Physics 382.01: Special Topics in Physics

Electricity and Magnetism : Spring 2010

Syllabus [W : P] : Schedule [W:P]: Assessable Learning Outcomes [W:P]

Announcements

 

Useful Information and Links

A page I think you'll find useful [ W : P ]

Coordinate Info:

 Cartesian

Cylindrical

Spherical

the integrator

Volume of parallelepiped

Jacobian Determinate

 

Delta Function

Animation of Fourier terms at a boundary

VRML: Laplace Equation Potential (V) solutions in Cartesian Coordinates { 1 : 2 }

 

 

xls\parplatecap-2ndlab.xls

Wave guide and resonator visualizations (Extremely well done!)

 
 

 

Notes

Week Beginning

Lecture 1-3 notes [ W : P ]

January 11
Curvilinear Unit Vectors  [ W : P ]
Spherical Coordinates [ W : P ]
Sphere of Charge by Direct Integration [ W : P ]  
Delta Function [ W : P ] January 18
Chapter 2-1 [ W : P  ]

Charged Wire [ W : P ]

Dipole Wire [ W : P ]

Charged Pipe [ W : P ]

Charged Thick Disk [ W : P ]

 
Problems

1.49 [ W : P ]

1.53 [ W : P ]

1.54 [ W : P ]

1.56 [ W : P ]

1.58 [ W : P ]

 
Divergence & Curl of Electrostatic Fields [ W : P]

Gauss's Law Review Worksheet [ W : P ]

January 25
Potential of a Point Charge : generalization


Find V by direct integration: wire : ring : disk : thick disk

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Model for V of hydrogen atom

 
Problems: 2.11:2.12:2.13:2.14:2.15

Charged Spherical Shell: E : V
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E Electrostatic BC VRML:: Normal E: Tangential E

Boundary Conditions when crossing surface charges

Electrostatic Energy Notes
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February 01
Boundary Conditions For Electrostatics

More notes on capacitances
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Problems : Child Langmuir Law  
Laplace's Equation and Solutions: 1D & 2D February 08
Simplest Laplace Boundary-Value Problems

Uniqueness and Method of Images

 
Solutions To Laplace's Equation in Higher Dimensions
Revised 2010: D:P
 
Test 1  
3D Cartesian Coordinate Solutions to Laplace's Equation February 15
Spherical Coordinate Solutions to Laplace's Equation  
Legendre Polynomials as Solutions to Laplace's Equation  
Electric Dipole Notes : Energy of electric dipole
March 01
Multipole Expansions  

Spring Break: Week of March 08
New Dipole and Polarization notes W: P

Different Versions of Biot Savart Law.doc W:P
March 15
AmperesLawReview.doc  
B from a spinning disk of charge.doc  
Current Loop 1st order : Skewed Solenoid Field Calculation March 22
Planar Spiral of Current  
Vector Potential from a segment of wire  
Vector Potential 2 March 29
J, B, A connections and boundary conditions  
Chapter 7: emf and Faraday's Law Review  
Test 2  
   
  Easter Break
Maxwell's Equations April 05
ElectroMagneticWavesPart1.doc  
ElectromagneticWavesPart2.doc  
IntegralVsDifferentialMaxwellEquations.doc

Derivation of Maxwell Wave Equations for TEM waves.doc

Hand-Waving

April 12
   

Guided Waves

 
Electric and Magnetic Fields in Linear Materials.doc  
Child-LangmuirLaw.doc April 19
Derivation of the Continuity Equation.doc  

Conductivity in the presence of free electrons.doc

Dispersion in condensed matter.doc

 
Test 3  
Electromagnetic Waves in linear Matter-normal incidence.doc

Reflection and Transmission Spreadsheet

Reflection and Transmission at other than normal incidence.doc

April 26

Last Day Of Class

April 30