Kani, Microprocessors & Microcontrollers, 1st edition, RBAPublications,

Chennai,2006

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M.Sc., PHYSICS – III SEMESTER – CORE COURSE –IX
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-17 onwards)
THERMODYNAMICS AND STATISTICAL MECHANICS
UNIT- I: THERMODYNAMICS
Thermodynamic coordinates- First law of thermodynamics: Applications –Adiabatic and
Isothermal processes - Applicationof second law of thermodynamics: Carnot’s theorem, Entropy
disorder,Nernst’s heat theorem -Clausius inequality-Entropy changes in irreversible and
reversible process- Applicationof third law of thermodynamics: Gibbs- Helmholtz equation-
Expression for Cv and Cp– Mayer’s relation - Clausius -Clapeyron Equation.

UNIT- II: CLASSICAL STATISTICAL BASIS OF THERMODYNAMICS

Phase space - Volume in Phase space, Number of phase cell in given energy range of
harmonic oscillator and 3D free particles-Ensembles –uses - Statistical postulates–Boltzmann’s
theorem- Liouville's Theorem –ideal gas Bose –Einstein –Energy and pressure gas -degeneracy

UNIT –III: CLASSICAL STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION LAW

Macroscopic and Microscopic states- Stirling’s approximation- classical Maxwell
Boltzmann distribution law-function - velocities in ideal gas – Partition function for a
gasmolecule- Partitionfunction and thermodynamic quantities – Translational, rotational,
Vibrational partition function- Equation of Canonical and Micro Canonical Ensembles – Grand
Canonical partition function and thermodynamical quantities.

UNIT-IV: QUANTUM STATISTICAL MECHANICS

Ideal Bose-Einstein gas-energy and pressure of gas-gas degeneracy-Bose-Einstein
condensation-Thermal properties of Bose –Einstein gas-Ideal Fermi Dirac gas –Energy and
Pressure of gas –Slight degeneracy –strong degeneracy –Thermodynamic function of degeneracy
Fermi-Dirac gas –Liquid helium –London theory
UNIT-V:APPLICATIONS OF QUANTUM STATISTICAL MECHANICS
Black body and Planck’s radiation- Photons- Specific heat of solids-
Pauli’sParamagnetism - Ising and Heisenberg models-Transport properties –Boltzmann
transport equation for electrons and Lorentz solution

BOOKS FOR STUDY:

1. Elementary Statistical Mechanics – Gupta and Kumar, Pragati Prakashan, Meerut, 8th Edition.
2. Statistical and Thermal physics – F. Reif, , McGraw Hill, International Edition, Singapore
(1979)
3. Statistical Mechanics – B.K. Agarwal and M. Eisner, New Age International Publishers, 2nd
Edition.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:

1. Fundamentals of Statistical Mechanics – B.B.Laud, New Age International Publishers, New
Delhi, 2007.
2. Statistical Mechanics – Kerson Huang, Wiley eastern Ltd., New Delhi, 1983.

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M.Sc., PHYSICS – III SEMESTER – CORE COURSE – X
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-17 onwards)
NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
UNIT – I: NUCLEAR PROPERTIES AND FORCE BETWEEN NUCLEONS
Nuclear radius, mass and abundance of nuclides - binding energy - nuclear angular
momentum and parity- nuclear electromagnetic moments- nuclear excited state –Van-
Waizacker’s semi empirical mass formula- Deutron - nucleon – nucleon scattering - proton–
proton and neutron-neutron interaction - properties of nuclear forces -Yukawa hypothesis.

UNIT- II:NUCLEAR DECAY

Alpha Decay : properties– Gamow’s Theory of α -Decay – Geiger-Nuttal law – α -ray
Energies – Fine Structure of α- rays – α-disintegration Energy – long range α- particle - Beta
decay : Properties– General feature of β ray Spectrum – Neutrino theory of Beta Decay –
Fermi’s Theory of β- Decay – forms of interaction and selection rule - Gamma Decay :
Properties-Absorption of ν-rays by matter – interaction of ν rays with matter- Measurement of
ν-ray Energies – internal conversion.

