Physics 942: Electromagnetic Theory II, Fall 2016
This web page: http://mhd.sr.unh.edu/~jraeder/PHYS942-F2016.html
Topics:
Prerequisites:
Enrollment in a CEPS graduate program or by permission.
Instructor:
Venue:
MWF, 11:10 - 12:00 251 DeMeritt
Communication:
Via e-mail and through this web page. Check often.
Office Hours:
T, 10-12am, or by appointment.
Textbooks:
Other texts:
'Backups'
'Classics'
'Relativity first'
For Students with Disabilities:
Students who require some
accommodation by the instructor because of a disability must contact
as early as possible the instructor and
document the disability through the ACCESS Office.
Any requests for special considerations relating to
attendance, pedagogy, homework, etc., must be discussed with and
approved by the instructor. In cooperation with the DRC, course
materials can be provided in alternative formats (for example, large print,
audio, diskette, or Braille). (ACCESS Office, 118 Memorial Union
Building, Voice/TTY: 603-862-2607 Fax: 603-862-4043.)
Your academic success in this course is very important to me.
If, during the semester, you find emotional or mental health issues are affecting that success,
please contact the University’s (http://www.unhcc.unh.edu/) Counseling Center
(3rd floor, Smith Hall; 603 862-2090/TTY: 7-1-1),
which provides counseling appointments
and other mental health services.
Grading:
Due dates will be announced with the homework and posted on this site.
Homework must either be handed in during class or dropped off into the mailbox in front of my office (245G Morse).
Homework that is not turned in by the due date will lose 10 points,
after 1 weeks 30 points, and after 2 weeks it will no longer be accepted. I mean it!
Make sure to write your name on each sheet that you turn in.
A note on cheating:
The solutions to many textbook problems can now be found on the web,
so it is very tempting to copy those solutions.
However, if you can find them, I can find them.
Also beware that some of these solutions have errors or inaccuracies that make them easy to spot!
If I suspect that a solution has been copied I will give zero points.
It is then up to the student to show me that her/his solution is original.
All assignments can be done in groups of at most 3 students.
Group work is encouraged. Write down the names of your group partners
at the top of the first sheet of your submission.
If you work in a group, turn in only one copy!
Tentative schedule:
Prof. Joachim (Jimmy) Raeder Space Science Center University of New Hampshire 8 College Road Durham, NH 03824-3525 Office: 245G Morse Hall Phone: 603-862-3412 Fax: 603-862-3584 E-Mail: J.Raeder@unh.edu Web: Physics Department EOS page Research page
Wed, 2016-08-31 Poynting flux, momentum (Jackson 6.6-9) Homework: F2016-hw01.pdf
Fri, 2016-09-02 OFF/comp
Wed, 2016-09-07 Plane waves (Jackson 7.1-2)
Fri, 2016-09-09 Reflection/Refraction (Jackson 7.3)
Wed, 2016-09-14 Dispersion, plasma frequency(Jackson 7.5)
Fri, 2016-09-16 resonant absorption, ionosphere(Jackson 7.8)
Wed, 2016-09-21 Magnetized plasma waves (Jackson 7.6)
Fri, 2016-09-23 Waveguides (Jackson 8.1)
Wed, 2016-09-28 TE/TM modes (Jackson 8.3-4) Homework: F2016-hw03.pdf
Fri, 2016-09-30 Energy flow in waveguides (Jackson 8.5)
Wed, 2016-10-05 Radiation (Jackson 9.1)
Fri, 2016-10-07 Electric dipole radiation (Jackson 9.2)
Wed, 2016-10-12 OFF
Fri, 2016-10-14 Center dipole antenna (Jackson 9.4) Homework: F2016-hw04.pdf
Wed, 2016-10-19 OFF/travel
Fri, 2016-10-21 OFF/travel
Tue, 2016-10-25 MIDTERM-->18:40-21:30
Wed, 2016-10-26 Thompson scattering (Jackson 14.8)
Fri, 2016-10-28 Special relativity, time dilation, space contraction (Jackson 11.1-2, Griffiths 12.1)
Wed, 2016-11-02 Velocity addition (Jackson 11.4)
Fri, 2016-11-04 relativistic momentum and energy (Jackson 11.5)
Wed, 2016-11-09 OFF/travel
Fri, 2016-11-11 OFF/travel
Wed, 2016-11-16 metric tensor, Space-Time (Jackson 11.6, Charap 2.x)
Fri, 2016-11-18 Matrix formulation (Jackson 11.7)
Wed, 2016-11-23 OFF/T-day
Fri, 2016-11-25 OFF/T-day
Wed, 2016-11-30 Conservation laws (Jackson 12.10, Melia 5.5)
Fri, 2016-12-02 Relativistic particle-field Lagrangian/Hamiltonian (Jackson 12.1, Melia 6.1-2)
Wed, 2016-12-07 Lienard-Wiechert potentials (Jackson 14.1, Melia 7.1-2)
Fri, 2016-12-09 Radiation from moving charge, synchrotron radiation (Jackson 14.2, Melia 7.3)