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ଜାତୀୟ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ ଶିକ୍ଷା ଏବଂ ଗବେଷଣା ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ

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राष्ट्रीय विज्ञान शिक्षा एवं अनुसंधान संस्थान

SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

 

Under Graduate Course

P101 Introductory Physics-I

P101

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 28 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 6

Reference Book

  1. Introduction to mechanics by Daniel Kleppner & Robert Kolenkow. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc
  2. Heat and thermodynamics: an intermediate textbook by Mark W. Zemansky & Richard H. Dittman. 7th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill Book co., Inc., 1997
  3. Fundamentals of Physics by David Halliday, Robert Resnick, & Walker. 8th ed., New Jersey: John Wiley, 2008
  4. University Physics by Francis W. Sears, Mark Zemansky, & Hugh D. Young. 7th ed. Massachusetts: Addison Wesley, 1987
  5. Mechanics by Keith R. Simon. 3rd ed. Massachusetts: Addison Wesley pub. Co., 1971
  6. Thermodynamics, kinetic theory, & statistical thermodynamics by Francis W. Sears, & Gerhard L. Salinger, 3rd ed., Norosa 1998
  7. Mechanics by Charles Kittel, Walter D. knight & Malvin A. Ruderman. 2nd ed., New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1973

P102 Introductory Physics-II

P102

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 28 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 6

Reference Book

  1. Concepts of Modern Physics, Sixth Ed. By Arthur Beiser
  2. Fundamentals of Physics by David Halliday, Robert Resnick & Jearl Walker, 8th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2004
  3. Foundations of Electromagnetic theory by John R. Reitz, Fredrick Milford & Robert Christ. 4th ed. Massachusetts: Addison Wesley, 1993
  4. Electricity and magnetism (Berkeley Physics Course; vol.2) by Edward M. Purcell. 2nd ed. New York McGraw Hill Book Company Inc.
  5. Introduction to Electrodynamics by David J. Griffiths, 3rd ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall
  6. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics 2nd ed. by David J. Griffiths.

P201 Classical Mechanics-I

P201

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Classical Mechanics, by Keith R. Symon, Pearson Education Dorling Kinderslay, 3rd Ed.
  2. Classical Mechanics, by W. B. Kibble & F. H. Berkshire, Imperial college press, 5th Ed. By Kibble
  3. Classical Mechanics by N. C. Rana & P. S. Joag, Mc Graw Hill Education
  4. Classical Mechanics by H. Goldstein, C. P. Poole, J. Safko, Pearson Education Dorling Kinderslay, 3rd Ed.

P202 Mathematical Methods-I

P202

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Mathematical Methods in the physical sciences by M. L. Boas
  2. Mathematical Methods For Physicists by G. B. Arfken and H. J. Weber
  3. Mathematical Methods for Physics by H.W. Wyle
  4. Mathematical Methods of Physics by Mathews and Walker
  5. Mathematical Physics I and II by S.D. Joglekar
  6. Introduction to Mathematical Physics by C. Harper
  7. Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering by K. E. Riley, M. P. Hobson & S. J. Bence

P204 Electromagnetism-I

P204

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Classical Electrodynamics by J. D. Jackson (3rd Edition)
  2. Classical Electromagnetic Radiation by Mark Heald, J. B. Marion
  3. Introduction to Electrodynamics by D. J. Griffiths (3rd Edition)
  4. Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory by J. R. Reitz, F. J. Milford & R. W. Christy
  5. Electricity and magnetism (Berkeley Physics Course; vol.2) by Edward M. Purcell (2nd Edition)

P205 Mathematical Methods-II

P205

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Mathematical Methods for Physicists by G. B. Arfken & H.J. Weber
  2. Complex Variables and Applications (9th Edition) by James Ward Brown, Ruel V Churchill
  3. Mathematical Methods for Physics by H.W. Wyld
  4. Mathematical Methods of Physics by J. Mathews and R. L. Walker
  5. Mathematics for Physicists by P. Dennery and A. Krzywicki

P206 Quantum Mechanics-I

P206

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Introduction to Quantum Physics by A. P. French & Edwin F. Taylor
  2. Quantum Mechanics by L. L. Schiff
  3. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics by D. J. Griffiths
  4. Principles of Quantum Mechanics by R. Shankar
  5. Modern Quantum Mechanics by J. J. Sakurai
  6. Quantum Mechanics by N. Zettili

P207 Linear Optics

P207

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 21 Lectures +7 Tutorials

Credit: 4

Reference Book

  1. Fundamentals of Photonics (2nd Edition) by B. E. A. Saleh, Malvin Carl Teich
  2. Optics by Ajoy Ghatak (5th Edition), Tata McGraw Hill
  3. Optics by Eugene Hecht (5th Edition), Pearsons
  4. Modern Optics by B. D. Guenther (2nd Edition), Oxford University Press

P245 Basic Electronics Theory and Laboratory

P245

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 14 Lectures + 9 Practicals

Credit: 5

Reference Book

  1. The art of electronics by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill, Cambridge University Press
  2. Electronics by Allan R. Hambley, Prentice Hall
  3. Electronics Fundamentals by Thomas L. Floyd, Prentice Hall
  4. Introduction to Electronics by Earl Gates, Cengage Learning
  5. Op-amps and linear integrated circuits by R.A. Gayakwad, Prentice Hall of India
  6. Microelectronics by Millman, Grabel, McGraw-Hill

P246 Advanced Electronics Theory and Laboratory

P246

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 14 Lectures + 9 Practicals

Credit: 4

Reference Book

  1. The art of electronics by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill, Cambridge University Press
  2. Electronics by Allan R. Hambley, Prentice Hall
  3. Electronics Fundamentals by Thomas L. Floyd, Prentice Hall
  4. Introduction to Electronics by Earl Gates, Cengage Learning
  5. Op-amps and linear integrated circuits by R.A. Gayakwad, Prentice Hall of India
  6. Microelectronics by Millman, Grabel, McGraw-Hill

P301 Electromagnetism-II

P301

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Classical Electrodynamics by J. D. Jackson (3rd Edition)
  2. Classical Electromagnetic Radiation by Mark Heald & J. B. Marion
  3. Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory by J. R. Reitz, F. J. Milford & R. W. Christy
  4. Classical Theory of Fields by L. Landau and E. Lifshitz
  5. Introduction to Electrodynamics by D. J. Griffiths (3rd Edition)

P302 Statistical Mechanics

P302

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Statistical Physics by F. Reif
  2. Introduction to Statistical Physics by Kerson Huang
  3. Statistical Mechanics by R. K. Pathria and P. D. Beale
  4. Statistical Physics of Particles by M. Kardar
  5. Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics by D. Chandler
  6. Statistical Mechanics by R.P. Feynman
  7. Statistical Physics (Vol. I) by L. Landau and E. Lifshitz

P303 Quantum Mechanics-II

P303

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Modern Quantum Mechanics by J. J. Sakurai
  2. Advanced Quantum Mechanics by J. J. Sakurai
  3. Principles of Quantum Mechanics by R. Shankar
  4. Quantum Mechanics by E. Merzbacher
  5. Quantum Mechanics (volumes 1 and 2) by A. Messiah
  6. Quantum Mechanics (Vol. I & Vol. II) by C. Cohen-Tannoudji, B. Diu & F. Laloe

P304 Special Theory of Relativity

P304

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Introduction to Special Theory of Relativity by Resnick
  2. Relativity by A. Einstein
  3. Classical Electrodynamics by J.D. Jackson
  4. Electrodynamics by W. K. H. Panofsky & M. Phillips
  5. Classical Mechanics by H. G oldstein
  6. GTR and Cosmology by S. Weinberg
  7. Classical Theory of Fields by L. Landau & E. Lifshitz

P306 Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics

P306

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Introduction to Solid State Physics by C. Kittel
  2. Solid State Physics by N. Ashcroft and N. D. Mermin
  3. Solid-State Physics by M.N.Rosenberg
  4. Solid State Physics by G. Burns

P307 Nuclei and Particles

P307

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Introduction to Nuclear Physics by R. R. Roy and B. P. Nigam
  2. Structure of Nucleus by M. A. Preston and R. K. Bhaduri
  3. Introduction to Particle Physics by D. J. Griffith
  4. Introduction to Particle Physics by D. J. Perkins

P346 Computational Physics Laboratory

P346

Course: UG-Core

Approval: -

Credit: 6

Reference Book

  1. Learning Python, 5th Edition by Mark Lutz, O’Reilly Publications
  2. The C++ Programming Language 4 th Edition by Bjarne Stroustrup, Addison-Wesley Professional
  3. An Introduction to Computational Physics by Tao Pang, Cambridge University Press
  4. A Guide to Monte Carlo Simulations in Statistical Physics, by David P. Landau and Kurt Binder, Cambridge University Press.
  5. Numerical Recipes in C++: The Art of Scientific Computing by William H. Press, Saul A. Teukolsky, Cambridge University Press

P401 Classical Mechanics-II: Mechanics of Continuous Media

P401

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Classical Mechanics by N. C. Rana & P. S. Joag
  2. Classical Mechanics by H. Goldstein, C. P. Poole, J. Safko
  3. Classical Mechanics by A. L. Fetters and J.D.Walecka
  4. Fluid Mechanics by L. Landau and E. Lifshitz
  5. Theory of Elasticity by L. Landau and E. Lifshitz

P405 Atoms, Molecules and Radiation

P405

Course: UG-Core

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Elementary Atomic Structure by G. K. Woodgate
  2. Atomic Physics by C. J. Foot
  3. Atoms, Molecules and Photons by W. Demtroeder
  4. The Theory of Atomic Spectra by E. U. Condon and G. H. Shortley
  5. Topics in Atomic Physics: C. E. Butkhardt and J. L. Leventhal
  6. Physics of Atoms and Molecules by B.H. Bransden and C. J. Joachain

P598 Physics Dissertation Project-I

P598

Course: UG-Core

Approval:

Credit: 20

P599 Physics Dissertation Project-I (cont. P598)

P599

Course: UG-Core

Approval:

Credit: 20

P451 Advanced Solid State Physics

P451

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Concepts in Solids by P. W. Anderson
  2. Advanced Solid State Physics by P. Philips
  3. Elementary Excitations in Solids by D. Pines
  4. Introduction to Many-Body Physics by P. Coleman
  5. Lecture Notes on Electron Correlation and Magnetism by P. Fazekas
  6. Condensed Matter Physics by M. P. Marder
  7. Strong Fermion Interactions in Fractional Quantum Hall States: Correlation Functions by S. Mulay, J. J. Quinn, M. Shattuck
  8. Composite Fermions by Jainendra K. Jain
  9. Quantum phase transition by Subir Sachdev

P452 Computational Physics

P452

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Computational Physics by Joseph Marie Thijssen, Cambridge University Press
  2. An Introduction to Computational Physics by Tao Pang, Cambridge University press
  3. Computer Simulation of Liquid by M. P. Allen and D. J. Tildesley, Clarendon press
  4. A Guide to Monte Carlo Simulations in Statistical Physics by L. Landau and K. Binder
  5. Quantum Monte Carlo Methods by M. Suzuki (Editor) Springer-Verlag
  6. New Methods in Computational Quantum Mechanics by I. Prigogine and Stuart A. Rice
  7. Understanding Molecular Simulation by D. Frankel and B. Smit, Second edition, academic press.
  8. Computational Methods in Field Theory by H. Gausterer and C.B. Lang (Lecture notes in physics 409)
  9. Density Functional Theory of Atoms and Molecules by R. G. Parr and W. Yang
  10. F. Jensen, introduction to Computational Chemistry by F. Jensen
  11. Essentials of Computational Chemistry by C. J. Crammer
  12. Dynamical mean field theory by Jean-Marc Robin
  13. Quantum Monte Carlo Methods by James Gubernatis, Naoki Kawashima, Philipp Werner
  14. Computer Simulations using Particles - R. W. Hockney and J. W. Eastwood

P453 Quantum Field Theory-I

P453

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory by M. Peskin and D. V. Schroeder
  2. Quantum Field theory: From Operators to Path Integrals, 2nd edition by Kerson Huang
  3. Quantum Field Theory by Mark Srednicki
  4. Quantum Field Theory by Claude Itzykson and Jean Bernard Zuber
  5. Notes from Sidney Coleman's Physics 253a, arXiv: 1110.5013

P454 Particle Physics

P454

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, Vol I & II by Aitchison and Hey
  2. Foundations of Quantum Chromodynamics by T. Muta
  3. Modern Particle Physics by Mark Thomson
  4. Introduction to Elementary Particle by David Griffiths
  5. Quarks and Leptons by F. Halzen and A.D. Martin
  6. Introduction to High Energy Physics: D.H. Perkins
  7. Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics: A. Bettini
  8. Particle Physics by B. R. Martin and G. Shaw

P455 Introduction to Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena

P455

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Introduction to phase Transitions and Critical phenomena by H. Eugene Stanley
  2. Modern approach to Critical phenomena by Igor Herbut
  3. Statistical physics: Statics, Dynamics and Renormalization by Leo p. Kadanoff
  4. The Theory of Critical phenomena by J. J. Binney, a. J. Fisher, M. E. J. newman
  5. Modern Theory of Critical phenomena by Shang-keng Ma
  6. Statistical Mechanics of phase Transitions by J. Yeomans
  7. Field Theory, the Renormalisation group and Critical phenomena by Daniel J. Amit

P456 Nonlinear Optics and Lasers

P456

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Lasers by P. W. Milonni and J. H. Eberly
  2. Lasers by A. E. Siegman
  3. Principles of Lasers by Orazio Svelto
  4. The Principles of Nonlinear Optics by Y. R. Shen
  5. Nonlinear Optics by Robert W. Boyd
  6. Nonlinear Optics: Basic Concepts by D. L. Mills
  7. Optical waves in crystals by Amnon Yariv and Pochi Yeh

P457 General Theory of Relativity and Cosmology

P457

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. A first course in General Relativity by Bernard Schutz
  2. Gravity by James B. Hartle
  3. The Classical Theory of Fields by L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz
  4. Gravitation and Cosmology by Steven Weinberg
  5. Introducing Einstein's Relativity by Ray D'Inverno
  6. General Relativity by P. Dirac

P458 Soft Condensed Matter

P458

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Principles of Condensed Matter Physics by P. M. Chaikin and T. C. Lubensky
  2. Soft Condensed Matter by R. A. L. Jones
  3. Structured Fluids: Polymers, Colloids, Surfactants by T. Witten
  4. Introduction to Soft Matter: Polymers, Colloids, Amphiphiles and Liquid Crystals by I. W. Hamley
  5. Soft Matter Physics by M. Klemanand and O. D. Lavrentovich
  6. Colloidal Dispersions by W. B. Russel, D. A. Saville and W. R. Showalter
  7. Dynamics of Colloids by J. K. G. Dont
  8. Intermolecular and Surface Forces: With Applications to Colloidal and Biological Systems by J. Israelachvili
  9. Introduction to Liquid Crystals  by P. J. Collings and M. Hird
  10. Polymer solutions -- an introduction to physical properties by I. Teraoka

P459 Applied Nuclear Physics

P459

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Nuclear Physics: Principles andApplications,John Lilley, Wiley Publications
  2. TheAtomicNucleus,Robley D. Evans, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing.
  3. Fundamentals of Nuclear Reactor Physics, Elmer Lewis, Elsevier Publishing.
  4. An Introduction to the Passage of Energetic Particlesthrough Matter, N.J.Carron, CRC Press
  5. Accelerator Physics, S. Y. Lee, World Scientific

P460 Many Particle Physics

P460

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Statistical Physics part 2 by E.M.Lifshitz& L.P. Pitaevskii
  2. Quantum Theory of Many body particle systems by FetterWalecka
  3. Introduction to Many-Body Physics by Piers Coleman
  4. Many particle physics by Ben Simon
  5. Green’s Function for SolidState Physics by S. Doniach & E.H. Sondheimer
  6. Quantum Mechanics R. Shankar
  7. Quantum many particle systems J. W. Negele and H. Orland
  8. Techniques and Application of Path-integration by S.Schulman

P461 Physics of Mesoscopic Systems

P461

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic Systems by S. Datta, Cambridge University press.
  2. Introduction to Mesoscopic Physics by Y. Imry
  3. Mesoscopic Electronics in Solid State Nanostructures by T. Heinzel
  4. Quantum Transport in Mesoscopic Systems: Complexity and Statistical Fluctuations by P. Mello and N. Kumar

P462 Introduction to Quantum Optics

P462

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Introductory Quantum Optics by C. C. Gerry and P. L. Knight, Cambridge University  press
  2. Quantum Optics by M. O. Scully and  M. S. Zubairy, Cambridge University press
  3. Quantum Optics by M. Fox, Oxford Master series in atomic, Optical and Laser physics
  4. Quantum Theory of Light by R. Loudon, Oxford science publication

P463 Astronomy and Astrophysics

P463

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Fundamental Astronomy by H. Karttunen, P. Kröger, H. Oja, M. Poutanen, K. J. Donner
  2. Introduction to Modern Astrophysics by B. W. Carroll and D. A. Ostlie
  3. An invitation to Astrophysics by T. Padmanabhan
  4. Astrophysical Concepts by Martin Harwit
  5. Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics by Zelike and Gregory
  6. Universe by Roger Freedman
  7. Physical Universe by F. Shu
  8. Astrophysics Processes by Hale Bradt
  9. Radiative processes in Astrophysics by Rybicki and Lightman
  10. An introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics by Pankaj Jain
  11. Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei by Kembhavi and Narlikar

P464 Plasma Physics and Magneto-hydrodynamics

P464

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Plasma physics by Peter Andrew Sturrock
  2. Principles of Magnetohydrodynamics by J. P. Hans Goedbloed, Stefaan Poedts
  3. Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability by S. Chandrasekhar
  4. The Physics of Plasmas by T. J. M. Boyd, J. J. Sanderson
  5. Fundamentals of Plasma Physics by Paul M. Bellan,
  6. Introduction to Plasma Physics by R. J. Goldston, P. H. Rutherford
  7. An Introduction to Magnetohydrodynamics by P. A. Davidson
  8. An Introduction to Plasma Astrophysics and Magnetohydrodynamics by M. Goossens

P466 Quantum and Nano-electronics

P466

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Quantumnano-electronics:AnIntroductiontoElectronicNanotechnologyandQuantumComputingby Edward L.Wolf
  2. Quantum Electronics by Amnon Yariv
  3. Nanophysics and Nanotechnology:An Introduction to Modern Conceptsin Nanoscience by Edward L. Wolf
  4. Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics by George Hanson
  5. Introduction to Nanoelectronics: Science, Nanotechnology, Engineering and Applications by Vladimir Mitin, Viatcheslav, A. Kochelap, Michael, A. Stroscio

P467 Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos and Turbulence

P467

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications in Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Engineering by S. H. Strogatz
  2. Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics by Robert C. Hilborn
  3. Exploring Chaos: Theory and Experiment by Brian Davies
  4. An Introduction to Dynamical Systems by K. T. Alligood, T. D. Sauer and J. A. Yorke, Chaos
  5. Chaos in Dynamical Systems by Edward Ott
  6. Chaos and Integrability in Nonlinear Dynamics: An Introduction by M. Tabor

P468 Magnetism and Superconductivity

P468

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Theoryof Superconductivityby J. R. Schrieffer
  2. Superconductivity of Metals and Alloys by P. G. De Gennes
  3. Introduction to Superconductivity by M. Tinkham
  4. QuantumTheoryof Magnetismby R.M.White
  5. The theory of Magnetismby D. C. Mattis

P469 Density Functional Theory of Atoms, Molecules and Solids

P469

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Density Functional Theory of atoms and Molecules by Robert G. Parr and Weitao Yang
  2. Density functional Theory by R.M. Dreizler and E.K.U. Gross
  3. Density Functional Theory by Eberhard Engel
  4. Primer in Density Functional Theory by C. Fiolhais, F. nogueira, Miguel and A. L. Marques
  5. Fundamentals of TDDFT by Miguel A. L. Marques et al.
  6. Time-dependent Density Functional Theory by Miguel A. L. Marques et al.
  7. Time-dependent Density Functional Theory by Carsten Ullrich
  8. Quantal Density Functional Theory I & II by Viraht Shani
  9. Recent advances in Density Functional Methods (Part I, II & III) by Delano P Chong
  10. Atomic and Electronic Structure of Solids by Ethimios Kaxiras
  11. Electronic Structure: Basic Theory and Practical Methods by Richard M. Martin
  12. Many-Body Quantum Theory in Condensed Matter Physics by H. Bruus and K. Flensberg
  13. Quantum Theory of the Electron Liquid by Gabriele Giuliani and Giovanni Vignale
  14. Molecular Electronic Structure Theory by T. U. Helgaker, P. Jorgensen and J. Olsen
  15. Electronic Structure Calculations for Solids and Molecules by J. Kohanoff
  16. Methods of Electronic Structure Calculations by M. Springborg
  17. Self Consistent Fields in Atoms by Norman March
  18. Computational Materials Science by J. G. Lee
  19. Density Functional Theory in Quantum Chemistry by Takao Tsuneda
  20. Material Modeling using DFT by Feliciano Giustino

P470 Quantum Field Theory-II

P470

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory by M. Peskin and D. V. Schroeder
  2. Quantum Field theory:From Operators to Path Integrals, 2nd edition by Kerson Huang
  3. Quantum Field Theory by Mark Srednicki
  4. Quantum Field Theory by Claude Itzykson and Jean Bernard Zuber
  5. Notes from Sidney Coleman's Physics 253a, arXiv: 1110.5013

P471 Quantum Information & Quantum Computation

P471

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Introduction to Quantum Information Science by V. Vedral (Oxford U. Press)
  2. Quantum Information & Computation by M. A. Nielsen & I. L. Chuang (Cambridge U. Press)
  3. An Introduction to quantum computing Kaye by P. R. Laflamme and A. M. Mosca (Oxford U. press)

P472 Experimental High Energy Physics

P472

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Relativistic Kinematics; a guide to the kinematic problems of High Energy physics by R.Hagedorn
  2. The Experimental Foundations of particle physics by R. N.Cahn and G. Goldhaber
  3. Techniques for nuclear and particle physics experiments: a How to approach by W. R.Leo (Springer)
  4. Experimental Techniques in Hugh Energy Nuclear and Particle physics by T. Ferbel (WorldScientific)
  5. Introduction to Experimental particle physics by R. C. Fernow
  6. Data Reduction and Error analysis for the physical sciences by P.Bevington and D. K. Robinson
  7. Data analysis Techniques for High Energy physics by R. Frunwirth, M. Regler, R. K. Bock and H. Grote

P473 Experimental Techniques

P473

Course: UG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorias

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. The art of Measurement, by Bernhard Kramer (V. C. H. Publication)
  2. Building Scientific Apparatus by J. H. Moore et al.
  3. Experiments in Modern Physics, Second Edition by Adrian C. Melissinos and Jim Napolitano
  4. The art of Experimental Physics by Daryl W. Preston
  5. Vacuum Technology by A.Roth (North-Holland publisher)
  6. Charge particle Beams by Stanley Humphries (John Wiley and Sons)
  7. Principles of Charged Particles Acceleration, by Stanley Humphries (John Wiley and Sons)
  8. Radiation Detection and Measurements by G. Knoll (3rd Edition)
  9. Techniques for Nuclear and Particles Physics Experiments by W.R. Leo (2nd edition, Springer)

