PHY 159 : Waves and Oscillation, Geometrical Optics and Wave Mechanics

 3.00 Credit Hours

Waves & Oscillations: Differential equation of a Simple Harmonic Oscillator, Total energy and average energy, Combination of simple harmonic oscillations, Lissajous figures, Spring-mass system, Calculation of time period of torsional pendulum, Damped oscillation, Determination of damping co-efficient, forced opscilltion, Resonance, Two-body oscillations, Reduced mass, Differential equation of a progressive wave, Power &intensity of wave motion, Stationary wave, Group velocity and Phase velocity, Architectural Acoustics, Reverberation and Sabine’s formula.

Geometrical Optics: Combination of lenses: Equivalent lens and equivalent focal length, Cardinal points of a lens, Power of a lens; Defects of images: Spherical aberration, Astigmatism, Coma, Distortion, Curvature, Chromatic aberration; Optical instruments: Compound microscope, Polarising microscope, Resolving power of a microscope, Camera and photographic techniques.

Waves Mechanics: Principles of statistical physics, probabilities, Classical statistics; Quantum statistics: Bose-Einstein statistics, Fermi-Dirac statistics and their applications; Fundamental postulates of wave mechanics, Time dependent Schrodinger equation, Schrodinger equation for one-electron atom and its solution.