Saurish Chakrabarty Physicist

Hello, this is Saurish Chakrabarty. I am a physicist and teach at Acharya Prafulla Chandra College. Welcome to my webpage. Below are links to some of my recent posts. Some information about me and my teaching and research interests can be found in the links below the header.


Recent Posts


Digital Circuits

Digital versus Analog In analog circuits, the inputs and outputs can take a continuous range of values. In digital circuits, the inputs and outputs can be in two possible states, interpreted as {0, 1} or {on, off} or {true, false}. Note: In general, if a variable, $x$, can take one of two different values, say, $a$ and $b$, then, it can be line... Read more

Digital Circuits Syllabus

Difference between Analog and Digital Circuits Binary Numbers: Decimal to Binary and Binary to Decimal Conversion AND, OR and NOT Gates (Realization using Diodes and Transistor) NAND and NOR Gates as Universal Gates XOR and XNOR Gates De Morgan’s Theorems Boolean Laws Simplification of Logic Circuit using Boolean Algebra Funda... Read more

Basic Physics of Fluids

Distinction between Solids and Fluids When we interact with a solid (apply a force on it), it bends (deforms/changes shape) – the amount of deformation depends on the force. When we apply a force on a fluid, it flows – its deformation increases with time. Definition A fluid is a material in which small (suitably chosen) forces can change the re... Read more

Fluid Mechanics

Syllabus Basic physics of fluids the continuum hypothesis concept of fluid element or fluid parcel definition of a fluid shear stress Fluid properties viscosity thermal conductivity mass diffusivity other fluid properties equation of state Flow phenomena ... Read more

Systems of Many Fermions

The most common system of many fermions is a metal. A metal can be thought of as a gas of electrons and following Sommerfeld’s approach, we will discuss some of the properties of an electron gas. We will focus on the non-interacting Fermi gas, commonly known as the ideal Fermi gas. The value of the chemical potential at $T=0$ is known as the ... Read more