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B.Sc. Physics
REGULATIONS AND SYLLABUS [ For the Can i ates a !itte "ro! the aca e!ic year #$$% & #$$' an on(ar s )
PERIYAR UNI*ERSITY+ SALE,.-REGULATIONS -.E.i/i0i.ity Candidates seeking admission to first year of the Bachelor of Science Physics shall be required to have passed the Higher secondary examination ith !athematics" Physics and Chemistry conducted by the #overnment of $amilnadu or an examination accepted as equivalent thereto by the Syndicate sub%ect to the conditions as may be prescribed thereto are permitted to appear and qualify for B&Sc&" '(Physics) degree examination of this *niversity after a course of study of three academic years& #. D1ration o" the Co1rse+ $he course for the degree of Bachelor of Science shall consist of three academic years & 2. Co1rse o" St1 y $he course of study shall comprise instruction in the follo ing sub%ects according to the syllabus and books prescribed from time to time& I YEAR 1& ,anguage - ($amil etc) .& /nglish 0& !a%or 1& !a%or -2& 3llied !aths 4&!a%or Practical II YEAR 2& ,anguage -4& /nglish -5& !a%or --6& !a%or -7 6& !a%or Practical -8& 3llied Chemistry 19& 3llied Chemistry Practicals III YEAR 11& !a%or 7 11& !a%or 71.& !a%or 7-10& !a%or 7--11& /lective 12& !a%or Practical --14& !a%or Practical -7 3. E4a!inations5 $he theory examination shall be three house duration to each paper at the end of each year $he candidates failing in any sub%ect (s) ill be permitted to appear for each failed sub%ect(s) in the subsequent examination&
$he practical examination for *# course should be conducted at the end of year& 6. Sche!e o" E4a!inations5 $he Scheme of /xamination of different semester shall be as follo s+ S.No I Year 1& .& 0& 1& 2 4 II year 5& 6& 8& 19& 11 1.& 10 III year 11& 12& 14 15 16& 163& 16B 16C 16> 18 .9 Pa7er ,anguage /nglish !a%or !a%or -!a%or 3llied ,anguage /nglish !a%or --!a%or -7 !a%or 3llied 3llied Tit.e o" Pa7er D1ration ,ar8s 199 199 199 199 199 129 199 199 199 199 199 199 29 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 :::::::: .999 ::::::::
,anguage:0 /nglish:-0 !echanics and Sound 0 Heat and Properties of matter 0 !a%or Practical 0 3llied !athematics 0 ,anguage:-/nglish:-;ptics and Spectroscopy !athematical Physics !a%or Practical:-3llied Chemistry 3llied Chem Practicals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
!a%or 7 /lectricity and !agnetism 0 !a%or 73tomic and <uclear Physics 0 !a%or 7-- =uantum mechanics and relativity0 !a%or 7--/lectronics 0 E.ecti9es :Any one o" the "o..o(in/ Pa7ers; !a%or /lectronics and Communication 0 !a%or Computational Physics 0 !a%or Computer Programming in C 0 !a%or /nergy Physics 0 !a%or !a%or !a%or Practical:--!a%or Practical:-7 0 0 $otal !arks
<. =1estion Pa7er Pattern+ Ti!e5 2 >o1rs Part A5 -$ 4 # @ #$ (3ns er all questions) ($ o questions from each unit)
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Part B5 6 4 3 @ #$ (3ns er all questions) (;ne question from each unit ith internal choice)
Part C5 6 4 -# @ <$ (3ns er all questions) (;ne question from each unit ith internal choice) (-n Part B out of total 19 question 1 questions may be problem oriented) %. Passin/ ,ini!1!5 $he candidate shall be declared to have passed the examination if the candidate secures not less than 19 marks in the *niversity examination in each theory paper& ?or the practical paper a minimum of 19 marks out of 199 marks in the *niversity examination and the record notebook taken together is required to Pass the examination& $here is no passing minimum for record notebook& Ho ever submission of record notebook is a must& '. C.assi"ication o" S1ccess"1. can i ates5 Candidates ho secure not less than 49@ of the aggregate marks in the hole examination in ?irst Class& 3ll other successful candidates shall be declared to have passed in Second Class& Candidates ho obtain 52@ of the marks in the aggregate shall be deemed to have passed in ?irst Class ith >istinction provide they pass all the examinations prescribed for the course at first appearance& Candidates ho pass all the examinations pres cribbed for the course in the first attempt and ithin a period of three academic years from the year of admission to the course alone are eligible for *niversity Aanking& A. ,a4i!1! 