PHYSICS 342 SPRING 1996 Instructor: Ralph Minehart, Room 165, Physics Building (New Addition) Office hours: Wed: 1:00-3:45 p.m. Lecture: 10:00 - 10:50 a.m., MWF. Physics Building, Room 205. TEXT: Introduction to Electrodynamics, 2nd Ed., by David J. Griffiths Important Information and Rules Your final grades will be determined by: 40% 50-minute exams 20% Homework problems 40% Final exam NO make-up exams or late pledged problem sets will be acceptable. With a valid reason given before a particular exam or due date of the pledged set, the rest will be averaged. Without a valid reason, the grade given will be a zero. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ SYLLABUS _____________________________________________________________________________ Lecture| Date | Text | Topics ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | Jan. 17 | 2.1 | Introduction, electrostatic field 2 | 19 | 2.2 | Gauss's Law 3 | 22 | 2.3 | Electric Potential 4 | 24 | 2.3 | Electric Potential 5 | 26 | 2.4 | Work and energy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 | 29 | 2.5 | Conductors 7 | 31 | 3.1 | Laplace's Equation 8 | Feb. 2 | 3.1 | Laplace's Equation, Numerical solution 9 | 4 | 3.2 | Method of Images 10 | 7 | 3.3 | Separation of Variables, Cartesion Coor. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 | 9 | 3.3 | Separation of Variables, Rectangular Coordinates 12 | 12 | 3.4 | Multipole Expansion 13 | 14 | 4.1 | Polarization of matter 14 | 16 | 4.2 | Field inside a dielectric 15 | 19 | 2,3 | EXAM I ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 | 21 | 4.3 | Displacement Vector 17 | 23 | 4.4 | Linear dielectrics 18 | 26 | 4.4 | Linear dielectrics 19 | 28 | 5.1 | Lorentz Force 20 | March 1 | 5.2 | Biot-Savart Law ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 | 4 | 5.3 | Ampere's Law 22 | 6 | 5.3 | Ampere's Law |Mar.7-17 | | Spring Break 23 | 18 | 5.4 | Magnetic Vector Potential 24 | 20 | 5.4 | Examples 25 | 22 | 6.1 | Magnetization ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 | 25 | 6.1 | Magnetization 27 | 27 | 6.2 | Field of magnetized matter 28 | 29 | 4,5 | EXAM II 29 | April 1 | 6.3 | The H field 30 | 3 | 6.4 | Ferromagnetism ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 | 5 | 7.1 | Electromotive Force 32 | 8 | 7.2 | Faraday's Law 33 | 10 | 7.3 | Maxwell's Equations 34 | 12 | 7.3 | Maxwell's Equations 35 | 15 | 7.4 | Vector Potential ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 | 17 | 7.4 | Gauges, Lorentz Force 37 | 19 | 7.5 | Energy and Momentum 38 | 22 | 8.1 | Mathematical description of waves 39 | 24 | 8.2 | Electromagnetic waves 40 | 26 | 8.2 | Electromagnetic waves in non-conductors ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41 | 29 | 8.3 | Electromagnetic waves in conductors ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final | May 3 | 2-8.2| Final Test, 9:00 - 12:00 AM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------