PH1201 : Physics II (Spring 2020) | Academic Portal of IISER Kolkata

Details of PH1201 (Spring 2020)

Level: 1

Type: Theory

Credits: 3.0

Course Code	Course Name	Instructor(s)
PH1201	Physics II	Partha Mitra

Preamble
This is a basic course on physics. Along with PH1101 this is supposed to serve as an introduction to and overview of basic physics. This will start off at a level appropriate for students who have passed out of highschool. The emphasis will be more on providing the students with a flavour of the subject than on an in-depth exposition.

Syllabus
Basics of Electricity and Magnetism: Recapitulation of Coulomb and Biot-Savart laws; Gauss, Ampere, and Faraday's laws - both differential and integral versions; Uniqueness theorem(s); Method of images and other simple boundary value problems. Partial differential equations, separation of variables in simple cases. Maxwells equations; Wave equation. Line-, surface- and volume-integrals, Stokes theorem, Gauss theorem; Differential operators in spherical and cylindrical coordinates.

Syllabus

Basics of Electricity and Magnetism: Recapitulation of Coulomb and Biot-Savart laws; Gauss,
Ampere, and Faraday's laws - both differential and integral versions; Uniqueness theorem(s);
Method of images and other simple boundary value problems.
Partial differential equations, separation of variables in simple cases.
Maxwells equations; Wave equation.
Line-, surface- and volume-integrals, Stokes theorem, Gauss theorem; Differential operators in
spherical and cylindrical coordinates.

References
D. Halliday, R. Resnick and J. Walker, Fundamentals of Physics (Extended) Volume I and II., Wiley India Pvt Ltd, (2006) R. A. Serway, J. S. Faughn and C. Vuille, College Physics Thomson Brooks Cole (2011). J. Wilson and A. Buffa, College Physics , Addison Wesley Longman (2011). R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton, M. Sands, The Feynman Lectures in Physics, Narosa (2008). A. Beiser, Concepts of Modern Physics, Tata McGraw Hill (2009)

References

D. Halliday, R. Resnick and J. Walker, Fundamentals of Physics (Extended) Volume I and II., Wiley India Pvt Ltd, (2006)
R. A. Serway, J. S. Faughn and C. Vuille, College Physics Thomson Brooks Cole (2011).
J. Wilson and A. Buffa, College Physics , Addison Wesley Longman (2011).
R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton, M. Sands, The Feynman Lectures in Physics, Narosa (2008).
A. Beiser, Concepts of Modern Physics, Tata McGraw Hill (2009)

Sl. No.	Programme	Semester No	Course Choice
1	IP	2	Not Allowed
2	IP	4	Not Allowed
3	IP	6	Not Allowed
4	MR	2	Not Allowed
5	MR	4	Not Allowed
6	MS	2	Core
7	RS	1	Not Allowed
8	RS	2	Not Allowed