1ration "or the co!7.etion o" UG Pro/ra!5 $he maximum duration for the completion of *# Program shall not exceed six years -$. Co!!ence!ent o" this Re/1.ation5 $hese regulations shall take effect from the academic year .995:96 and thereafter& --.Pattern o" =1estion Pa7er "or Practica. E4a!inationsB /ach set of question paper should contain S/7/< questions and the candidate has to choose one by lot& 1.& A(ar in/ o" !ar8s "or Practica. e4a!inations. $otal !arks+ 199 (Practical 69 !arks B Aecord .9 !arks) >istribution for 69 !arks+ ?ormula" circuit diagram and tabular column+ ;bservation+ Aesult+ Presentation+ $otal 14 !arks (.9@) 0. !arks (19@) 6 !arks (19@) 6 !arks (19@) 69 !arks
$he <ational Publishing Company 1& Properties of matter and 3coustics& (.992) By A&!urugesan& S&Chand and Co& BOODS FOR REFERENCE5 1&Sound by Ehanna and Bedi& (.992) 3tmaram and Sons& .&3 $ext Book of Sound(.992) By !&#hosh&S&Chand F Co 0&3 $ext Book of Sound(.992) By A&,&Saighal&S&Chand F Co 1&3 $ext Book of Sound(.992) By <& Subrahmanyam and Bri%lal S&Chand and Co&" 2&Classical !echanics by H&#oldstein(.992) 3ddison Gesley Publications 4&!echanics (.992)by >&S&!athur&S&Chand and Co&"
P>YSICS ,AIN PRACTICALS &I 1& JoungCs modulus <on uniform Bending pin F microscope method .& JoungCs modulus uniform bending scale and telescope method 0& $orsion pendulum : dynamic method Aigidity !odulus 1& Surface tension and interfacial surface tension >rop Geight method 2& Sonometer : frequency of a fork 4& Sonometer A&> of a solid and liquid 5& Specific heat capacity of a liquid !ethod of a mixtures BartonCs correction 6& Spectrometer i d curve 8& Spectrometer #rating StandardiDation normal incidence measurement of Gavelength 19& Potentiometer calibration of lo range 7oltmeter 11& Potentiometer -nternal resistance of a cell 1.& ?ield along the axis of a coil deflection magnetometer 10& P ; Box $emperature coefficient of resistance 11& HouleCs calorimeter Specific heat capacity of a liquid BartonCs correction 12& B& # current and voltage sensitive 14& B& # charge sensitivity 15& Bridge rectifier 16& Iener diode 7oltage regulator 18& ,o range po er pack .9& <3<> " <;A gates as *niversal Building Block
7ector Space:>efinitions:,inear independence of 7ector:Bilinear and quadratic forms:change of basis:SchmidtCs orthogonalisation processes:S artD inequality: 3pplication of vectors to hydrodynamics the equation of flo in solids& $ensors: definitions: <:dimensional spacesuperscripts:subscripts:coordinate: transformations kronecker delta symbol:properties of kronecker generaliDed kronecker delta $ensors of higher ranks:3lgebric operation of $ensors:symmetric and asymmetric $ensors:3pplication of $ensors:>ynamics of a particle:/lasticity:Aigid bodies UNIT?II La7.ace an Fo1rier Trans"or!s
,aplace transforms definitions and properties: methods of finding ,aplace transforms: inverse transform and its properties: methods of finding inverse ,aplace transform applications of ,aplace transforms: solution to differential equations& ?ourier transform properties of ?ourierCs transform:?ourier transform of a derivative: ?ourierCs Sine and cosine transform of a derivative:?inite ?ourier transforms:Simple application of ?ourier transforms& *nit --- !atrices Solutions to linear equations: CramerCs rule: Characteristic matrix and characteristic equations of a matrix eigen values and eigen vectors sub space and null spaces: transformations:Hermitian form: diagonalisation of 0 by 0 symmetric matrices. *nit -7 Special ?unctions Beeta functions : definitions