| MWF 10-10:50 AM | OPL 107 | http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/s09phy712/ |
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. This means that students who work together on homework assignments should all contribute roughly equally and independently verify all derivations and results. Homeworks may be turned in 1 lecture past their due date without grade penalty. After that, the homework grade will be reduced by 10% for each succeeding late date.
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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 | Electrostatic Energy -- Ewald analysis | |
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01-19 (Mon)
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No class | MKL Holiday | |
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01-21 (Wed)
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Chap. 1 | Electrostatic Energy -- Ewald analysis | |
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01-23 (Fri)
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Chap. 1 | Green's Theorem | |
| 01-26 (Mon) |
Chap. 1 & 2 | Green's functions | |
| 01-28 (Wed) |
Chap. 1 & 2 & 3 | Green's functions | |
| 01-30 (Fri) |
Chap. 2 | Image potential | |
| 02-02 (Mon) |
Chap. 2 | Grid based numerical methods | |
| 02-04 (Wed) |
Chap. 2 | Finite element numerical methods | |
| 02-06 (Fri) |
Chap. 3 | Electrostatics in cylindrical geometry | |
| 02-09 (Mon) |
Chap. 3 | Electrostatics in spherical geometry | |
| 02-11 (Wed) |
Chap. 4 | Dipolar fields | Exam |
| 02-13 (Fri) |
No Class | Exam | |
| 02-16 (Mon) |
Chap. 4 | Dielectric polarization | Exam |
| 02-18 (Wed) |
Chap. 4 | Clausius Mossotti relation | |
| 02-20 (Fri) |
Chap. 5 | Magnetostatics | |
| 02-23 (Mon) |
Chap. 5 | Magnetostatics | |
| 02-25 (Wed) |
Chap. 5 | Magnetostatics | |
| 02-27 (Fri) |
Chap. 5 | Magnetostatics | |
| 03-02 (Mon) |
No class | Snow holiday | |
| 03-04 (Wed) |
Chap. 6 | Maxwell's Equations | |
| 03-06 (Fri) |
Chap. 6 | Maxwell's Equations | |
| 03-09 (Mon) |
No Class | Spring Break | |
| 03-11 (Wed) |
No Class | Spring Break | |
| 03-13 (Fri) |
No Class | Spring Break | |
| 03-16 (Mon) |
No Class | APS Meeting | Exam |
| 03-18 (Wed) |
No Class | APS Meeting | Exam |
| 03-20 (Fri) |
No Class | APS Meeting | Exam |
| 03-23 (Mon) |
Chap. 6 | Maxwell's Equations | |
| 03-25 (Wed) |
Chap. 7 | Electromagnetic Plane Waves | |
| 03-27 (Fri) |
Chap. 7 | Electromagnetic Plane Waves | |
| 03-30 (Mon) |
Chap. 7 | Model dielectric functions | |
| 04-01 (Wed) |
Chap. 7 | Kramers-Kronig relations | |
| 04-03 (Fri) |
Chap. 11 | Special Relativity | |
| 04-06 (Mon) |
Chap. 11 | Lorentz transformations for EM fields | |
| 04-08 (Wed) |
Chap. 11 & 14 | Liénard Wiechert Potentials | |
| 04-10 (Fri) |
No Class | Good Friday | |
| 04-13 (Mon) |
Chap. 14 | Radiation fields | |
| 04-15 (Wed) |
Chap. 14 | Synchrotron Radiation | |
| 04-17 (Fri) |
Chap. 14 | Synchrotron Radiation | |
| 04-20 (Mon) |
Chap. 9 | Radiation from fixed frequency sources | |
| 04-22 (Wed) |
Chap. 9 & 10 | Radiation from fixed frequency sources | |
| 04-27 (Mon) |
Presentations | Part I | |
| 04-29 (Wed) |
Presentations | Part II | |
| 05-01 (Fri) |
Final Exam | (Take Home) |