Equivalence table for the proposed postgraduate courses

These revised courses are approved at the 467^th academic council meeting on 13 July 2021.

Old Courses

Phy 6004 Polymer Physics Credit - 3

Introduction to macromolecular physics: The chemical structure of polymers, Internal rotations, Configurations, and Conformations, Flexibility of macromolecules, Morphology of polymers; Modern Concept of polymer structure: Physical methods of investigating polymer structure such as XRD, UV-VIS, IR, SEM, DTA/TGA, DSC, etc., the structure of crystalline polymers; The physical states of polymers: The rubbery state, Elasticity, etc.; The glassy state, Glass transition temperature, etc., Viscosity of polymers; Advanced polymeric materials: Plasma polymerization, Properties and application of plasma-polymerized organic thin films; Polymer blends and composites: Compounding and mixing of polymer, Their properties of application; Electrical properties of polymers: Basic theory of the dielectric properties of polymers, Dielectric properties of the structure of crystalline and amorphous polymers.

Phy 6006 X-ray Credit - 3

Reciprocal lattice, structure factor and its application; X-ray diffraction from a crystal; X-ray techniques; Weissenberg and precession methods: Identification of crystal structure from powder photograph and diffraction traces; Laue photograph for single crystal; geometrical & physical factors affecting X-ray intensities; Analysis of amorphous solids and fibre textured crystal; Neutron diffraction: determination of the magnetic structure of crystals by neutron diffraction.

Phy 6008 Magnetism-I (General) Credit - 3

Classification of magnetic materials, Quantum theory of paramagnetism, Pauli paramagnetism, Properties of magnetically ordered solids; Weiss theory of ferromagnetism, interpretation of exchange interaction in solids, ferromagnetic domains; Technical magnetization, intrinsic magnetization of alloys; Theory of antiferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic ordering; Ferrimagnetic oxides and compounds.

Phy 6009 Magnetism-II (Special) Credit - 3

Magnetic anisotropy: pair model and one ion model of magnetic anisotropy, Phenomenology of magnetostriction, volume magnetostriction and form effect; Law of approach of saturation, Structure of domain Wall, Technological applications of magnetic materials.

Phy 6012 Experimental Techniques in Solid State Physics Credit -3

Measurement of D.C. conductivity, dielectric constant and dielectric loss as a function of temperature and frequency, Magnetization measurement methods (Faraday, VSM and SQUID) magnetic anisotropy and magnetostriction measurements, magnetic domain observation, optical spectroscopy (UV-VIS, IR, etc.), Electron microscopy; Differential thermal analysis (DTA) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Deposition and Growth of thin films by vacuum evaporation Production of low temperature. Single crystal growth and orientation. Magnetic and non-magnetic annealing; Electron spin resonance (ESR), Ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR).

Phy 6016 Crystal Growth Credit - 3

Introduction to crystal growth, significance of single crystal; Crystal growth techniques: low temperature solution growth, high temperature solution growth, melt growth; Vapour growth: metal organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD), moleculer beam epitaxy (MBE), tc. The Bridgman and related techniques; Solubility study: meta stable zone width, seed preparation; Crystal theory of nucleation: Gibbs-Thomson equation for vapour; modified Thomson's equation for melt, Gibbs-Thomson equation for solution, Kinetics of crystal growth: singular and rough faces, Models on surface roughness: The Kossel-Stranski-Volmer (KSV) theory, The Burton-Cabera-Frank (BCF) theory, Periodic bond chain theory; Growth of some technologically important semiconducting, ferroelectric, piezoelectric, ultraviolet and infrared sensitive crystals.

Phy 6101 Nuclear Physics Credit - 3

Atomic structure, The nucleus, semi-empirical mass formula and binding energy, Radioactive decay, Theories of alpha-decay, beta-decay and gamma emission, Nuclear reaction, Fission and Fusion, Artificial radioactivity, Accelerators, Radiation detectors.

Phy 6108 Medical Physics Credit -3

Introduction, forces on and in the body, energy, work and power of the body, pressure, physics of the lungs and the breathing, physics of the cardiovascular system, electricity within the body, application of electricity and magnetism in medicine, physics of the ear and hearing, physics of eyes and vision, light in medicine, sound in medicine.

Phy 6201 Basic Atmospheric Physics Credit - 3

Structure and composition of the atmosphere, Atmospheric parameters, Physical properties of gases, Solar and terrestrial radiation, Radiative transfer, Heat balance of the terrestrial atmosphere, Thermodynamics of the atmosphere, T-P diagram, Elements of cloud physics, Atmospheric instruments, Meteorological analysis, Synoptic chart, etc., Analysis of 500, 300 and 200 mb charts, Combined analysis using conventional data and satellite images.

Phy 6202 Dynamical and Tropical Meteorology Credit - 3

Geophysical fluid dynamics: Navier-Stoke's equation, Rotating and stratified flow, Scale analysis, Hydrostatic approximation, Coriolis force, Geopotentialetc., Gradient and thermal wind, Vorticity and circulation theorems, Proudmen-Tauylor theorem, Atmospheric wave, Atmospheric turbulence, Barotroicand baroclinic instabilities, Numerical weather forecasting, Quasi-geotropic approximation, Barotropic vorticity equation, Primitive equation, Multilayered models, Tropical cyclones, Norwesters and tornadoes. The monsoons, Dynamical climatology, Physics of upper atmosphere: Geomagnetism, Neutral atmosphere, Ionosphere and magnetosphere.

Phy 6203 Monsoon Meteorology and Modelling Credit - 3

Survey of tropical disturbance, Monsoon climeterology, Zonally averaged tropical circulation, Meridinal and zonal asymmetries, Radiative process in the tropics, Tropical cloud physics.

Tropical boundary layer, Tropical cyclone theories, Monsoon modelling, Monsoon depressions and Monsoon rainfall.