UNIT-III: NUCLEAR MODELS AND ACCELERATORS

Nuclear Models: Liquid Drop model : Bohr-Wheeler Theory of fission – condition for
spontaneous fission - Shell model:Explanation of magic numbers – prediction of nuclear spin
and parity – nuclear statistics – magnetic moment of nuclei – nuclear isomerism optical model-
Collective model: Explanation of quadruplemoment - Particle accelerators and
Detectors:semiconductor detector

UNIT- IV : NUCLEAR REACTIONS

Kinds of nuclear reactions and conservation laws – Q-value - energy of nuclear
reactions – continuum theory of reaction – Resonance – Breit-Wigner dispersion formula –
stages of a nuclear reaction – statistical theory of nuclear reaction – kinematics of stripping and
pick up reaction .

UNIT-V:PARTICLE PHYSICS
Building blocks of nucleus – Nucleons, Leptons , Mesons, Baryons, Hyperons, Hadrons,
strange particles – classification of fundamental forces and elementary particles – basic
conservation laws – additional conservation laws : baryonic , leptonic , strangeness and isospin
charges /quantum numbers– Gell-Mann – Nishijima formula – multiplets – invariance under
time reversal (t) charge conjugation (c) and parity (p) – CPT theorem – parity - non
conservation in weak interaction - CP violation –Parity violation – Quark model.
BOOKS FOR STUDY:
1. D.C.Dayal – Nuclear Physics.
2. R.C. Sharma – Nuclear Physics
3 .T.C Tayal – Nuclear Physics-Umesh Prakashan –Gujarat
4.D.C.Cheng and G.K.O’Neil – Elementary Particle Physics.
BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:
1. K.S. Krane – Introductory Nuclear Physics – John – Wiley, New York -1897
2. Griffths – Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics.
3.R.D.Evans- Atomic nucleus, McGraw – Hill, New York-1955.
4.I. Kaplan- Nuclear Physics, Narosa, New Delhi- 1989.
5.B.L.Cohen -Concepts of Nuclear physics, TMH, New Delhi-1971.

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M.Sc., PHYSICS – III SEMESTER –CORECOURSE –XI
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-17 onwards)
COMMUNICATION ELECTRONICS
UNIT- I: ANTENNAS & WAVE PROPAGATION

Radiation field and radiation resistance of a short dipole antenna- grounded λ/4 antenna-
unground λ/2 antenna- antenna arrays- broadside and end side arrays- antenna Gain- directional
high frequency antennas- Ionosphere-Ecles and Larmor Theory- Magneto ionic theory- ground
wave propagation.

UNIT- II: ANALOG AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATION

Modulation-definition- types of modulation – Expression for amplitude modulated

voltage- AM transmitter: block diagram and explanation _ Expression for amplitude modulated
voltage - Pulse Modulation: definition, types- Pulse amplitude modulation- Pulse Code
Modulation - Delta modulation – Data transmission: ASK, FSK, PSK - Multiplex transmission -
Frequency and Time Division Multiplexing.

UNIT –III: MICROWAVES AND RADAR COMMUNICATION

Generation of microwaves – Klystron- Reflex Klystron - Magnetron - Detection of

microwaves: TWT, IMPATT, TRAPATT and Gunn diodes - Radar – Principle- Radar equation
- Pulse and CW Radar - MTI and Automatic Tracking Radar - uses.

UNIT-IV: OPTIC FIBER COMMUNICATION

Fiber optics - Different types of fiber: Step index and graded index fibers - Signal
degradation fibers: Absorption, attenuation, scattering losses and dispersion - Optical sources
and detectors (Quantitative only) - Power launching and coupling: Source to fiber launching -
Fiber joints - Splicing techniques - General optical communication system.

UNIT-V: SATELLITE AND CELLULAR COMMUNICATION

Satellite links - Eclipses - Orbits and Inclination - Satellite construction - Satellite

communication frequencies - Different domestic satellites-INTELSAT system - MARISAT
satellites - Telemetry cellular concept - Multiple access cellular systems - Cellular systems
operation and planning general principles - Analog cellular systems - Digital cellular mobile
systems - GSM - CDMA cellular standards.

BOOKS FOR STUDY:

1.Dennis Reddy and John Coolen, Electronic Communication - Fourth Edition, PHI Private
Ltd., (1999).
2.Hand book of Electronics by Gupta & Kumar-2008 Edition
3.G. Kennedy and Davis, Electronic Communication System, TMH, New Delhi 1999.
4.Gerd Keiser, Optical Fiber Communication Third Edition, McGraw - Hill, Singapore 2000.
5.Raj Pandya, Mobile and Personal Communication Services and System, Prentice Hall of
India, Private Ltd, New Delhi, 2003.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:

1. Sanjeev Gupta, Electronic Communication Systems, Khanna Publications, New Delhi,
2. N.D. Despandae, P.K. Rangole, Communication Electronics, Tata McGraw Hill Pvt. Ltd.,
(1998)
3. M. Arumugam, Optical Fiber Communication and Sensors, Anuradha Agencies,
Kumbakonam, (2002).

