Physics 318: Electricity and Magnetism II (Spring 2008)



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

Grader: Hector Calderon

Classes: MWF: 2:10-3:00, AJM 230

Office hours: MWF: 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, 5/9/08, Friday, AJM 230

Course syllabus

Course Schedule:

Week of
Topics
Reading Assign.
Homework
Jan 16, 18
magnetic forces, currents Chap 5.1 HW set # 1
Jan 23, 25
Biot-Savart law Chap 5.2 HW set #2
Solution (set 1 & 2)
Additional Solution for Prob.5.11
Jan 28, 30, Feb 1
Ampere's law Chap 5.3 HW set # 3
Solution (part a); Solution (part b)
Feb 4, 6, 8
magnetic vector potential Chap 5.4 HW set # 4
Solution (part a)Solution (part b)
Feb 11, 13, 15
multipole expansion; torques on magnetic dipoles
Chap 5.4, Chap 6.1
Summary of Notes for Chap 5
Review I
HW set # 5
Solution (part a)(part b)
Feb 20, 22
magnetism in matter;
Exam I: Feb 22: 2:10-3pm
Solution, Scores
Chap 6.1-2 HW set # 6
Solution
Feb 25, 27, 29
bound currents; auxiliary field, linear media Chap 6.2-6.4 HW set # 7
Solution (part a), (part b)
Mar 3, 5, 7
Ampere's law (more examples),
boundary condition,
Ohm's law
Chap 6.3-6.4
Summary of Notes for Chap6
Additional notes for Chap5-6
Review II
HW set # 8
Solution (part a), (part b)
Mar 17, 19
emf Chap 7.1
HW set # 9
Solution
Mar 24, 26, 28
induction;
Exam II: Mar 28 2:10-3pm
Solutions , Scores
Chap 7.2.1, 7.2.2 HW set # 10
Solution
Mar 31, Apr 2, 4
induced electric field (more examples), mutual inductance Chap 7.2.2-7.2.3 HW set # 11
Solution (part a), (part b)
Apr 7, 9, 11
self-inductance, magnetic energy Chap 7.2.3-7.2.4
HW set # 12
Solution (part a), (part b)
Apr 14, 16, 18
displacement current, Maxwell's equations, boundary conditions, EM waves Chap 7.3; Chap 9.1-9.2
Summary of Notes for Chap7
Review III
HW set # 13
Solution (part a), (part b)
Apr 21, 25 reflection and transmission; EM waves in conductors
Exam III: April 24 6:10-7:50pm, AJM230
Solutions, Scores
Chap 9.3.1, 9.3.2, 9.4.1, 9.4.2
HW set # 14 (up to May 2nd)
Solution
Apr 28, 30, May 2
transmission lines; final review lecture notes I, lecture notes II
Summary of Notes for Chap 9
Review IV , Equations
HW (included in set # 14)
May 9, 8-10 am, AJM 230 Final Exam
Solution , Scores