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IITK Physics of Universe Course Contents:
Astronomical observations and instruments, photometry, stellar spectra
and structure; stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis and formation of elements,
variable stars, compact stars, star clusters and binary stars, galaxies, their
evolution and origin, active galaxies and quasars, Big Bang model,
early Universe and CMBR

Other topics in Physics Syllabus:
PHY 301 : ENERGY
Indian and global energy resources, current energy exploitation, energy demand,
energy planning, renewable energy sources, wind energy, energy from water,
solar energy, energy from mineral oils, nuclear energy, energy for sustainable
development, environmental concerns.

PHY 303: PRINCIPLES OF LASERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
Gaussian optics, optical resonators and their mode structure, atomic
levels, absorption, spontaneous and stimulated emission, Einstein coefficients,
rate equations, population inversion, gain media, 3 and 4 level lasers CW &
pulsed Lasers, Q-switching, mode-locking, short pulses Ar+, CO2, Nd:YAg, diode
lasers, etc.; metrology, optical communication, materials processing, holography,
medical applications.

PHY 304: INTRODUCTION TO ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE Prereq.: PHY102N, ESO102
Atmospheric constitution, Pressure and temperature distribution, Heat budget,
Precipitation, Clouds, Atmospheric dynamics Global circulation, Tropical weather
systems, Remote sensing applications, Ozone hole, global warming and pollution

PHY 306: ORDER AND CHAOS
Dynamical systems, importance of nonlinearity, nonlinear dynamics of flows (in
1, 2 and 3 dimen-sions) and maps (in 1, 2 dimensions) in phase space
(equilibrium, periodicity, bifurcation, catastrophe, deterministic chaos, strange
attractor), routes to chaos (period doubling, quasi-periodicity/inter-mittency,
universality, renormalization), meas-urement of chaos (Poincaré section, Lyapunov
index, entropy), fractal geometry and fractal dimension, examples from
physicalsciences, engineering and biology.

PHY 307: MODERN OPTICS
Review of Maxwell’s and electromagnetic wave equations, wave propagation in
anisotropic media, polarized light, diffraction from circular aperture and concept
of resolution, Fourier transforms and Fourier optics, spatial filtering, and image
processing, coherence, holography, optical wave-guides and integrated optics,
optical fibres, optical communication sources (LED, lasers etc.) and detectors,
and optical, electro- and magneto-optic effects, laser-matter interaction.

PHY 308: MODERN THEORIES OF MATERIAL DESIGN
(1) Schrödinger equation: review of basics of quantum-mechanics (2)
Introduction to many-electron problem, example of helium, exchange; Idea of
mean field, Hartree and density functional theory; Schrodinger equation for
solids: jellium model of metals (homogeneous electron gas); calculations for
metal surfaces, properties such as the work function and surface energies
(surface tension); jellium model of metallic clusters; Bloch’s theorem, KrönigPenney
model; bands, pseudopotentials, semiclassical dynamics: DC
conductivity; effective mass and holes; Bloch oscillations etc,.; semiconductors:
Introduction; Some devices. (3) Band-gap engineering: quantum wells and
superlattices; nanotechnology - quantum dots and wires, dynamics of atoms:
classical molecular dynamics; Born-Oppenheimer approximation, Hell-mannFeynman
theorem; Carr-Parinello method; assembling atoms to make clusters;
super-conductivity: introduction to superconductivity; high Tc superconductivity;
some applications; introduction to polymers, optical materials, superionic
conductors etc.

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