SPECIFICATION

MEASUREMENTS AND THEIR ERRORS

  • use of SI unites and their prefixes

  • limitation of physical measurements

  • estimation of physical quantities

PARTICLES AND RADIATION

  • particles

    • constituents of the atom

    • stable and unstable nuclei

    • particles, antiparticles and photons

    • particle interactions

    • classification of particles

    • quarks and antiquarks

    • applications of conservation laws

  • electromagnetic radiation and quantum phenomena

    • the photoelectric effect

    • collisions of electrons with atoms

    • energy levels and photon emission

    • wave-particle duality

WAVES

  • progressive and stationary waves

    • progressive waves

    • longitudinal and transverse waves

    • principle of superposition of waves and formation of stationary waves

  • refraction, diffraction and interference

    • interference

    • diffraction

    • refraction at a plane surface

MECHANICS AND MATERIALS

  • force, energy and momentum

    • hscalars and vectors

    • moments

    • motion along a straight line

    • projectile motion

    • newton’s laws of motion

    • momentum

    • work, energy and power

    • conservation of energy

  • materials

    • bulk properties of solids

    • the Young modulus

ELECTRICITY

  • current electricity

    • basics of electricity

    • current-voltage characteristics

    • resistivity

    • circuits

    • potential divider

    • electromotive force and internal resistance

FURTHER MECHANICS AND THERMAL PHYSICS

  • periodic motion

    • circular motion

    • simple harmonic motion (SHM)

    • simple harmonic systems

    • forced vibrations and resonance

  • thermal physics

    • thermal energy transfer

    • ideal gases

    • molecular kinetic theory model

FIELDS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES

  • fields

  • gravitational fields

    • newton’s law

    • gravitational field strength

    • gravitational potential

    • orbits of planets and satellites

  • electric fields

    • coulomb’s law

    • electric field strength

    • electric potential

  • capacitance

    • capacitance

    • parallel plate capacitor

    • energy stored by a capacitor

    • capacitor charge and discharge

  • magnetic fields

    • magnetic flux density

    • moving charges in a magnetic field

    • magnetic flux and flux linkage

    • electromagnetic induction

    • alternating currents

    • operation of a transformer

NUCLEAR PHYSICS

  • radioactivity

    • rutherford scattering

    • alpha, beta, gamma radiation

    • radioactive decay

    • nuclear instability

    • nuclear radius

    • mass and energy

    • induced fission

    • safety aspects

ASTROPHYSICS

  • telescopes

    • astronomical telescope consisting of two converging lenses

    • reflecting telescopes

    • single dish radio telescops, I-R, U-V, and X-ray telescopes

    • advantages of large diameter telescopes

  • classification of stars

    • classification by luminosity

    • absolute magnitude, M

    • classification by temperature, black-body radiation

    • principles of the use of stellar spectral classes

    • the Hertzsprung-Russel (HR) diagram

    • supernovae, neutron stars and black holes

  • cosmology

    • doppler effect

    • hubble’s law

    • quasars

    • detection of exoplanets