PHY 712 Electrodynamics

MWF 11-11:50 AM OPL 107 http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/s00phy712/

Instructor: Natalie Holzwarth Phone:758-5510Office:300 OPL e-mail:natalie@wfu.edu

General Information

This course is a one semester survey of Electrodyamics at the graduate level, using the textbook: Classical Electrodyamics by John David Jackson (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) -- "JDJ".

It is likely that your grade for the course will depend upon the following factors:

Problem sets*

40%

Computational project

20%

Exams

40%

*In general, there will a new assignment after each lecture, so that for optimal learning, it would be best to complete each assignment before the the next scheduled lecture. According to the honor system, all work submitted for grading purposes should represent the student's own best efforts.

Course schedule

(Preliminary schedule -- subject to frequent adjustment.)
DateJDJ ReadingTopicAssi gnment
Wed, 1/12/2000No class
1. Fri, 1/14/2000Chap. I and 1Introduction and Units #1
2. Wed, 1/19/2000Chap. 1Poisson Equation #2
3. Fri, 1/21/2000Chap. 1Poisson Equation in 2 and 3 dimensions #3
4. Mon, 1/24/2000Chap. 1Electrostatic energy #4
5. Wed, 1/26/2000Chap. 1Ewald summation methods
6. Fri, 1/28/2000Chap. 1Numerical solutions of Poisson equation #5
7. Mon, 1/31/2000Chap. 2Eigenfunction expansions #6
8. Wed, 2/2/2000Chap. 2Green's functions
9. Fri, 2/4/2000Chap. 2Finite element solution method #7
10. Mon, 2/7/2000Chap. 3Spherical harmonic expansions #8
11. Wed, 2/9/2000Chap. 3Cylindrical coordinates #9
12. Fri, 2/10/2000Chap. 4Multipole expansions #10
13. Mon, 2/14/2000Chap. 4Dipole fields #11
14. Wed, 2/16/2000Chap. 4Dielectric boundary value problems #12
15. Fri, 2/18/2000Chap. 4Clausius Mossotti relation #13
16. Mon, 2/21/2000Chap. 4Summary of Electrostatics #14
17. Wed, 2/23/2000Chap. 5Magnetostatics
18. Fri, 2/25/2000Chap. 5Vector Potentials
19. Mon, 2/28/2000Chap. 5Magnetic Dipoles
20. Wed, 3/1/2000Chap. 5Magnetic Materials
21. Fri, 3/3/2000Chap. 5Magnetostatic boundary value problems Exam 1 due
3/6-10/2000Spring break
22. Mon, 3/13/2000Chap. 6Maxwell's Equations #15
23. Wed, 3/15/2000Chap. 6Poynting Vector #16
24. Fri, 3/17/2000Chap. 6Gauge transformations #17
Mon, 3/20/2000No class Computational project
Wed, 3/22/2000No class Computational project
25. Fri, 3/24/2000Chap. 7Plane electromagnetic waves #18
26. Mon, 3/27/2000Chap. 7Reflectance and transmittance #19
27. Wed, 3/29/2000Chap. 7Dielectric function properties #20
28. Fri, 3/31/2000Chap. 7Kramers-Kronig transform #21
29. Mon, 4/3/2000Chap. 8Wave guides
30. Wed, 4/5/2000Chap. 8Wave guides #22
31. Fri, 4/7/2000Chap. 9Radiation #23
31. Mon, 4/10/2000Chap. 11Special theory of Relativity #24
32. Wed, 4/12/2000Chap. 11Special theory of Relativity #25
33. Fri, 4/14/2000Chap. 11Special theory of Relativity
34. Mon, 4/17/2000Chap. 14Lienard-Wiechert Potentials #26
35. Mon, 4/17/2000Chap. 14Lienard-Wiechert Potentials #26
36. Wed, 4/19/2000Chap. 14Radiating charges #27
37. Mon, 4/24/2000Chap. 14Radiation spectra
38. Wed, 4/26/2000Student presenations (continued)
39. Fri, 4/28/2000Chap. 14Radiation spectra and summary
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