| MWF 9-9:50 AM | OPL 107 | http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/s05phy712/ |
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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01-12 (Wed)
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Chap. I and 1
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Introduction and Units
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01-14 (Fri)
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Chap. 1 | Poisson Equation | |
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01-17 (Mon)
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No class | MLK holiday | |
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01-19 (Wed)
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Chap. 1 | Green's theorem | |
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01-21 (Fri)
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Chap. 1 | Ewald summation methods | |
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01-24 (Mon)
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Chap. 1 | Electrostatic energy | |
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01-26 (Wed)
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Chap. 2 | Image potentials | |
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01-28 (Fri)
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Chap. 2 | Orthogonal function expansions | |
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01-31 (Mon)
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Chap. 2 | Numerical solutions of Poisson equation | |
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02-02 (Wed)
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Chap. 2 | Numerical solutions of Poisson equation | |
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02-04 (Fri)
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no class | ||
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02-07 (Mon)
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Chap. 3 | Poisson and Laplace equation in 3 dimensions | |
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02-09 (Wed)
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Chap. 3 | Cylindrical geometry | |
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02-11 (Fri)
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Chap. 4 | Multipole moments | |
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02-14 (Mon)
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Chap. 4 | Multipole moments | |
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02-16 (Wed)
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Chap. 4 | Dielectric media | |
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02-18 (Fri)
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Chap. 4 | Clausius-Mossotti relation | |
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02-21 (Mon)
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Chap. 5 | Vector potentials | |
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02-23 (Wed)
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Chap. 5 | Magnetic hyperfine interaction | |
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02-25 (Fri)
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Chap. 5 | Magneto-statics | |
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02-28 (Mon)
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Chap. 5 | Magneto-statics | |
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03-02 (Wed)
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Chap. 6 | Maxwell's Equations | |
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03-04 (Fri)
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Chap. 6 | Maxwell's Equations | |
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03-07 (Mon)
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No class | Spring break | |
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03-09 (Wed)
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No class | Spring break | |
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03-11 (Fri)
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No class | Spring break | |
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03-14 (Mon)
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Chap. 6 | Maxwell's equations | |
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03-16 (Wed)
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Chap. 6 | Field energy and momentum | |
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03-18 (Fri)
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Chap. 6 | Liénard-Wiechert potentials | |
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03-21 (Mon)
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No class | March APS meeting | |
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03-23 (Wed)
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No class | March APS meeting | |
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03-25 (Fri)
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No class | Good Friday | |
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03-28 (Mon)
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Chap. 7 | Electromagnetic plane waves | |
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03-30 (Wed)
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Chap. 7 | Fresnel Equations | |
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04-01 (Fri)
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Chap. 7 | Kramers-Kronig relations | |
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04-04 (Mon)
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Chap. 8 | Wave guides | |
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04-06 (Wed)
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Chap. 8 | Wave guides | |
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04-08 (Fri)
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Chap. 11 | Special relativity | |
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04-11 (Mon)
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Chap. 11 | Special relativity | |
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04-13 (Wed)
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Chap. 11 | Special relativity | |
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04-15 (Fri)
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Chap. 14 | Radiation from moving charges | |
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04-18 (Mon)
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Chap. 14 | Radiation from moving charges | |
04-20 (Wed)
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Chap. 14 | Radiation from moving charges | |
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04-22 (Fri)
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Chap. 9 | Radiation from harmonic sources | |
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04-25 (Mon)
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Presentations | ||
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04-27 (Wed)
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Presentations |