In an a.c. circuit, a resistance (R = 100\ \Omega) and a capacitance (C = 100\ \mu\text{F}) in series are connected to an a.c. source V = 200 \sin(100\ \pi t). Calculate the current through the circuit and the voltages across R and C. Draw a vector diagram representing the magnitudes and phases of the voltages.
What is a magnetic shell ? Define the strength of a magnetic shell. A 2\text{ mm} thick magnetic shell weighing 100\text{ gm} has magnetic moment of 1000\text{ units}. The density of the shell material is 10\text{ gm/cc}. Calculate the intensity of magnetisation and the strength of the shell.
State Rayleigh-Jeans law. Show that the intensity of emissions at a particular wave-length is proportional to the temperature T. Discuss the limitations of this law in describing the intensity distribution of emission spectrum of a blackbody.
Starting from Maxwell's equation, \nabla . D = \rho, where D is the electric displacement density and \rho is the charge density, derive Poisson's equation. Deduce Laplace's equation for charge-free region from Poisson's equation.
A potential in cylindrical coordinates is a function of r and \phi but not of z. Obtain the separated differential equations for R and \Phi, where V = R(r) \Phi(\phi) and solve them.
What is molecular polarizability ? Derive Clausius - Mossotti equation relatig the molecular polarizability with the dielectric constant of a dielectric material.
In the case of proton NMR, state the expression for the energy of the dipole in an external magnetic field. How does the NMR originate ? Give the rough range of frequencies of the NMR signals, and the normal magnitude of the applied field.
Using Planck's radiation formula u(\nu) d\nu = \frac{8 \pi h}{c^3} \frac{\nu^3 d\nu}{e^{h\nu/kT} - 1} where the symbols have their usual meaning, find the wavelength of the region where energy density is the greatest. Also calculate the total energy density over all the frequencies
Write Ampere's circuital law, and obtain a generalised form of this law, for non-stationary case.
What do you mean by a gauge transformation ? What is its importance ? Show that the Lorentz gauge condition \vec{\nabla} \cdot \vec{A} + \frac{1}{c} \frac{\partial \phi}{\partial t} = 0 is Lorentz invariant. Here \vec{A} and \phi are the vector and scalar potentials.
Write down the different components of the electromagnetic field tensors F_{\mu\nu} and further prove that Maxwell's equations of electrodynamics are invariant to Lorentz transformations.
Find the magnetic field \vec{B} at the point P due to a short straight length of wire carrying current 'i'. Length of the wire is l. Point P is at a distance r away from the centre of the wire. Angle between \vec{l} and \vec{r} is \theta.
Starting from Maxwell's equations of electromagnetic field in vacuum obtain the classical wave equations for the four field vectors \vec{E}, \vec{D}, \vec{B} and \vec{H} . Show that the field vectors can be propagated as waves in free space with the velocity of propagation equal to 3 \times 10^8\text{ m/s}, where for free space we have the vacuum permittivity \varepsilon_o = 8.854 \times 10^{-12}\text{ farad/m} & vaccum permeability \mu_o = 1.257 \times 10^{-6}\text{ henry/m}.
(c) Use the Planck formula for the blackbody radiation u(\omega, T) = \frac{\hbar^2}{\pi^2 c^3} \frac{\omega^3}{\exp(\beta \hbar \omega) - 1} with \beta = \frac{1}{k_B T} to derive Wien's law, Rayleigh-Jeans law and Stefan-Boltzmann law.
(b) Describe physical significance of the displacement current considering the example of current flow through a capacitor.
(b) Show that the electric and magnetic field vectors, \vec{E} and \vec{B}, in plane electromagnetic waves are mutually perpendicular in a plane normal to the direction of propagation. How are phases of \vec{E} and \vec{B} related to each other ?
(b) Derive approximate expressions for the potential and the radial as well as the azimuthal components of the field due to an electric dipole at points far away from it. Also derive expression and hence describe the effect of a unifrom electric field on a dipole which can rotate freely.
(a) Prove the relation \nabla^2 \left( \frac{1}{|\vec{r} - \vec{r}'|} \right) = - 4 \pi \delta \left(|\vec{r} - \vec{r}'|\right) and hence show that \phi(\vec{r}) = \int \frac{\rho(\vec{r}')}{|\vec{r} - \vec{r}'|} \, d\vec{r}' is a solution of the Poisson equation \nabla^2 \phi(\vec{r}) = - 4 \pi \rho(\vec{r}).
