Physics 365, E&M II

M, W, F 9:55am - 10:50pm; Physics 56

Syllabus

  1. Maxwell Equations.

  2. Special relativity.

  3. Conservation laws.

  4. Electromagnetic waves.

  5. Retarded potentials.

  6. Radiation of electromagnetic waves.

 

Final Exam and Solution
 

Suggested texts

  1. Main: D.J. Griffiths, "Introduction to Electrodynamics".

  2. J.D. Jackson, "Classical Electrodynamics".

  3. L. Landau and E. Lifshitz, "The classical Theory of Fields".

  4. L. Landau and E. Lifshitz, "Electrodynamic of Continuous Media".

 

Tentative schedule

Numbers in square brackets refer to the texts above.

Week Lecture Topic Additional Reading Home Assignments
Week 1 1 Maxwell equations: A review. [1] 1-7.2, 7.3 #1 (S)
2 Maxwell equations in matter; boundary conditions. [1] 7.3; [4] 6, 29
3 Michelson and Morley experiment.
Week 2 4 Postulates of special relativity. [1] 12.1 #2 (S)
5 Lorentz transformations. Invariant interval. [2]11.1, 11.3
6 Four-vectors. Relativistic mechanics. [2] 11.3, 11.5
Week 3 7 Relativistic mechanics. Motion in a constant electric field. [3] 20 #3 (S)
8 Motion in a constant magnetic field. Tensor of the EM field. [3] 21, [1] 10.1.1, [1] 12.3
9 Lorentz transformations of electric and magnetic fields. [1] 12.3
Week 4 10 Covariant form of Maxwell equations [1] 12.3
11 Poynting's theorem [1] 8.1, [2] 6.7
12 Momentum of the EM field [1] 8.1, [2] 6.7
Week 5 13 Stress tensor [1] 8.1 #4 (S)
14 Angular momentum of the EM field [1] 8.1
15 Wave equation [1] 9.1
Week 6 16 Electro-magnetic waves in vacuum [1] 9.2, [2] 7.1, 11.3D #5 (S)
17 Electro-magnetic waves in matter [1] 9.3
18 Transmission and reflection (i) [1] 9.3, [2] 7.3
Week 7 19 Transmission and reflection (ii) Exam (S)
20 Electro-magnetic waves in conductors [1] 9.4, [2] 8.1, [4] 86
21 MIDTERM: Monday, 3/2/09
Week 8 22 Dispersion [1] 9.4, [2] 7.5, 7.8, [4] 77 #6 (S)
23 Wave guides [1] 9.5
24 Transmission lines [1] 9.5
Week 9 25 Gauge invariance [1] 10.1 #7 (S)
26 Retarded potentials [3] 62, [1] 10.2
27 Lienard-Wiechert potentials [3] 63, [1] 10.3.1
Week 10 28 Field of a moving charge [1] 10.3.2, [3] 63
29 Electric dipole radiation [1] 11.1, [3] 67, [2] 9.1, 9.2
30 Rescheduled 3/30
Week 11 31 Rescheduled 4/1 #8 (S)
10.13, 10.20, 10.25
Due: 4/2, 8am
32 Radiation power [1] 11.1, [3] 67
33 Magnetic dipole radiation [1] 11.1, [2] 9.3
Week 12 34 Quadrupole radiation [3] 67, [2] 9.3 #9 (S)
11.3, 11.4, 11.9, 11.10
Due: 4/16, 8am
35 Rescheduled 4/10
36 Radiation from a point charge [1] 11.2
Week 13 37 Radiation by an ultrarelativistic charge [1] 11.2, [3] 73 #10 (S)
11.13, 11.15, 11.17
Due 4/23, 8am
38 Rescheduled 4/15
39 Radiation by a relativistic particle in Coulomb field
Week 14 40 Antennas [2]9.4
41 Radiation reaction [1] 11.2, [3] 75
42 Radiation reaction (cont.) [1] 11.2, [3] 75
Week 15 43 Scattering of EM waves on free charges [3] 78
44 Scattering at high frequencies [3] 79,80
45 Spectral decomposition [3] 49,66

 

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