PHY 109Q PHYSICS-II: ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM AND MODERN PHYSICS

3 Hours/Week, 3 Credits

Electricity and Magnetism: Coulomb’s law, Electric field (E), Gauss’s law & its application, Electric potential (V), Capacitors and Capacitance, Capacitors with dielectrics, Dielectrics and atomic view, Charging and discharging of a capacitor, Ohms law, Kirchoff’s law; Magnetic field: Magnetic induction, Magnetic force on a current carrying conductor, Torque on a current carrying loop, Hall effect, Farady’s law of electromagnetic induction, Lenz’s law, Self induction, Mutual induction; Magnetic properties of Matter: Hysteresis curve; Electromagnetic Oscillation: L-C Oscillations & its analogy to simple harmonic motion. Modern Physics: Michelson-Morley’s experiment, Galilean transformation, Special theory of relativity & its consequences; Quantum theory of radiation: Photo-electric effect, Compton effect, wave particle duality, Interpretation of Bohr’s postulates, radioactive disintegration, Properties of nucleus, Nuclear reactions, Fission, Fusion, Chain reaction, Nuclear reactor.