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Faculty of Science Handbook, Session 2015/2016

Final Examination: 60% 1. Experimental manual
Continuous Assessment: 40% 2. R. Boylestad & L. Nashelsky, Electronic Devices and Circuit
Theory, 10th ed. (Prentice Hall, 2008),
Medium of Instruction: 3. A.P. Malvino & D. Bates, Electronic Principles with simulation CD
English (Career Education, 2006)
4. T. L. Floyd & D. Buchla, Electronics Fundamentals: Circuits,
Soft-skills: Devices, and Applications, 8th ed. (Prentice Hall, 2009)
CS3, CTPS3, LL2
SIF2010 PHYSICS PRACTICAL II (2 CREDITS)
References: Practical classes for experiments in fundamental physics on topics
1. J. Faires, Richard Burden, Numerical Methods, 4th including electricity, magnetism, thermodynamics, optics, spectroscopy
ed.(Brooks/Cole, 2013) and others.
2. P. G. Guest, Philip George Guest, Numerical Methods of Curve
Fitting (Cambridge University Press, 2013) Assessment Method:
3. T. Veerarajan, Numerical Methods (Tata McGraw-Hill Education, Continuous Assessment: 100%
2013)
4. J.F. Epperson, An Introduction to Numerical Methods and Medium of Instruction:
Analysis (Wiley, 2007) English
5. N.J. Giordano & H. Nakanishi, Computational Physics, 2nd ed.
(Prentice-Hall, 2005) Soft-skills:
6. J.J. Leader, Numerical Analysis & Scientific Computation CS3, CTPS3, LL2, TS2
(Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2004)
7. M.T. Heath, Scientific Computing, 2nd ed. (McGraw-Hill, 2002) References:
1. Experimental manual
SIF2008 INSTRUMENTATION (2 CREDITS)
Basic concepts, general measuring systems, static and dynamic SIF2011 APPLIED PHYSICS PRACTICAL (4 CREDITS)
measurements, system response, distortion, impedance matching, Applied physics experiments covering topics in Solid State Physics,
loading effect. Plasma Physics, Optics, Radiation Physics, Materials Science, and
Noise: effect of noise and interference, signal-to-noise ratio, source of Photonics.
noise and coupling mechanisms, noise measurement, techniques for
reducing effects of noise and interference. Assessment Method:
Signal conditioning: basic input circuits, amplifier, filters. Continuous Assessment: 100%
Vacuum technology: establishing and measuring vacuum.
Sensors and transducers: based on resistance, capacitance, Medium of Instruction:
inductance, electromagnetic, thermoelectricity, piezoelectricity and English
optics; efficiency and responsiveness.
Data acquisition and processing: data acquisition systems, analog-to- Soft-skills:
digital and digital-to analog conversions, data transmissions. Special CS3, CTPS3, LL2, TS1
measurement systems: selected techniques and measuring systems in
several aspects of physics and engineering. References:
1. Experimental manual
Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 60% LEVEL 3
Continuous Assessment: 40%

Medium of Instruction: SIF3001 NUCLEAR PHYSICS (3 CREDITS)
English Nuclear structure and properties, Nuclear scattering, Nuclear force
and force exchange, Nuclear decays, isospin, Nuclear reactions,
Soft-skills: fission and fusion, Nuclear reactions in astrophysics.
CS3, CTPS3
Assessment Method:
References: Final Examination: 60%
1. J.P. Holman, Experimental Methods for Engineers (McGraw-Hill, Continuous Assessment: 40%
2000)
2. N.S. Harris, Modern Vacuum Practice, 3rd ed (McGraw-Hill, 2007) Medium of Instruction:
3. J.P. Bentley, Principles of Measurement Systems, 4 ed. English
th
(Pearson – Prentice Hall, 2005)
4. J.W. Dally, W.F. Riley & K.G. McConnel, Instrumentation for Soft-skills:
Engineering Measurements (Wiley, 1993) CS2, CTPS3, LL2

SIF2009 ELECTRONICS PRACTICAL (2 CREDIT) References:
1. Kenneth S. Krane, Introductory Nuclear Physics (Wiley, 1987)
Electronic experiments which cover the topics diode, rectification, 2. Richard Dunlap, An Introduction to the Physics of Nuclei and
transistor, amplifier, digital electronic and others. Particles (Brooks & Cole, 2004)
3. C.A. Bertulani, Nuclear Physics in a Nutshell (Princeton, 2007)
Assessment Method: 4. J. Liley, Nuclear Physics: Principles and Applications (Wiley,
Final Examination: 0% 2013)
Continuous Assessment: 100% 5. Raymond Murray, Keith E. Holbert, Nuclear Energy: An
Medium of Instruction: Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of
English Nuclear Processes (Elsivier, 2015)
6. C. Iliadis, Nuclear Physics of the Stars (Wiley, 2015)
Soft-skills:
CS3, CTPS3, TS2, EM2

References: SIF3002 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS (3 CREDITS)

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