KSET 2023 Physics Important Topics

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KSET 2023 Physics: Since Karnataka Examinations Authority will conduct KSET 2023 examination on January 13, 2024, check out the important topics from KSET 2023 Physics syllabus here. The important topics are provided based on the previous year’s marks weightage analysis. For convenience, the topics are stated for each subject separately. Candidates can prioritize revising these topics, over the others to secure good results in the examination. 

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KSET 2023 Physics Important Topics

Candidates can check out the important topics from all the subjects of KSET 2023 Physics syllabus in the following table: 

Mathematics Methods of Physics

• Special functions (Hermite, Bessel, Laguere, and Legendre’s function)
• Complex analysis - Contour integrals
• Numerical Methods (Trapezoidal, Simpson’s 1/3rd, 3/8th rule, Newton Raphson Interpolation methods)
• Green’s function
• Vector Algebra
• Ordinary and Partial differential equations (ODE & PDE)
• Fourier transform and Laplace transform

• Lagrangian to Hamiltonian and Vice versa conversions
• Phase space trajectory 
• Canonical transformations
• Poisson brackets
• Generating Functions
• Central Force Problems
• Special Theory of Relativity 

• Boundary conditions in electrostatics and magnetostatics
• Propagation of EM wave in different media
• Lorentz invariant quantities
• Lorentz transformation
• Image charge method
• Cavity in a conductor
• Relativistic electrodynamics

• Operators (Hermitian)
• Schrodinger equation in 1D potential, infinite wall (wave function, energy etc)
• Perturbation Theory (Time-dependent and Time independent)
• WKB Approximation
• Hydrogen Atom 
• Angular Momentum
• 1D, 3D Harmonic Oscillator

• Carnot’s Cycle
• Thermodynamic Variables - specific heat, latent heat, etc
• Velocity Distribution 
• Microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical ensembles
• Partition function
• Classical ideal gas, Bose gas, and Fermi gases
• Continuous and Discrete Energy 

• Operational amplifiers and their applications
• Registers and Counters
• Analog electronics - Zener diode
• Boolean algebra and logic gates
• Clippers and clampers, diodes

• Coupling Schemes (LS & JJ Coupling)
• Zeeman effect - Normal & Anomalous
• Paschen back effect & Stark effect
• Electronic, vibrational, and rotational spectra of diatomic molecules
• Raman spectra - strokes and anti-strokes lines
• LASER - Einstein’s A & B Coefficients

• Bragg’s Law, Reciprocal Lattice and Miller Indices
• Specific heat of solids
• Band theory of Solids, metals, insulators, and semiconductors
• Hall effect - Hall coefficient
• Superconductivity
• Seeback effect, Peltier effect, Johnsen effect

• Shell model 
• Semi-empirical mass formula and liquid drop model
• Gellman - Nishjima formula
• Conversation laws - Parity, Baryon Number, Lepton number conserved or not, reaction possible or not
• Classification of Elementary Particles

Note: Apart from these topics, questions are also likely to appear from Dirac Delta functions, error analysis, all differential and integral formulae, and important definitions, and their formulae.