MSC Sem-II
These topics will be covered here, and the reading materials can be accessed by clicking on the hyperlinks.
1. Passive Devices & Instrumentation
(Paper PHY-S-05T – Unit 1)
- Resistors: types, characteristics, and colour coding
- Capacitors: types, characteristics, and colour coding
- Star and delta connections of resistors and capacitors
- Chokes and transformers
- Multimeter (Analog and Digital): working principles and applications
- Cathode Ray Oscilloscope (CRO): waveforms and Lissajous figures
- AF and RF oscillators
- Usage of breadboard
(Lectures: 10)
2. Theory of Quantum Scattering
(Paper PHY-C-06 QM – Unit 2)
- Collision in three dimensions
- α-scattering and its theoretical interpretation
- Laboratory vs. Centre-of-Mass reference frames
- Scattering
- Scattering amplitude
- Differential scattering cross section
- Total scattering cross section
- Scattering by spherically symmetric potentials
- Partial wave analysis and phase shifts
- Born approximation
(Lectures: 14)
3. Molecular Spectroscopy
(Paper PHY-C-07 – Unit 2)
- Rotational, Vibrational & Electronic spectra of diatomic molecules
- Vibrational analysis of band systems
- Franck–Condon principle
- Infrared spectra of diatomic molecules
- Raman spectra of diatomic molecules
(Lectures: 10)
📚 Reference Books
- Electronics Devices and Circuits — Boylestad & Nashelsky
- Electronic Principles — Malvino
- Introduction to Quantum Mechanics — David J. Griffiths / J. J. Sakurai
- Quantum Mechanics — L. I. Schiff
- Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure — G. Herzberg
- Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy — C. N. Banwell
- Introduction to Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy — White