DAMP Physics, IITB

Instructor Name:  Prof. Raghunath Chelakkot Course Type:  Core Pre-requisites:  Formal: None; Informal: PH 108 (Maxwell's equations) Course Content:  Principle of relativity, Lorenz transformation, relativistic kinematics and mechanics, energy-momentum 4-vector, electromagnetic theory, tensors Other Topics Covered:  Concept of invariant interval, Minkowski spacetime, addition of relativistic velocities, conservation of energy and momentum, mass-energy equivalence, basics of tensor analysis, electromagnetic theory in terms of the field tensor Books:  Spacetime physics (Wheeler and Taylor), Introduction to STR (Resnick), Mathematical Methods for Physicists (Arfken) [for theory of tensors], Schaum's Outline of Vector Analysis [for problems from tensors] Lectures:  No formal attendance policy, mostly blackboard teaching method was followed, exams were based largely on content covered in the lectures Assignments:  Ungraded tutorial...

Instructor Name Raghunath Chelakkot Course Type Core for EP students (Half-sem) Course overview Principle of relativity, Lorentz transformation, concept of invariant interval, Minkowski spacetime, addition of relativistic velocities, energy-momentum 4-vector, conservation of energy and momentum, mass-energy equivalence, basics of tensor analysis, electromagnetic theory in terms of the field tensor. Prerequisites Formal: None; Informal: PH 108 (Maxwell's  equations) Credit distribution 1 quiz (15 marks) and 1 Midsem (35 marks); Total - 50 marks Feedback on Lectures No formal attendance policy, classes exclusively on blackboard. Feedback on tutorials, assignments and exams Exam problems were based largely on content covered in the lectures. Ungraded tutorials, mixed bag of easy and hard problems. Relevant References Spacetime physics by Wheeler and Taylor Introduction to STR by R. Resnick Mathematical Methods for Physicists by Arfken...