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MPhys notes: year 2

These "year 2 notes" are from when I did my second year: Sept 2006-June 2007. Hence, the corresponding courses may be different/irelevant to those running now. Most of these notes are separated into topics (which isn't very clever, I know, but thats due to my bad technique in second year). However, for some subjects I also made a summary.

course	lecturer	download	comments
Atoms & nuclei	Dr.S.Soldner-Rembold		Semester 2
Atoms Summary Nuclei Summary
Complex variables and integral transforms	Dr.W.Parnell	Summary	Semester 2
Basics Integration Cauchy's Integral Formula & Laurent's Theorem Singularities Complex Variables summary Laplace Transforms Fourier Transforms derivation Integral Transforms summary Jordan's lemma
Electromagnetism	Dr.D.Bailey	Summary	Semester 1
Electrostatics Magnetostatics 1 Magnetostatics 2 Forms of Magnetisation Maxwell's Equations & EM Waves
Fluid dynamics	Prof.D.Abrahams	Summary	Semester 2
Particle paths & streamlines Derivations & Proofs Complex potential, velocity & streamfunction Special 2D Flows Method of Images & the Circle Theorem General equation summary
Fundamentals of quantum mechanics	Prof.A.Bray		Semester 1
Basic Relations Angular Momentum Relations Angular Equations Further & Hydrogen Atom
Lagrangian dynamics	Dr.G.Vekstein		Semester 1
Hamiltonian Method Calculus of Variations Revision Notes
Maths of waves & fields	Prof.M.Birse		Semester 1
Seperation of Variables Fourier Series Fourier Transforms Revision Notes
Thermal & statistical physics	Prof.R.Bishop	Summary	Semester 2
Maxwell's Relations 1st Law, Entropy & Carnot Statistics 1 Statistics 2 Statistical Mechanics Summary
Wave optics	Dr.D.Binks		Semester 2
Optical Anisotropy Wave Optics basics Conditions for interference Diffraction Ray diagrams & lens types

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• Yoda does TomTom
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Year 1

• Advanced dynamics
• Electricity & magnetism
• Physics of energy sources
• Random processes in physics
• Vibrations & waves

Year 2

• Atoms & nuclei
• Complex variables & integral transforms
• Electromagnetism
• Fluid dynamics
• Fundamentals of quantum mechanics
• Lagrangian dynamics
• Maths of waves & fields
• Thermal & statistical physics
• Wave optics

Year 3

• Cosmology
• Electrodynamics
• Introduction to non-linear physics
• Maths methods
• Nuclear physics
• Solid state physics
• Thermal physics of bose & fermi gases
• Quantum mechanics
• Quantum mechanics of atoms & molecules

Year 4

• Advanced quantum mechanics
• Advanced statistical physics
• Early universe
• Gravitation
• Physics of fluids
• Relativistic quantum mechanics
• Symmetries in physics