Physics 402
Fall 2013

Electromagnetism II: time-dependent electromagnetic fields 

Course Materials:

• Week 0: 8/29                  Review of Electrostatics & Magnetostatics
  Physics 402 syllabus
  Introductory Overheads (August 29, 2013)
  
  
• Week 1: 9/3-9/5            Introduction to Electrodynamics
  Problem Set 1 (due Thursday, September 12, 2013)
  
  
• Week 2: 9/10-9/12              Maxwell's Equations & Conservation Laws in Electromagnetism
  Problem Set 2 (due Thursday, September 19, 2013)
  
  
• Week 3: 9/17-9/19          Electromagnetic Waves
  Problem Set 3 (due Thursday, September 26, 2013)
  
  
• Week 4: 9/24-9/26          Intro to Optics: Electromagnetic Waves in Mattter
  Problem Set 3 (due Thursday, October 3, 2013)
  
  
• Week 5: 10/1-10/3          Optics -- continued
  Problem Set 5 (due Thursday, October 10, 2013.)
  Overheads for October 1-3, 2013 covering p-polarized reflection and transmission, as well as Brewster's angle.
  
  
• Week 6: 10/8-10/10          EM waves in conductors
  Problem Set 6 (due Thursday, October 31, 2013)
  
  
• Week 7: 10/17                EM Cavities and Resonators
  Midterm date has been set for Tuesday, October 22, 2013.
  
  
• Week 8: 10/22-10/24      Transmission Lines
  Midterm: Tuesday, October 22, 2013.
  
  
• Week 9: 10/29-10/31      Electrodynamic Potentials
  Problem Set 7 (due Thursday, November 7, 2013)
  
  
• Week 10: 11/5-11/7        EM fields of charges in motion
  Problem Set 8 (due Thursday, November 14, 2013)
  
  
• Week 11: 11/12-11/14          Dipole Radiation, Synchroton Radiation, and Radiation Reaction
  Problem Set 9 (due Tuesday, November 26, 2013)
  
  
• Week 12: 11/19-11/21          Scalar Diffraction Theory
  No class on Thursday, November 21, 2013.
  The substitute class will be held on Monday, November 25, 2013 at 5-6:20 pm.
  
  
• Week 13: 11/25-11/26          Lorentz Transformations of 4-Vectors
  Problem Set 10 (due Friday, December 6, 2013)
  
  
• Week 14: 12/3-12/5          Covariant Formulation of Electrodynamics
  
  
• Thursday, December 12, 2013:       Final Exam, 9am-noon, Small Hall 233