PHY 712 Electrodynamics

MWF 9-9:50 AM OPL 107 http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/s99phy712/

Instructor: Natalie Holzwarth Phone:758-5510Office: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 by John David Jackson (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) -- "JDJ".

It is likely that your grade for the course will depend upon the following factors:

Problem sets*

40%

Computational project

20%

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.

Course schedule

(Preliminary schedule -- subject to frequent adjustment.)
  1. Wed. Jan. 13, 1999 -- Chap. I and 1 -- Units and introduction.
  2. Fri. Jan. 15, 1999 -- Chap. 1 -- Electrostatic potential.
  3. Mon. Jan. 18, 1999 -- Martin Luther King Holiday
  4. Wed. Jan. 20, 1999 -- Chap. 1 -- Green's theorem
  5. Fri. Jan. 22, 1999 -- Chap. 1 -- Numerical methods for Poisson equation.
  6. Mon. Jan. 25, 1999 -- Chap. 2 -- Boundary value problems I.
  7. Wed. Jan. 27, 1999 -- Chap. 2 -- Boundary value problems I.
  8. Fri. Jan. 29, 1999 -- Chap. 2 -- Boundary value problems I.
  9. Mon. Feb 1, 1999 -- Chap. 3 -- Boundary value problems II.
  10. Wed. Feb 3, 1999 -- Chap. 3 -- Boundary value problems II.
  11. Fri. Feb 5, 1999 -- Chap. 4 -- Multipoles.
  12. Mon. Feb 8, 1999 -- Chap. 4 -- Dielectrics.
  13. Wed. Feb 10, 1999 -- Chap. 4 -- Dielectrics.
  14. Fri. Feb 12, 1999 -- Chap. 5 -- Magneto-statics.
  15. Mon. Feb 15, 1999 -- Chap. 5 -- Magneto-statics.
  16. Wed. Feb 17, 1999 -- Chap. 5 -- Magneto-statics.
  17. Fri. Feb 19, 1999 -- Chap. 6 -- Maxwell's equations.
  18. Mon. Feb 22, 1999 -- Chap. 6 -- Maxwell's equations.
  19. Wed. Feb 24, 1999 -- Chap. 6 -- Maxwell's equations.
  20. Fri. Feb 26, 1999 -- Chap. 7 -- Plane wave solutions.
  21. Mon. Mar 1, 1999 -- Chap. 7 -- Models of epsilon(w).
  22. Wed. Mar 3, 1999 -- Chap. 7 -- Kramers-Kronig relations
  23. Fri. Mar 5, 1999 -- Chap. 7 -- Reflectivity and refraction
  24. Mon. Mar 15, 1999 -- Chap. 8 -- Waveguides
  25. Wed. Mar 17, 1999 -- Chap. 8 -- Optical cavities
  26. Fri. Mar 19, 1999 -- Chap. 9 -- Radiating systems
  27. Mon. Mar 22, 1999 -- Independent study due to APS meeting.
  28. Wed. Mar 24, 1999 -- Independent study due to APS meeting.
  29. Fri. Mar 26, 1999 -- Independent study due to APS meeting.
  30. Mon. Mar 29, 1999 -- Chap. 9 -- Radiation
  31. Wed. Mar 31, 1999 -- Chap. 9 -- Multipole expansion
  32. Fri. Apr 2, 1999 -- Good Friday holiday
  33. Mon. Apr 5, 1999 -- Chap. 10 -- Diffraction
  34. Wed. Apr 7, 1999 -- Chap. 10 -- Diffraction
  35. Fri. Apr 9, 1999 -- Chap. 11 -- Special theory of relativity
  36. Mon. Apr 12, 1999 -- Chap. 11 -- Special theory of relativity
  37. Wed. Apr 14, 1999 -- Chap. 11 -- Special theory of relativity
  38. Fri. Apr 16, 1999 -- Chap. 14 -- Radiation from moving charges
  39. Mon. Apr 19, 1999 -- Chap. 14 -- Radiation from moving charges
  40. Wed. Apr 21, 1999 -- Chap. 14 -- Synchrotron radiation
  41. Fri. Apr 23, 1999 -- Chap. 14 -- Synchrotron radiation
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