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M.Sc., PHYSICS – III SEMESTER – ELECTIVE COURSE – III
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-17 onwards)
CRYSTAL GROWTH AND THINFILM PHYSICS

UNIT – I: BASIC CONCEPTS,NUCLEATION AND KINETICS OF GROWTH

Ambient phase equilibrium-super saturation-equilibrium of finite phases-equation of
Thomson-Gibb’s _types of nucleation-formation of critical nucleus-classical theory of
nucleation-Homo and heterogeneous formation of 3D nuclei-rate of nucleation –growth from
vapour phase,solutions and melts-epitaxial growth-growth mechanism and classification-
kinetics of growth of epitaxial films-mechanisms and controls for nanostructures in 0 and 1
dimensions.

UNIT – II: CRYSTALLIZATION PRINCIPLES AND GROWTH TECHNIQUES

Classes of crystal system-crystal symmetry-solvents and solutions-solubility diagram-
super solubility-expression for super saturation-metastable zone and induction period-Miers TC
diagram-slow cooling and solvent evaporation methods –constant temperature bath as
crystallizer.

UNIT – III: GEL, MELT AND VAPOR GROWTH TECHNIQUES

Principle of gel technique-various types of gel-structure and importance of gel-methods
of gel growth and advantages-melt technique-Czochralski growth –floating zone-Bridgeman
method-horizontal gradient freeze-flux growth-hydrothermal growth –vapor phase growth-
physical vapor deposition-chemical vapor deposition-stoichiometry

UNIT – IV: THINFILM DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES

Vacuum evaporation-hertz-Knudson equation-evaporation from a source and film
thickness uniformity-E-beam, pulsed laser and ion beam evaporations –glow discharge and
plasmas-mechanisms and yield of sputtering processes-DC RF, magnetically enhanced, reactive
sputterings –spray pyrolysis-electro deposition-sol-gel technique

UNIT – V: CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES

X – Ray diffraction (XRD) - Powder and Single crystal – Fourier transform Infrared
and Raman analysis (FT-IR) - Elemental dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX) –Transmission and
scanning electron microscopy - UV-Vis-NIR spectrometer – Vickers’smicro hardness study
Photoluminence study -thermal study -dielectric study.

BOOKS FOR STUDY :

1. J.C. Brice, Crystal Growth Processes, John Wiley and Sons, New York(1986).
2. P. SanthanaRagavan and P. Ramasamy,Crystal Growth Processes and Methods, KRU
Publications, Kumbakonam(2001)
3. A. Goswami, Thin film fundamentals, New Age International(P) Limited, New Delhi (1996)

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:

1. H.H. Willard, L.L. Merritt, J.A. Dean, F.A. Settle, CBS, Publishers and Distributors, New
Delhi.
2.M.William and D. Steve, Instrumental Methods of Analysis(CBS Publishers, New Delhi)

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M.Sc., PHYSICS – III& IV SEMESTER – CORE PRACTICAL – III
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-17 onwards)
ADVANCED ELECTRONICS – LAB - I
(Any Fifteen Experiments)

A. ADVANCED ELECTRONICS
1. Half Adder-Full Adder (using NAND gates).
2. Half Subtractor & Full Subtractor (using NAND gates).
3. Flip Flop – (RS, JK, D,T – F/F)
4. Study the function of Encoder and Decoder.
5. Study the function of Multiplexer and Demultiplexer.
6. D/A Converter: i) R-2R resistor network , ii)weighted resistor network
7. Digital Comparator using EX OR and NAND gates.
8. Study of the counter using IC 7490 (0 - 9 and 00 – 99)
9. 7 Segment display.
10. Laser diode characteristics.
11. Determination of wavelength of a laser source by using diffraction grating.
12. Diffraction of Light by single slit, Double slit and Grating using LASER.
13. Characteristic study ofLED, LDR and Photo Diode using Laser.
14. Determination of Bending Losses and Attenuation by Fiber Cut-Back Method using
laser.
15. Absorption of Light on Various Filters.
16. Michelson’s Interferometer using LASER source.
17. Gaussian Nature of the LASER beam & Evaluation of Beam spot size.
18. DIAC, TRIAC – characteristics and applications.
19. Shift register and ring counter.
20. BCD adder.