properties" #amma functions: definitions: properties: relation bet een beeta and gamma functions: reduction of definite integrals using these functions 3pplications Bessel:,egendre:,agure and Hermite differential equation:properties:#enerating functions:AodrigueCs formula:orthogonal properties:recurrence relations Unit * N1!erica. ,etho s Cure fitting: principle of least squares: fitting a straight line linear regression: fitting a parabola: fitting an exponential curve& Solving non liner equations: bisection method: successive approximation method: /ulerCs method: <e ton Aapson method: A&E method& Boo8s For St1 y 1& P&E&Chattopadhyay !athematical Physics"Giley /astern ,td"<&>elhi(1889) .& B&>&#upta"!athematical Physics 7ikar Publishing House Pvt&,td&(1882) 0& Sathyaprakash"!athematical Physics"Sultan Chand F Sons"<e >elhi(.991)
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1& !&E&7enkataraman" <umerical methods in Science and /ngineering: PH- " <e >elhi 1885 2& S&S& Sastry " -ntroductory methods of numerical analysis: PH-" <e .999 delhi:
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0& <uclear Physics > C $ayal Himalaya Publishing Co Books for reference+ 1&3 Source book of atomic energy Samuel #lasstone /ast Gest Press .&3tomic and <uclear Physics 3lbright Semat Chapman and Hall 0&Basic <uclear Physics and Cosmic rays B < Srivatsava Pragati Prakashan
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SA,PLE ,ODEL =UESTION PAPER BSc: Physics; ELECTRICITY Ti!e5 Three >o1rs Ans(er a.. the H1estions Part? A : -$ 4 #@ #$ ,ar8s; 1& Ghat is a capacitorO State the unit of capacity& .&#ive the principle of attracted disc electrometer& 0&>efine thermo electric po er& 1&Ghat is the effect of iron core in a solenoidO 2&State t o uses of B#& 4&>efine time constant of a ,A circuit& 5&>efine coefficient of coupling bet een t o coils& 6&#ive the principle of choke coil& 8&>istinguish bet een series and parallel resonance& 19&Ghat is skin effectO Part? B : 6 4 3@ #$ ,ar8s; 11&a) >erive expressions for potential of a soap bubble& ( ;r) b) >erive expression for capacity of cylindrical condenser& 1.&a)>erive expressions for Peltier and $homson coefficients (;r) b)Grite a note on thermoelectric diagrams 10&a)>erive expression for the magnetic induction at any point due to a solenoid& (;r) b)>erive expression for self inductance of a long solenoid& 11&a) ;btain an expression for the gro th of a current in a ,A circuit& (;r) b)3 condenser is charged in a >C source thorough a resistance of . !egohms& -f it takes 9&2 seconds for the charge to reach Q of itCs initial value" hat is the capacity of the condenserO 12& a) 3n alternating emf of .99 7olts and 29 HD is applied to a condenser in series ith a .9 7 " 2 G lamp&?ind the capacity of the condenser required to run the lamp& (;r) b)>erive expression for po er factor in ,A circuit& ,a4 5 -$$ ,ar8s
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Part C: 6 4 -# @ <$ ,ar8s; 14&a)>erive expression for the capacity of a spherical condenser& Prove that there is al ays loss of energy hen condensers share their charges& (;r) b)/xplain ith necessary theory the measurement of large potential difference using attracted disc electrometer& 15a)&>escribe a Carey: ?osterCs bridge and explain ho it can be used to find the temperature coefficient of resistance& (;r) b)/xplain calibration of a high range voltmeter using potentiometer& 16a)&/xplain ith necessary theory measurement of absolute capacity using B#& (;r) b)#ive the theory of moving coil ballistic galvanometer& 18&a)>iscuss the gro th and decay of current in a CA circuit& (;r) b)/xplain ho high resistance is measured using B# by leakage method& .9&a) >erive expression for the maximum current in a series resonance circuit& ?ind the frequency of oscillation& (;r) b) /xplain the theory of transformer ith and ithout load&
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