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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2024/2025

asymptotic freedom, jets and elastic lepton-nucleon scattering;
Inelastic lepton-nucleon scattering: parton model, structure functions
and scaling violation; Weak interaction: charged and neutral currents,
quark mixing, electroweak unification and Higgs boson; Experimental
methods

Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 60%
Continuous Assessment: 40%

SIF3008 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS (3 CREDITS)
Conducting Materials (electronic & ionic conductivity, mobility,
electron dispersion mechanism); Semiconductors: band structure
(Intrinsic and extrinsic properties); Electrical properties (conductivity,
mobility, electron dispersion mechanism); Optical properties;
Photoconductivity; Insulating Materials: dielectric constant,
polarization; AC & DC conductivities; hopping mechanism;
Piezoelectric; Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric; Magnetic materials: basic
theory; magnetic susceptibility; types of magnetic properties, magnetic
resonance; ferromagnetism; spintronics. Superconductors: zero
resistivity, critical field, Meissner effect, BCS model, Examples of
superconducting materials, high temperature superconductors.

Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 60%
Continuous Assessment: 40%

SIF3009 PLASMA PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY(3 CREDITS)

Fundamentals of Plasma Physics, introduction to plasma theory.
Methods of plasma generation in direct current, alternating current and
pulsed mode. Plasma diagnostics. Physics and technology of non-
thermal plasmas and pulsed plasmas. Application of plasma
technology: Plasma processing, plasma-based lighting systems, and
plasma fusion.

Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 60%
Continuous Assessment: 40%

SIF3011 QUANTUM MECHANICS II (3 CREDITS)

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