P474 Introduction to Cosmology

P474

Course: UG-Elective, PG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Introducing Einstein’s General Relativity by Ray D’inverno
  2. The Early Universe by E. W. Kolb andM.  S. Turner
  3. Introduction to Cosmology by BarbaraRyden
  4. Modern Cosmology by ScottDodelson
  5. Principles of Physical Cosmology by P. J. E. Peebles
  6. Large Scale Structure of the Universe by P. J. E.Peebles
  7. Structure Formation in the Universe by T.Padmanabhan

P475 Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collision & Quark-Gluon Plasma

P475

Course: UG-Elective, PG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Hadrons and QGP by Letterssier and Rafelski
  2. Introduction to High Energy Heavy Ion Collissions by C. Y. Wong
  3. Phenomenology of Ultra Relativistic Heavy Ion Collissions by W Florkowski
  4. Ultra relativistic heavy ion collisions by R. Vogt
  5. Introduction to relativistic heavy ion collisions, by L. P. Csernai
  6. A Short Course On Relativistic Heavy Ion Collission by A. K. Chaudhuri
  7. Extreme states of matter in strong interaction physics by Helmut Satz
  8. Relativistic Hydrodynamics by L. Rezzolla and O. Zanotti
  9. Finite Temperature Field Theory by J. I. Kapusta and C. Gale
  10. The Early Universe by Kolb and Turner
  11. Fantastic Realitis by Frank Wilczek
  12. Research Reports in Physics, Quark Gluon Plasma, Invited lectures of Winter School, Published by Springer Verlag, Editors - B. Sinha, S. Pal and S. Raha
  13. The Physics of Quark Gluon Plasma, Introductory lectures, Lecture Notes in Physics 785, Publisher - Springer, Editor - S. Sarkar, H. Satz and B. Sinha
  14. Quark Gluon Plasma - From big bang to little bang, K. Yagi, T. Hatsuda, Y. Miake, Cam- bridge Monograms on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology
  15. Quark Gluon Plasma: Theoretical Foundations, An annotated reprint collection - J. Ka- pusta, B. Muller and J. Rafelski, Publisher - Elsevier Science

P476 Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics

P476

Course: UG-Elective, PG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Stochastic Methods by C. Gardiner
  2. A Kinetic View of Statistical Physics by P. L. Kaprivsky, S. Redner and E. Ben Naim
  3. Statistical Physics 2- Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics by R. Kubo, M. Toda and N. Hashitsume
  4. Stochastic Processes in Physics and Chemistry by N. G. Van Kampen.
  5. Theory and Applications of Stochastic Processes by Z. Schuss
  6. A Guide to First Passage Processes by S. Redner

P477 Special Topics in Quantum Mechanics

P477

Course: UG-Elective, PG-Elective

Approval: 42 Lectures + 14 Tutorials

Credit: 8

Reference Book

  1. Part-I
  2. Entangled systems by Jurgen Audretsch
  3. Density Matrix Theory and Applications by Karl Blum
  4. Quantum Mechanics by Leonard Susskind
  5. Modern Quantum Mechanics by J. J Sakurai
  6. Part-II
  7. Quantum Mechanics Merzbacher (Chapters 21 and 22)
  8. Quantum many particle systems J. W. Negele and H. Orland (Chapter 1)
  9. Quantum Mechanics Schiff (Chapter 14)
  10. Elements of Advanced Quantum Theory by J. M. Ziman (Chapters 1,2 and 5)
  11. Modern Quantum Mechanics by J. J Sakurai
  12. Part-III
  13. Group Theory by M Tinkham
  14. Group Theory by Hamermesh
  15. Lie Algebras in Particle Physics: from Isospin To Unified Theories by Howard Geogie
  16. Group theory and Chemistry by Bishop
  17. Topics in Condensed Matter Theory by Michele Cini
  18. Elements of Advanced Quantum Theory by J. M. Ziman (chapter 7)
  19. Solid State Physics by Ashcroft and Mermin