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Faculty of Science Handbook, Session 2015/2016

interaction: charged and neutral currents, quark mixing, electroweak SIF3008 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS (3 CREDITS)
unification and Higgs boson; Experimental methods. Conducting Materials (electronic & ionic conductivity, mobility, electron
dispersion mechanism); Semiconductors: band structure (Intrinsic
Assessment Method: and extrinsic properties); Electrical properties (conductivity, mobility,
Final Examination: 60% electron dispersion mechanism); Optical properties; Photoconductivity;
Continuous Assessment: 40% Insulating Materials: dielectric constant, polarization; AC & DC
conductivities; hopping mechanism; Piezoelectric; Ferroelectric,
Medium of Instruction: Pyroelectric; Magnetic materials: basic theory; magnetic susceptibility;
English types of magnetic properties, magnetic resonance; ferromagnetism;
spintronics. Superconductors: zero resistivity, critical field, Meissner
Soft-skills: effect, BCS model, Examples of superconducting materials, high
CS3, CTPS3, LL2, EM1 temperature superconductors.

References: Assessment Method:
1. Brian R. Martin & Graham Shaw, Particle Physics (Wiley, 2008) Final Examination: 60%
2. D. Griffiths, Introduction to Elementary Particles (Wiley, 1987) Continuous Assessment: 40%
3. D.H. Perkins, Introduction to high energy physics (Cambridge
Univ. Press, 2000) Medium of Instruction:
4. Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics by Alessandro Bettini English
(2014)
5. Modern Particle Physics by Mark Thomson (2013) Soft-skills:
6. Elementary Particle Physics, Volume 2 by Yorikiyo Nagashima CS3, CTPS3, LL2, EM1
(2013)
References:
SIF2016 MATERIALS SCIENCE (3 CREDITS) 1. Condensed Matter Physics, Michael P. Marder 2nd Ed. (2015),
Introduction to material science and engineering. Atomic structure and Wiley.
interatomic bonding: Electronic structure. Structure of materials; 2. Kittel C (2005). Introduction to Solid State Physics, Wiley.
Molecular structure, Crystalline structure and Defects. Mechanical 3. Giuseppe Grosso and Giuseppe Pastori Parravicini, 2nd Ed.
properties. Phase diagram. Introduction to polymers, ceramics, (2014) Solid State Physics, Elsevier.
composites and biomaterials. 4. Giuseppe Iadonisi et al (2014). Introduction to Solid State Physics
and Crystalline Nanostructures (UNITEXT for Physics), Springer
Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 60% SIF2018 RADIATION PHYSICS (3 CREDITS)
Continuous Assessment: 40% Radiation source, Nuclear Instability and types of radioactivity, Half-life
and mean life, Natural radioactive series and radioactive equilibrium
Medium of Instruction: (Bateman equation), Branching decay and types of decay, Nuclear
English activation, X-ray production, Moseley law,
X-ray fluorescence, Radiation interaction with matter (elastic and
Soft-skills: inelastic processes), Bremsstrahlung theory, Dosimetry
CS2, CTPS3, LL2, EM1 Equivalent dose, Radon and thoron measurements, Biological effects,
somatic and genetic, Counting statistics, Radiation detectors
References: Radiation protection: Distance, Time, Dose, Applications of radiation.
1. Russell C. Hibbeler, Mechanics of Materials (9th Edition) (Prentice
Hall 2013) Assessment Method:
2. William D. Callister, Materials Science and Engineering : An Final Examination: 60%
Introduction, 9th Ed. (Wiley, 2013) Continuous Assessment: 40%
3. James F. Shackelford, Materials Science for Engineers, 8th Ed.
(Prentice Hall, 2014). Medium of Instruction:
English
SIF2017 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES (3 CREDITS)
Discussion related to semiconductor: p-n junction. Semiconductor Soft-skills:
devices and their operation principles: p-n diodes, Metal-semiconductor CS2, CTPS3, EM2
junction: Schottky & Ohmic contact, Schottky diode, Field Effect
Transistor, LED, Solid state Laser, Photodiode & Solar cell, Microwave References:
devices & diodes (Tunnel diode, IMPATT diode, etc), Device fabrication 1. Basic Radiation Physics, E.B. Podgorsak, McGill University,
(photolithography, metallization, etc). Montreal, Canada (2006).
2. Radiation, Ionization, and Detection in Nuclear Medicine, Tapan
Assessment Method: Gupta, (Springer, 2013)
Final Examination: 60% 3. Principles of Radiation Interaction in Matter and Detection, C.
Continuous Assessment: 40% Leroy and P-G. Rancoita (World Scientific, 2004)
4. Fundamentals of Radiation Dosimetry and Radiological Physics,
Medium of Instruction: Alex F Bielajew, The University of Michigan, USA (2005).
English 5. E.B. Podgorsak. Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists,
(Springer, 2010)
Soft-skills: 6. An Introduction to Radiation Protection, Alan Martin, Sam
CS3, CTPS3, LL2 Harbison, Karen Beach, Peter Cole. (Taylors & Francis, 2012).
References: 7. Radiation Detection and Measurement, G.F. Knoll, 3rd Ed. (Wiley,
1. S. M. Sze, Semiconductor Devices: Physics and Technology, 3rd 2000)
Edition (John Wiley & Sons, 2013) 8. Measurement and Detection of Radiation, 4th Edition, Taylor &
2. Sima Dimitrijev, Principles of Semiconductor Devices (Oxford Francis (2015)
University Press, 2012)
3. Ben Streetman & Sanjay Banerjee, Solid State Electronics Devices, SIF2019 GAS DISCHARGE PHYSICS (3 CREDITS)
7th Edition (Prentice Hall, 2014) Basic principles and processes;
4. Donghang Yan, Haibo Wang, Baoxun Du, Introduction to Organic Kinetic theory of gases, Maxwell distribution, Concept of temperature
Semiconductor Heterojunctions (John Wiley & Sons, 2010) and pressure, Collision cross-section, Energy transferred due to
collision, Processes induced by electron collisions, Ion-neutral collision,

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