Subject Area Duration Paper A Classical Mechanics 100 minutes One basic and one intermediate level question Paper B Electricity and Magnetism 100 minutes One basic and one intermediate level question Paper C Thermal Physics 100 minutes One basic and one intermediate level question Paper D Quantum Mechanics 100 minutes One basic and one intermediate level question Paper E Contemporary Physics There will be 6 questions, one from each of the subject areas: Atmospheric Physics, Astrophysics/Astronomy, Atomic and 100 minutes Molecular Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Nuclear and Particle Physics and Optics Students will answer any 2 questions As indicated above, these papers will be pitched largely at the undergraduate level. UofL Physics courses and representative textbooks for each of the subject areas are provided in the following table. UofL course & Representative Textbook Subject Area Basic Level Intermediate Level Halliday & Resnick Thornton & Marion Classical Mechanics Physics 298 Physics 460 Halliday & Resnick Wangsness, Griffith Electricity and Magnetism Physics 299 Physics 541-2 Halliday & Resnick Kittel Thermal Physics Physics 298 Physics 530 Eisberg & Resnick Griffith Quantum Mechanics Physics 300 Physics 555-6 Wallace & Hobbs Atmospheric Science – Atmospheric Physics Physics 362 Carol & Ostlie Introduction to Modern Astrophysics – Astrophysics/Astronomy Ryden & Peterson Foundations of Astrophysics – Physics 307 Eisberg & Resnick Atomic and Molecular Physics 300 Eisberg & Resnick, (Kittel) Condensed Matter Physics Physics 300 Eisberg & Resnick, (Das) Nuclear and Particle Physics 300 Hecht Optics Saleh & Teich - Fundamentals of Photonics Physics 355
Subject Area Duration Paper A Classical Mechanics One basic and one intermediate level question 100 minutes Paper B Electricity and Magnetism One basic and one intermediate level question 100 minutes Paper C Thermal Physics One basic and one intermediate level question 100 minutes Paper D Quantum Mechanics One basic and one intermediate level question 100 minutes Paper E Contemporary Physics There will be 6 questions, one from each of the subject areas: Atmospheric Physics, Astrophysics/Astronomy, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Nuclear and Particle Physics and Optics Students will answer any 2 questions 100 minutes As indicated above, these papers will be pitched largely at the undergraduate level. UofL Physics courses and representative textbooks for each of the subject areas are provided in the following table. Subject Area UofL course & Representative Textbook Basic Level Intermediate Level Classical Mechanics Halliday & Resnick Physics 298 Thornton & Marion Physics 460 Electricity and Magnetism Halliday & Resnick Physics 299 Wangsness, Griffith Physics 541-2 Thermal Physics Halliday & Resnick Physics 298 Kittel Physics 530 Quantum Mechanics Eisberg & Resnick Physics 300 Griffith Physics 555-6 Atmospheric Physics Wallace & Hobbs – Atmospheric Science Physics 362 Astrophysics/Astronomy Carol & Ostlie – Introduction to Modern Astrophysics Ryden & Peterson – Foundations of Astrophysics Physics 307 Atomic and Molecular Eisberg & Resnick Physics 300 Condensed Matter Physics Eisberg & Resnick, (Kittel) Physics 300 Nuclear and Particle Eisberg & Resnick, (Das) Physics 300 Optics Hecht Saleh & Teich - Fundamentals of Photonics Physics 355