UGC NET CSIR December 2015

UGC NET CSIR December 2015 Exam Notifications 

UGC NET CSIR December 2015

1. CSIR will hold the Joint CSIR UGC Test Tentatively on Sunday 20th December, 2015 for determining the eligibility of the Indian National candidates for the award of  Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) NET and for determining eligibility for appointment of Lecturers (NET) in certain subject areas falling under the faculty of Science &Technology.
2. The award of Junior Research Fellowship (NET) to the successful eligible candidates will depend on their finding admission/placement in a university/ national laboratory/ institution of higher learning and research, as applicable.
3. A candidate may apply either for ‘JRF’ OR for ‘Lectureship (LS) only. He/she may indicate his/her preference in the Online Application.
4. CSIR may consider candidates for ‘JRF’, or ‘Lectureship only” depending on number of fellowships available & performance in the test subject to the condition that they fulfill the laid down eligibility criterion.
5. If a candidate is found to be overage for JRF (NET) he/she will automatically be considered for Lectureship (NET) only. Candidates with M.Sc. qualification OR under M.Sc. Result Awaited (RA) category shall be eligible for LS subject to fulfilling the eligibility criteria as laid down by the UGC.
6. Two separate merit lists, one comprising the candidates qualifying for the award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF - NET) and the second, of those candidates qualifying the Eligibility Test for Lectureship (NET), will be made on the basis of their performance in the above Test.
7. Candidates qualifying for JRF (NET), will also be eligible for Lectureship (NET) subject to fulfilling the eligibility criteria laid down by UGC.
8. The candidates qualifying for Lectureship will be eligible for recruitment as Lecturers as well as for JRFship in a  Scheme/Project, if otherwise suitable.
   However, they will not be eligible for Regular JRF NET Fellowship.
9. Candidates qualifying for the award of JRF (NET) will receive fellowship either from CSIR or UGC as per their assignment or from the Schemes with which they may find association.
10. The candidates declared eligible for Junior Research Fellowship under UGC scheme and Lectureship will be governed by UGC rules/regulations in this regard.
11. The final result of this Single MCQ test may be declared sometime in the month of
    March/April, 2016 and fellowship to successful candidates will be effective from 1^st July, 2016 with the validity period of 2 years for joining the fellowship under CSIR Scheme
    
    
    
    
    More details: http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/notification_main_dec2015.pdf
    
    
     

Important dates for CSIR-UGC JRF (NET) December 2015

Date of Single MCQ Examination 20/12/2015    

• Online Application Schedule
•  Start of Online Submission of Application Form and Fee deposit through Bank Challan: 03rd August 2015
• Date of close of deposit of fee (at All stations): 24th August 2015
• Date of close of On-Line submission of Applications (at All stations): 25th August 2015
• Last date of receipt of duly completed hard copy of on line application in the Exam Unit: 03rd September 2015
• Last date of receipt of duly completed hard copy of on line application in the Exam Unit (from remote areas): 10th September 2015
• Last Date for receipt of written request for change of Exam Centre only on merit basis: 05th October 2015
• Tentative date of Publication of list of candidates registered for test on CSIR, HRDG website: 15th November 2015
• Last date for accepting of representation about non-registration for this test: 13th November 2015
• Issue of e-Admission Certificate to registered candidates: Mid December – 2015

SYLLABUS OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES

CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for Junior Research Fellowship and Lecturer-ship

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

PART ‘B’

I. Mathematical Methods of Physics

Dimensional analysis. Vector algebra and vector calculus. Linear algebra, matrices, Cayley-Hamilton

Theorem. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Linear ordinary differential equations of first & second order,

Special functions (Hermite, Bessel, Laguerre and Legendre functions). Fourier series, Fourier and Laplace

transforms. Elements of complex analysis, analytic functions; Taylor & Laurent series; poles, residues

and evaluation of integrals. Elementary probability theory, random variables, binomial, Poisson and

normal distributions. Central limit theorem.

II. Classical Mechanics

Newton’s laws.  Dynamical systems, Phase space dynamics, stability analysis. Central force motions.

Two body Collisions  - scattering in laboratory and Centre of mass frames.  Rigid body dynamicsmoment of inertia tensor. Non-inertial frames and pseudoforces. Variational principle. Generalized

coordinates. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism and equations of motion. Conservation laws and

cyclic coordinates. Periodic motion:  small oscillations, normal modes. Special theory of relativityLorentz transformations, relativistic kinematics and mass–energy equivalence.

III. Electromagnetic Theory  

Electrostatics: Gauss’s law and its applications,  Laplace and Poisson equations, boundary value

problems. Magnetostatics: Biot-Savart law, Ampere's theorem. Electromagnetic induction. Maxwell's

equations in free space and linear isotropic media; boundary conditions on the fields at interfaces. Scalar

and vector potentials, gauge invariance. Electromagnetic waves in free space. Dielectrics and conductors.

Reflection and refraction, polarization, Fresnel’s law, interference, coherence, and diffraction. Dynamics

of charged particles in static and uniform electromagnetic fields.

IV. Quantum Mechanics   

Wave-particle duality. Schrödinger equation (time-dependent and time-independent). Eigenvalue

problems (particle in a box, harmonic oscillator, etc.). Tunneling through a barrier. Wave-function in

coordinate and momentum representations. Commutators and Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Dirac

notation for state vectors. Motion in a central potential: orbital angular momentum, angular momentum

algebra, spin, addition of angular momenta; Hydrogen atom. Stern-Gerlach experiment. Timeindependent perturbation theory and applications. Variational method. Time dependent perturbation

theory and Fermi's golden rule, selection rules. Identical particles, Pauli exclusion principle, spin-statistics

connection.

