| MWF 11-11:50 AM | OPL 107 | http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/s04phy712/ |
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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01-14 (Wed)
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Chap. I and 1
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Introduction and Units
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01-16 (Fri)
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Chap. 1 | Poisson Equation | #2 |
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01-19 (Mon)
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No class | MLK holiday | |
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01-21 (Wed)
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Chap. 1 | Green's theorem | #3 |
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01-23 (Fri)
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Chap. 1 | Ewald summation methods | |
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01-26 (Mon)
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Snow | ||
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01-28 (Wed)
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Chap. 1 | Electrostatic energy | |
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01-30 (Fri)
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Chap. 2 | Image charge methods | |
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02-02 (Mon)
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Chap. 2 | Orthogonal function methods | |
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02-04 (Wed)
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Chap. 1 & 2 | Grid and Finite element methods | |
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02-06 (Fri)
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Chap. 3 | Poisson equation for spherical geometries | |
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02-09 (Mon)
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Chap. 3 | Poisson equation in cylindrical geometries | |
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02-11 (Wed)
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Chap. 4 | Multipole moments | |
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02-13 (Fri)
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Chap. 4 | Dipole fields | |
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02-16 (Mon)
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Snow | ||
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02-18 (Wed)
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Chap. 4 | Dielectric media | |
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02-20 (Fri)
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Chap. 4 | Dielectric media | |
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02-23 (Mon)
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Chap. 4 | Clausius-Mossotti equation | |
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02-25 (Wed)
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Chap. 5 | Magnetostatics | |
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02-27 (Fri)
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Snow | ||
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03-01 (Mon)
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Chap. 5 | Magnetic multipoles | |
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03-03 (Wed)
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Chap. 5 | Hyperfine interaction | |
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03-05 (Fri)
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Chap. 5 | Magnetization | |
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03-08 (Mon)
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No class | Spring break | |
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03-10 (Wed)
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No class | Spring break | |
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03-12 (Fri)
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No class | Spring break | |
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03-15 (Mon)
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Chap. 6 | Maxwell's Equations | |
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03-17 (Wed)
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Chap. 6 | Maxwell's Equations | |
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03-19 (Fri)
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Chap. 6 | Lienard-Wiechert potentials | |
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03-22 (Mon)
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No class | March APS meeting | |
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03-24 (Wed)
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No class | March APS meeting | |
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03-26 (Fri)
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No class | March APS meeting | |
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03-29 (Mon)
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Chap. 7 | Plane wave solutions to Maxwell's Equations | |
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03-31 (Wed)
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Chap. 7 | Reflectivity | |
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04-02 (Fri)
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Chap. 7 | Kramers-Kronig relations | |
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04-05 (Mon)
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Chap. 7 | Kramers-Kronig relations | |
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04-07 (Wed)
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Chap. 11 | Special theory of relativity | |
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04-09 (Fri)
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No class | Good Friday | |
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04-12 (Mon)
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Chap. 11 | Special theory of relativity | |
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04-14 (Wed)
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Chap. 11 | Special theory of relativity | |
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04-16 (Fri)
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Chap. 14 | Radiation | |
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04-19 (Mon)
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Chap. 14 | Radiation | |
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04-21 (Wed)
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Chap. 14 | Radiation | |
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04-23 (Fri)
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Chap. 14 | Synchrotron Radiation | |
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04-26 (Mon)
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Chap. 9 | Dipole radiation and antennas | |
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04-28 (Wed)
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Chap. 8 | Wave guides |