Spring Term, 1999
Lecture: 9:50-11:00 MWF, Youngchild 90
Professor: Matthew R. Stoneking
Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 2:30 - 4:30
Develops and explores Maxwell's equations, charge and current densities, particle motions, electrostatics, magnetostatics, induction, Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, responses of matter. Prerequisites: Physics 12 and Mathematics 21.
Introduction to Electrodynamics, Second Edition, by David. J. Griffiths, Prentice Hall (Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 1989).
Electricity and Magnetism, 2nd Edition, by E.M. Purcell, McGraw-Hill (1985).
This is the 2nd volume in the Berkeley Physics Course series. It is a commonly used introductory E&M text.
Electromagnetic Fields and Waves, 3rd Edition, by Lorrain, Corson, and Lorrain, W. H. Freeman and Company (1988).
This text is an intermediate undergraduate text. An older edition is on the shelf in Y-88.
Classical Electrodynamics, 2nd Edition, by J. D. Jackson, John Wiley and Sons (1975).
This is the standard graduate level E&M text. It is a classic, but treats the subject very abstractly.
Final grades will be based on the following weighted components:
There will be two closed book, one hour midterm exams, and a comprehensive three hour final exam.
Problem sets will be assigned on a (roughly) weekly basis. Note the heavy weighting of the problem sets toward the final grade. This reflects the importance attached to completing problem assignments. You are expected and encouraged to work together on the problem sets.
This component of your grade reflects the importance of actively participating in the class. Attendance will not be taken explicitly, but you are expected to ask questions in class, respond to my questions, and show evidence of having read the textbook. Each student will also have the opportunity to present one or two problem solutions to the rest of the class some time during the term.
Week 1 Day 1 Monday 29 March Overview of the course The Laws of Electrostatics Coulomb's Law The Principle of Superposition The electric field Day 2 Wednesday 31 March Read Griffiths 2.1.1-2.2.1 (pp. 58-69). [Also begin reading chapter 1, Griffiths 1.1 (pp. 1-12)] Electric field lines Gauss' Law (integral form) Day 3 Friday 2 April Read Griffiths 2.2.2-2.2.3 (pp. 69-74) [and from chapter 1, Griffiths 1.2.1-1.2.4,1.3.1-1.3.4 (pp. 13-18, 24-33), especially the divergence and the divergence theorem] Continuous charge distributions The divergence theorem Gauss' Law (differential form) Applications of Gauss' Law Week 2 Day 4 Monday 5 April Read Griffiths 2.2.4-2.3.4 (pp. 76-86) [and from chapter 1, Griffiths 1.2.5-1.2.7, 1.3.5-1.3.6 (pp. 19-24, 34-38)] Applications of Gauss' law (continued) Electric potential Stokes' theorem and the curl of E Poisson's equation Laplace's equation Day 5 Wednesday 7 April Read Griffiths 2.3.5-2.5.4 (pp. 87-106) [and from chapter 1, Griffiths 1.4.1-1.4.2 (pp. 38-44)] Conductors Electrostatic boundary conditions Capacitance Electrostatic energy Day 6 Friday 9 April Read Griffiths 3.1.1-3.1.6, 3.3.1 (pp. 110-121, 127-136) Properties of solutions to Laplace's equation Uniqueness theorems Separation of variables (Cartesian coordinates) Week 3 Day 7 Monday 12 April Read Griffiths 3.3.2 (pp. 137-144) Separation of variables (spherical coordinates) Example: Conducting sphere in uniform E field Day 8 Wednesday 14 April Read Griffiths 3.4 (pp. 146-155) Multipole expansion Day 9 Friday 16 April Catch-up / get-ahead / problem presentation day Week 4 Day 10 Monday 19 April Read Griffiths 4.1 (pp. 160-166) [and from chapter 1, Griffiths 1.5 (pp. 45-51)] Numerical solutions to Laplace's equation Day 11 Wednesday 21 April Read Griffiths 4.2.1-4.4.1 (pp. 166-184) Polarization Bound charges Electric displacement Linear dielectrics electric susceptibility/dielectric permittivity/dielectric constant Day 12 Friday 23 April HOUR EXAM I
Week 5 Day 13 Monday 26 April Read Griffiths 4.4.2-4.4.3 (pp. 186-193) Examples of problems with dielectrics Day 14 Wednesday 28 April Read Griffiths 5.1-5.2 (pp. 202-219) The laws of magnetostatics Oersted's observation Lorentz force Magnetic field Biot-Savart law Definition of the Ampere Day 15 Friday 30 April Read Griffiths 5.3.1-5.3.2 (pp. 221-224) Current density and the continuity equation Magnetic field lines Ampere's Law Divergence of B Week 6 Day 16 Monday 3 May Read Griffiths 5.3.3-5.3.4 (pp. 225-233) Applications of Ampere's law Day 17 Wednesday 5 May Read Griffiths 5.4 (pp. 234-246) [and from chapter 1, Griffiths 1.6 (pp. 52-54)] Magnetic vector potential Multipole expansion Magnetic dipole moment A little bit of quantum mechanics Day 18 Friday 7 May Catch-up / get-ahead / problem presentation day Week 7 Day 19 Monday 10 May Read Griffiths 6.1-6.4 (pp. 255-282) Magnetization Paramagnetism, diamagnetism, ferromagnetism Bound currents The auxiliary field
Day 20 Wednesday 12 May Read Griffiths 7.1 (pp. 285-299) Example of a problem with magnetization Ohm's law, resistivity and resistance Joule heating Electromotive force Day 21 Friday 14 May Read Griffiths 7.2.1-7.2.2 (pp. 301-309) Motional emf Faraday's law Applications of Faraday's law Week 8 Day 22 Monday 17 May HOUR EXAM II Day 23 Wednesday 19 May Read Griffiths 7.2.3-7.2.4 (pp. 310-320) Inductance Magnetic energy Day 24 Friday 21 May Read Griffiths 7.3 (pp. 321-333) Displacement current Maxwell's equations Week 9 Day 25 Monday 24 May Read Griffiths 9.1.1-9.2.2 The wave equation Electromagnetic waves in vacuum Day 26 Wednesday 26 May Read Griffiths 9.3.1 Electromagnetic waves in dielectric media Index of refraction Radiation Day 27 Friday 28 May Catch-up / get-ahead / problem presentation day Week 10 Day 28 Wednesday 2 June Catch-up / get-ahead / problem presentation day Day 29 Friday 4 June Review for Final Exam Final Exam: Monday 7 June 8:30 am