V. Thermodynamic and Statistical Physics

Laws of thermodynamics and their consequences. Thermodynamic potentials, Maxwell relations,

chemical potential, phase equilibria. Phase space, micro- and macro-states. Micro-canonical, canonical and grand-canonical ensembles and partition functions. Free energy and its connection with

thermodynamic quantities. Classical and quantum statistics. Ideal  Bose and Fermi gases. Principle of

detailed balance. Blackbody radiation and Planck's distribution law.

VI. Electronics and Experimental Methods

Semiconductor devices (diodes, junctions, transistors, field effect devices, homo- and hetero-junction

devices), device structure, device characteristics, frequency dependence and applications. Opto-electronic

devices (solar cells, photo-detectors, LEDs).  Operational amplifiers and their applications. Digital

techniques and applications (registers, counters, comparators and similar circuits). A/D and D/A

converters. Microprocessor and microcontroller basics.

Data interpretation and analysis. Precision and accuracy. Error analysis, propagation of errors. Least

squares fitting,

PART ‘C'

I. Mathematical Methods of Physics 

Green’s function. Partial differential equations (Laplace, wave and heat equations in two and three

dimensions). Elements of computational techniques: root of functions, interpolation, extrapolation,

integration by trapezoid and Simpson’s rule, Solution of first order differential equation using RungeKutta method. Finite difference methods. Tensors. Introductory group theory: SU(2), O(3).

II. Classical Mechanics

Dynamical systems, Phase space dynamics, stability analysis.    Poisson brackets and canonical

transformations. Symmetry, invariance and Noether’s theorem. Hamilton-Jacobi theory.

III. Electromagnetic Theory  

Dispersion relations in plasma. Lorentz invariance of Maxwell’s equation. Transmission lines and wave

guides. Radiation- from moving charges and dipoles and retarded potentials.

IV. Quantum Mechanics 

Spin-orbit coupling, fine structure. WKB approximation. Elementary theory of scattering: phase shifts,

partial waves, Born approximation. Relativistic quantum mechanics: Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations.

Semi-classical theory of radiation.

V. Thermodynamic and Statistical Physics

First- and second-order phase transitions. Diamagnetism, paramagnetism, and ferromagnetism. Ising

model. Bose-Einstein condensation. Diffusion equation. Random walk and Brownian motion.

Introduction to nonequilibrium processes.

VI. Electronics and Experimental Methods

Linear and nonlinear curve fitting, chi-square test. Transducers (temperature, pressure/vacuum, magnetic

fields,  vibration, optical, and particle detectors). Measurement and control. Signal conditioning and

recovery. Impedance matching, amplification (Op-amp based, instrumentation amp, feedback), filtering and noise reduction, shielding and grounding. Fourier transforms, lock-in detector, box-car integrator,

modulation techniques.

High frequency devices (including generators and detectors).

VII. Atomic & Molecular Physics

Quantum states of an electron in an atom. Electron spin. Spectrum of helium  and alkali atom. Relativistic

corrections for energy levels of hydrogen atom,  hyperfine structure and isotopic shift, width of spectrum

lines, LS & JJ couplings. Zeeman, Paschen-Bach & Stark effects. Electron spin resonance. Nuclear

magnetic resonance, chemical shift. Frank-Condon principle. Born-Oppenheimer approximation.

Electronic, rotational, vibrational and Raman spectra of diatomic molecules, selection rules.  Lasers:

spontaneous and stimulated emission, Einstein A & B coefficients.  Optical pumping, population

inversion, rate equation. Modes of resonators and coherence length.

VIII. Condensed Matter Physics

Bravais lattices. Reciprocal lattice. Diffraction and the structure factor. Bonding of solids. Elastic

properties, phonons, lattice specific heat.  Free electron theory and electronic specific heat.  Response and

relaxation phenomena.  Drude model of electrical and thermal conductivity. Hall effect and

thermoelectric power. Electron motion in a periodic potential, band theory of solids: metals, insulators

and semiconductors. Superconductivity: type-I and type-II superconductors. Josephson junctions.

Superfluidity. Defects and dislocations.  Ordered phases of matter: translational and orientational order,

kinds of liquid crystalline order. Quasi crystals.

IX. Nuclear and Particle Physics

Basic nuclear properties: size, shape and charge distribution, spin and parity. Binding energy, semiempirical mass formula, liquid drop model. Nature of the nuclear force, form of nucleon-nucleon

potential, charge-independence and charge-symmetry of nuclear forces. Deuteron problem. Evidence of

shell structure, single-particle shell model, its validity and limitations. Rotational spectra. Elementary

ideas of alpha, beta and gamma decays and their selection rules. Fission and fusion. Nuclear reactions,

reaction mechanism, compound nuclei and direct reactions.

Classification of fundamental forces. Elementary particles and their quantum numbers (charge, spin,

parity, isospin, strangeness, etc.). Gellmann-Nishijima formula. Quark model, baryons and mesons. C, P,

and T invariance. Application of symmetry arguments to particle reactions. Parity non-conservation in

weak interaction.  Relativistic kinematics.