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M.Sc., PHYSICS – III& IV SEMESTER – CORE PRACTICAL – IV
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-17 onwards)
ADVANCED ELECTRONICS – LAB - II
(8051 Microcontroller and Interfacing Lab)
(Any fifteen experiments)
1. Interfacing – A/D converter.
2. Interfacing – D/A converter.
3. Interfacing – LED.
4. Interfacing – Printer.
5. Real time clock.
6. Six letter word display.
7. Rolling Display.
8. Traffic control system.
9. Studies of Seven Segment Display add on board.
10. Interfacing – Stepper Motor.
11. Interfacing – Temperature Measurement.
12. 16 bit Addition, 2’s Complement and 1’s Complement Subtraction (8086/8088)
13. Conversion from Decimal to Octal and Hexa systems.
14. Conversion from Octal, Hexa to Decimal system.
15. Generation of Square, Triangular, Sawtooth, Staircase and Sine waves using DAC 0800.
16. Ascending order Descending order.
17. Microcontroller Programming with C simulator –I.
18. Square wave generator.
19. Ramp wave generator.
20. Block of data transfer.
21. Program with subroutine.
22. Program using interrupt.

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M.Sc., PHYSICS –IV SEMESTER –CORE COURSE –XIV
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-2017 onwards)
MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
UNIT – I: PRINCIPLES OF SPECTROSCOPY

Electromagnetic radiation – wave theory of e.m radiation - interaction of e.m radiation

with matter – Born-Oppenheimer approximation – types of molecular spectra – characteristic
features for absorption and emission of e.m radiation - spectral band – Doppler broadening –
intensity of spectral lines and transition probability – energy dissipation from excited states.

UNIT –II: MICROWAVE AND IR SPECTROSCOPY

Rotational spectra of Diatomic molecules –Effect of isotopic substitution –Non- rigid
rotator –Rotational spectra of polyatomic molecules –Linear, symmetric top and Asymmetric
top molecules –Experimental techniques –Vibrating diatomic Molecule –Diatomic vibrating
rotator –Linear and symmetric top molecules -Analysis techniques –Characteristic and group
frequencies.

UNIT –III: RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY AND ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPY OF

MOLECULES
Raman spectroscopy: Raman effect–Quantum theory–Raman shifts of diatomic
molecules - rotational and vibrational spectra–selection rules.
Electronic spectroscopy of molecules: electronic spectra of diatomic molecules –
Franck –Condon principle –dissociation energy and dissociation products –rotational fine
structure of electronic vibration transitions.

UNIT –IV: RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY

NMR: Basic principles –Classical and Quantum mechanical description –Bloch
equations–Spin-spin and Spin –lattice relaxation time–Chemical shift and coupling constant –
Experimental methods –Single coil and double coil methods –High resolution methods.
ESR: Basic principles –ESR spectrometer –Nuclear interaction and Hyperfine structure
- relaxation effects –g-factor- characteristics –Free radical studies and biological applications.

UNIT – V: NQR & MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY

NQR Spectroscopy: Fundamental Requirements- Principle – Experimental detection of
NQR Frequencies – Interpretation and chemical Explanation of NQR Spectroscopy.
Mossbauer Spectroscopy: Mossbauer Effect-Recoilless Emission and Absorption –
Mossbauer Spectrum- Experimental Methods – Hyperfine Interaction-Chemical Shift- Magnetic
Hyperfine and Electric Quadruple Interaction.

BOOKS FOR STUDY:

1. C.N Banwell _ Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy –TMH-4thEdition.
2. G.Aruldas – Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy –Prentice Hall of India.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:

1. Arthur Beiser –Concept of Modern Physics-Tata McGraw Hill Publication.
2. D.N. Satyanarayana –Vibrational Spectroscopy and Applications –New AgeInternational.

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M.Sc., PHYSICS –IV SEMESTER –ELECTIVE COURSE –IV
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-2017 onwards)

NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

UNIT – I: BACK GROUND TO NANOTECHNOLOGY

Scientific revolution-Atomic structures-Molecular and atomic size –Bohr radius –

Emergence of Nanotechnology-Challenges in Nanotechnology-Carbon age-New form of carbon
(from grapheme sheet to CNT).

