Physics 425: Electricity and Magnetism II (Spring 2012)



Instructor: Jiong Qiu (email: qiu@physics.montana.edu); office: EPS 221, phone: 994-7253

Classes: MWF: 10:00-10:50, WIL-1116

Office hours: MF: 9-10, W: 11-12, EPS 221, or other unblocked times in my schedule

Text: Introduction to Electrodynamics by D. J. Griffiths

Final Exam: 8:00-9:50, April 30, Monday, WIL-1116

Course syllabus

Course Schedule:

Week of
Topics
Reading Assign.
Homework
Quiz
Jan 11
Jan 13
review of Maxwell's equations
time-varying fields and B.C.
Chap 2-6
Chap 7
HW set #1 -
Jan 18
Jan 20
waves
monochromatic plane EM wave properties
Chap 9.1.1, 9.2.1
9.2.2-3
HW set #2 -
Jan 23
Jan 25
Jan 27
wave energy and polarization
waves in linear media
reflection and transmission: normal incidence
Chap 9.2.3, 9.1.4
Chap 7.2.6, 9.3.1
Chap 9.3.2
HW set #3 Quiz 1
Jan 30
Feb 1, 3
normal incidence
oblique incidence
Chap 9.3.2, lecture notes
Chap 9.3.3
HW set #4 -
Feb 6, 8, 10 waves in conductors 9.4.1-2 HW set #5 Quiz 2
Feb 13, 15, 17 wave dispersion chap 9.4.3 HW set #6 -
Feb 22
Feb 24
waves between conducting plates
transmission lines
lecture notes
lecture notes
HW set #7 -
Feb 27, 29, Mar 2 wave guides Chap 9.5 HW set #8 Quiz 3
Mar 5
Mar 7, 9
retarded potentials
electric dipole radiation
chap 10.1, 10.2.1
11.1.1-2
HW set #9 -
Mar 19, 21
Mar 23
magnetic dipole radiation
radiation by continuous source
chap 11.1.3, supplemental notes
Chap 11.1.4
HW set #10 Quiz 4
Mar 26
Mar 28
Mar 30
radiation by a point charge, Larmor formula
radiation by fast moving charge
applications
Chap 11.1.4, Chap 10.3.1
Chap 10.3.2, Chap 11.2.1
lecture notes
HW set #11 -
Apr 2
Apr 4
radiation reaction
Lorentz transformation
chap 11.2.2-3
Chap 12.1
HW set #12 -
Apr 9
Apr 11
Apr 13
Lorentz transformation
Spacetime, proper velocity
relativistic mechanics
chap 12.1.3
12.1.4, 12.2.1
12.2.2-3
HW set #13 Quiz 5 on April 9
Apr 16, 18
Apr 20
transformation of electromagnetic fields
moving point charge
chap 12.3.1-2 HW set #14 Quiz 6 on April 20
Apr 23
25
27
examples of field transformation
field tensor, potentials, and force
final review
lecture notes
chap 12.3.3
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HW set #15 -
April 30, 8-9:50 am, WIL-1116 Final Exam
equation sheet
office hours:
April 27: 11am-5pm
April 28-29: by appointment
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