| MWF 10-10:50 AM | OPL 107 | http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/s08phy712/ |
This course is a one semester survey of Electrodyamics at the graduate level, using the textbook: Classical Electrodyamics, 3rd edition, by John David Jackson (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) -- "JDJ". link to errata
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 | Electrostatic Energy -- Ewald analysis | |
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01-21 (Mon)
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No class | MKL Holiday | |
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01-23 (Wed)
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Chap. 1 | Electrostatic Energy -- Ewald analysis | |
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01-25 (Fri)
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Chap. 1 | Solutions of the Poisson Eq. -- 1 d | |
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01-28 (Mon)
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Chap. 1 | Green's Functions | |
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01-30 (Wed)
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Chap. 2 | Green's functions and orthogonal functions | |
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02-01 (Fri)
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Chap. 2 | Method of images | |
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02-04 (Mon)
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Chap. 2 &3 | Green's functions for Poisson Eqn. continued | |
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02-06 (Wed)
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Chap. 3 | Green's functions for Poisson Eqn. -- spherical polar coordinates | |
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02-08 (Fri)
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No class | |
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02-11 (Mon)
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Chap. 1-3 | Numerical methods for solving Poisson Eqn. | |
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02-13 (Wed)
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Chap. 1-3 | Numerical methods for solving Poisson Eqn. | |
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02-15 (Fri)
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Chap. 3 | Multipole fields | |
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02-18 (Mon)
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Chap. 4 | Dielectic media | |
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02-20 (Wed)
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Chap. 4 | Displacement field and dielectric constant | |
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02-22 (Fri)
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Chap. 4 | Claussius-Mossotti relation | |
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02-25 (Mon)
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Chap. 5 | Magnetostatics | |
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02-27 (Wed)
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Chap. 5 | Magnetic Dipole Moments | |
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02-29 (Fri)
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Chap. 5 | M and H fields | |
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Chap. 5 | Magnetic boundary value problems | |
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Chap. 6 | Maxwell's Equations | |
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Chap. 6 | Maxwell's Equations | 03-10 (Mon) |
No class | Spring Break | 03-12 (Wed) |
No class | Spring Break | 03-14 (Fri) |
No class | Spring Break |
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03-17 (Mon)
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Chap. 6 | Poynting's Theorem | |
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03-19(Wed)
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Chap. 7 | Electromagnetic plane waves | |
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03-21 (Fri)
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No class | Good Friday | |
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03-24 (Mon)
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Chap. 7 | Relection and refraction of plane waves | |
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03-26 (Wed)
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Chap. 7 | Models of dielectric functions | |
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03-28 (Fri)
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Chap. 7 | Kramers-Kronig transforms | |
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03-31 (Mon)
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Chap. 8 | Wave Guides | |
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04-02 (Wed)
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Chap. 8 | Wave Guides and Cavities | |
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04-04 (Fri)
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Chap. 11 | Special Theory of Relativity | |
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04-07 (Mon)
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Chap. 11 | Special theory of relativity | |
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04-09 (Wed)
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Chap.11 | Field transformations | |
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04-11 (Fri)
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No class | Take-Home Exam | |
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04-14 (Mon)
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Chap. 11 | Radiation of a moving charge | |
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04-16 (Wed)
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Chap. 14 | Spectral analysis of radiation from moving charges | |
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04-18 (Fri)
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Chap. 14 | Synchrotron Radiation | |
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04-21 (Mon)
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Chap. 14 & 9 | Radiation and scattering | |
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04-23 (Wed)
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Chap. 9 | Radiation from frequency dependent sources | |
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04-25 (Fri)
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Chap. 9 & 10 | Rayleigh scattering | |
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04-28 (Mon)
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Chap. 9 & 10 | Antenna radiation and review |
04-30 (Wed)
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Presentations of Computational Projects |