| MWF 11-11:50 AM | OPL 107 | http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/s02phy712/ |
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:
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40% |
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20% |
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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.
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Date
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JDJ Reading
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Topic
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Assign.
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01-16 (Wed)
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Chap. I and 1
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Introduction and Units
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01-18 (Fri)
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Chap. 1 | Poisson Equation | #2 |
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01-21 (Mon)
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No class | MLK holiday | |
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01-23 (Wed)
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Chap. 1 | Green's theorem | #3 |
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01-25 (Fri)
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Chap. 1 | Ewald summation methods | |
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01-28 (Mon)
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Chap. 2 | Image charges | |
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01-30 (Wed)
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Chap. 2 | Orthogonal function expansions | |
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02-01 (Fri)
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Chap. 1 & 2 | Numerical solution methods | |
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02-04 (Mon)
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Chap. 2 | Finite element method | |
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02-06 (Wed)
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Chap. 3 | Spherical Harmonic expansions | |
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02-08 (Fri)
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Chap. 3 | Cylindrical geometry | |
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02-11 (Mon)
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Chap. 4 | Multipole moments | |
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02-13 (Wed)
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Chap. 4 | Electric dipole fields | |
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02-15 (Fri)
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Chap. 4 | Dielectric media | |
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02-18 (Mon)
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Chap. 4 | Clausius-Mossotti relation | |
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02-20 (Wed)
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Chap. 5 | Magnetostatics | |
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02-22 (Fri)
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Chap. 5 | Magnetostatics | (none) |
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02-25 (Mon)
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Chap. 5 | Hyperfine interaction | (none) |
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02-27 (Wed)
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Chap. 5 | Magnetization density | (none) |
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03-01 (Fri)
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Chap. 5 | Magnetic boundary value problems | |
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03-04 (Mon)
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Chap. 5 | Magnetic boundary value problems | |
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03-06 (Wed)
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Chap. 6 | Maxwell's Equations | Project Proposal |
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03-08 (Fri)
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Chap. 6 | Maxwell's Equations | |
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03-11 (Mon)
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No class | Spring break | |
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03-13 (Wed)
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No class | Spring break | |
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03-15 (Fri)
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No class | Spring break | |
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03-18 (Mon)
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No class | March APS meeting | |
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03-20 (Wed)
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No class | March APS meeting | |
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03-22 (Fri)
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No class | March APS meeting | |
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03-25 (Mon)
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Chap. 6 | Maxwell's Equations | |
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03-27 (Wed)
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Chap. 7 | Plane Waves | |
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03-29 (Fri)
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No class | Good Friday | |
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04-01 (Mon)
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Chap. 7 | Plane waves | |
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04-03 (Wed)
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Chap. 7 | Kramers-Kronig relation | |
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04-05 (Fri)
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Chap. 7 | Dielectric functions | |
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04-08 (Mon)
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Chap. 8 | Wave Guides | |
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04-10 (Wed)
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Chap. 8 | Wave Guides | |
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04-12 (Fri)
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Chap. 9 | Antenna Radiation | |
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04-15 (Mon)
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Chap. 9 | Dipole Radiation | |
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04-17 (Wed)
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Chap. 11 | Special Relativity | |
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04-19 (Fri)
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Chap. 11 | Special Relativity | |
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04-22 (Mon)
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Chap. 14 | Radiation | |
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04-24 (Wed)
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Chap. 14 | Radiation | |
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04-26 (Fri)
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Chap. 14 | Synchrotron Radiation | |
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04-29 (Mon)
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Review | ||
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05-01 (Wed)
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Presentations |