General physics: electromagnetism

PHYS-201(b)

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General Physics III: Electromagnetism

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Week 1. September 7-8

Lecture 1. Course Introduction and Review of Vector Calculus (Griffiths: Chapter 1)
Lecture 2. Electric charge and Coulomb's law (Purcell: 1.1-1.3)

Week 2. September 14-15

Lecture 3: Energy of a system of charges. The Electric Field. Gauss's law and its applications. (Purcell 1.6-1.13, Griffiths: 2.1.3-2.2.3)
Lecture 4: Gauss’s law revisited. The electric potential. (Purcell 2.1-2.6, 2.8-2.10. Griffiths 2.3.1-2.3.2, 2.4)

Week 3. September 22

September 21: No class

Lecture 5. Poisson and Laplace's equations. The curl of E. (Purcell 2.11-2.17, Griffiths 2.3.3, 3.1.1-3.1.5, Griffiths 1.3.5)

Week 4. September 28-29

Lecture 6: Conductors. ( Purcell 3.1-3.4 Griffiths 2.5.1-2.5.3, 3.1.6-3.2.4)

Lecture 7: Capacitance and capacitors (Purcell 3.5-3.8. Griffiths 2.5.4)

Week 5: October 5-6

Lecture 8. Multipole expansion. Dipole moments. Purcell 10.2-10.4. Griffiths 3.4. Griffiths Figure 2.35

Lecture 9. Electric fields in matter I. Purcell 10.1,10.5-10.7.2. Griffiths 4.1-4.3

Week 6: October 12-13

Lecture 10: Electric Fields in matter II. Griffiths 4.3-4.5. Purcell 10.9-10.11
Quiz #1

Break

Week 7: October 26-27

Lecture 11: Current, continuity equation, Ohm's law. Purcell 4.1-4.3. Griffiths 5.1.3

Lecture 12: EMF, Circuits, Kirchhoff’s Rules. Purcell 4.7, 4.9-4.11

Week 8: November 2-3

Lecture 13: Magnetostatics. Lorentz force law. Griffiths 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3 Purcell 5.1, 5.2

Lecture 14. Magnetostatics. Biot-Savart and Ampere's laws. Griffiths 5.2 5.3 .Purcell 6.1,6.2.

Week 9: November 9-10

Lecture 15: Magnetic vector potential. Purcell 6.3. 11.3 Griffiths 5.4
Lecture 16: Magnetic fields in matter I. Mechanisms of magnetization. Bound currents. Purcell 11.1,11.3-11.6, 11.8. Griffiths 6.1,6.2

Week 10: November 16-17

Lecture 17: Magnetic fields in matter II. Ampere’s law in magnetized materials. Purcell 11.9-11.11 Griffiths 6.3, 6.4
Lecture 18: Electromagnetic Induction. Faraday's law. Purcell 7.3,7.5. Griffiths 7.1.3, 7.2.1, 7.2.2

Week 11: November 23-24

Lecture 19: Inductance and magnetic energy. Purcell 7.6- 7.10. Griffiths 7.2.3, 7.2.4
Lecture 20: Circuits with AC sources. Purcell Chapter 8

Week 12: December 1- December 2

Lecture 21: Maxwell’s equations. Purcell 9.1, 9.2, 9.3. Griffiths 7.3.1-7.3.3, 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 9.2.1.
Lecture 22: Electromagnetic waves. Purcell 9.4-9.5. Griffiths 9.2.2

Week 13: December 7-8

Quiz #2
Review of exam problems from last year

Week 14: December 14-15

Lecture 23: Energy and momentum carried by electromagnetic waves. Griffiths 8.1.2, 9.2.3. Purcell 9.6

Lecture 24: Special relativity. Griffiths Chapter 12. Purcell 9.7 or Review #2