UNIT – II: NUCLEATION

Influence of nucleation rate on the size of the crystals-macroscopic to microscopic

crystals and nanocrystals-large surface to volume ratio-top down and bottom up approaches-
self-assembly process-grain boundary volume in nanocrystals –surface effects on the properties.

UNIT –III: TYPES OF NANOSTRUCTURES

Definition of a Nano system-Types of nanocrystals –One dimensional (1D)-Two

dimensional (2D)-Three dimensional (3D) nanostructured materials-Quantum dots –Quantum
wire - core/shells structures

UNIT –IV: NANOMATERIALS AND PROPERTIES

Carbon nanotubes( CNT)-Metals(Au,Ag) – Metal oxides(Tio2,Ceo2,ZnO)-

Semiconductors(Si,Ge,CdS,ZnSe)-Ceramics and composites –Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor-
Biological system –DNA and RNA-Lipids –Size dependent properties-Mechanical, Physical
and chemical properties

UNIT-V APPLICATIONS OF NANOMATERIALS

Molecular electronics and nano electronics-Quantum electronic devices-CNT based

transistor and Field Emission display-Biological applications-Biochemical sensors-Membrane
based water purification

BOOKS FOR REFERENCES:

1. M.Wilson, K.Kannangara, G.Smith, M.Simmons,B.Raguse-Nanotechnology:Basic Science

and Emerging technologies –Overseas press India Pvt Ltd.-New Delhi –First edition -2005

2. C.N.R Rao, A.Muller,A.KCheetahm (eds)-The chemistry of nanomaterials:

Synthesis, properties and applications –Wiley VCH Verlag Gmbh &Co. Weinheim-2004
3. Kenneth J.Klabunde (Eds)-Nanosclae material science –john Wiley &sons Inc-2001

4. C.S.S.R Kumar, J.Hormes, C.Leuschner-Nanofabrication towards biomedical applications-

Wiley VCH Verlag Gmbh &Co. Weinheim-2004

5. W.Rainer-Nanoelectronics and information technology-Wiley -2003

6. K.E.Drexler –Nano systems –Wiley-1992

7. G.Cao-Nanostructures and nanomaterials: Synthesis, properties and applications-Imperial

college press-2004

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M.Sc., PHYSICS –IV SEMESTER –ELECTIVE COURSE –V
(For the candidates admitted from 2016-2017 onwards)
BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION
UNIT – I HUMAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND BIOSIGNAL ACQUISITION
Introduction – cells and their structures – different systems of human bodies –
physiological signal amplifiers – Isolation amplifiers – medical pre amplifier – Biosignal
analysis.

UNIT – II DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES

Electrocardiography (ECG) – analysis of recorded ECG signals – Electro
encephalography (EEG) – Electromyography (EMG) – Electroretinography (ERG) –
Electrooculography (EOG).

UNIT – III SPECIALIZED MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS

Pacemaker – methods of stimulation – Ventricular synchronous/asynchronous
pacemaker – blood cell counter – Photometers – Calorimeters – Filter photometer –
spectrophometer – disorders of hearing – audiometers.

UNIT – IV ADVANCED BIOINSTRUMENTATION

Computer in medicine – Laser in medicine photo thermal applications of tomography –
Tomography – Principle – application of tomography – Thermography – IR and liquid crystal
thermography.

UNIT – V MRI AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)- magnetic resonance phenomenon – Fourier
transform NMR – Chemical shift – Imaging process and instrumentation – Ultrasonic imaging
system – Ultrasonic scanning A mode – B mode and M-mode.

BOOKS FOR STUDY:

1. Biomedical Instrumentation – Dr.M.Arumugam – Anuradha publications – 2008 Reprint.

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M.Sc. PHYSICS – IV SEMESTER – PROJECT WORK

(For the candidates admitted from the year 2016-17 onwards)

PROJECT WORK

SL. Area of Work Maximum Marks

1. PROJECT WORK:

(i) Plan of the Project 20

(ii) Execution of the plan / Collection of data /

Organization of materials/ Fabrication

Experimental study / Hypothesis, Testing etc.,

and Presentation of the report. 45

(iii) Individual Initiative 15

2. VIVA VOCE EXAMINATION 20

TOTAL 100

PASSING MINIMUM – 50 MARKS

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