PHY 712 Electrodynamics

MWF 9-9:50 AM OPL 107 http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/s11phy712/

Instructor: Natalie Holzwarth Phone:758-5510 Office:300 OPL e-mail:natalie@wfu.edu


General Information

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:

Problem sets*

35%

Presentation

15%

Exams

50%

*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.


Course schedule for 2011

(Preliminary schedule -- subject to frequent adjustment.)
   
Date
JDJ Reading
Topic
Assign.
01-12(Wed)
Chap. 1
Introduction, units and Poisson equation.
01-14(Fri)
Chap. 1 & 2
Poisson equation in 1 dimension.
01-17(Mon)
No class MKL Holiday
01-19(Wed)
Chap. 1 - 3
Green's functions for Poisson and Laplace equations.
01-21(Fri)
Chap. 1 - 3
Green's functions continued.
01-24(Mon)
Chap. 1
Electrostatic energy; Ewald summation
01-26(Wed)
Chap. 1
Finite difference and finite element methods
01-28(Fri)
Chap. 2
Finite difference and finite element methods
01-31(Mon)
Chap. 3
Poisson and Laplace equation in cylindrical coordinates
02-02(Wed)
Chap. 3
Poisson and Laplace equation in spherical coordinates
02-04(Fri)
Chap. 4
Multipole fields
02-07(Mon)
Chap. 4
Polarization fields
02-09(Wed)
Chap. 5
Magnetostatics
02-11(Fri)
No class
Begin take-home exam
EXAM
02-14(Mon)
Chap. 5
Magnetic dipole moments -- continue take-home exam
EXAM
02-16(Wed)
No class
Continue take-home exam
EXAM
02-18(Fri)
Chap. 5
Magnetization fields -- take-home exam due
02-21(Mon)
Chap. 5
Magnetostatics
02-23(Wed)
Chap. 5-6
Magnetic materials; Maxwell's equations
02-25(Fri)
Chap. 6
Maxwell's equations; Poynting Vector
02-28(Mon)
Chap. 7
Electromagnetic Plane Waves -- Reflectivity
03-02(Wed)
Chap. 7
Electromagnetic Plane Waves -- Reflectivity
03-04(Fri)
Chap. 7
Dielectric functions
 
03-07(Mon)
No Class Spring Break
03-09(Wed)
No Class Spring Break
03-11(Fri)
No Class Spring Break
 
03-14(Mon)
Chap. 7
Kramers-Kronig relations
03-16(Wed)
Chap. 7
Kramers-Kronig relations and dielectric functions
03-18(Fri)
Chap. 8
E-M modes in wave guides
03-21(Mon)
No Class March APS Meeting
EXAM
03-23(Wed)
No Class March APS Meeting
EXAM
03-25(Fri)
No Class March APS Meeting
EXAM
03-28(Mon)
Chap. 9
Radiating Systems -- (exam due 3/29/11; 9 AM)
03-30(Wed)
Chap. 9 & 10
Radiating Systems
04-01(Fri)
Chap. 9 & 11
Radiating Systems
04-04(Mon)
Chap. 11
Lorentz transformations
04-06(Wed)
Chap. 11
Lorentz transformations
04-08(Fri)
Chap. 14
Radiation from moving charges
04-11(Mon)
No Class
EXAM
04-13(Wed)
No Class
EXAM
04-15(Fri)
Chap. 14
Radiation from moving charges
EXAM
04-18(Mon)
Chap. 14
Synchrotron radiation spectra -- exam due
04-20(Wed)
Chap. 14
Synchrotron radiation spectra -- exam due
04-22(Fri)
No Class Good Friday Holiday
04-25(Mon)
Review
Review of treatments of point sources
04-27(Wed)
Review
Review of treatments of boundary value problems
04-29(Fri)
Final Exam Presentations instead of exam


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