Physics 942: Electromagnetic Theory II, Fall 2018
This web page: http://squirrel.sr.unh.edu/~jraeder/PHYS942-F2018.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:
M, 2-3pm, or by appointment.
Textbooks:
Since 941 came with Zangwill, I'll stick with it. However, while Jackson may be a bit thin in places,
ZW has so many trees it's hard to see the forest.
I will thus not follow closely any of the books.
For relativity neither JDJ nor ZW are really satisfactory.
Other texts:
'Backups'
'Classics'
'Relativity first'
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Grading:
Homework:
Exams:
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, 2018-08-29 OFF/comps
Fri, 2018-08-31 OFF/comps
Wed, 2018-09-05 Intro, stress tensor Homework: F2018-hw01.pdf
Fri, 2018-09-07 Poynting flux, momentum (Zangwill 15.4, 15.5; Jackson 6.6-9)
Wed, 2018-09-12 Reflection/Refraction (Zangwill 16.1-3; Jackson 7.3)
Fri, 2018-09-14 Reflection/Refraction/Polarization(Zangwill 16.1-3; Jackson 7.4) Homework: F2018-hw02.pdf
Wed, 2018-09-19 Dispersion, plasma frequency(Zangwill, 18.1-4; Jackson 7.5)
Fri, 2018-09-21 Resonant absorption, ionosphere(Zangwill 18.6; Jackson 7.8)
Wed, 2018-09-26 OFF/travel
Fri, 2018-09-28 OFF/travel
Wed, 2018-10-03 Waveguides, wall effects (Zangwill 19.1-2; Jackson 8.1)
Fri, 2018-10-05 Cylindrical guides (Zangwill 19.3-4; Jackson 8.2)
Tue, 2018-10-09 Monday_schedule/backup_day
Wed, 2018-10-10 TE/TM modes (Zangwill 19.4; Jackson 8.3-4)
Fri, 2018-10-12 Energy flow/losses in waveguides (Zangwill 19.5; Jackson 8.5) Homework: F2018-hw04.pdf
Wed, 2018-10-17 Radiation (Zangwill 20; Jackson 9.1)
Fri, 2018-10-19 Electric dipole radiation (Zangwill 20.4; Jackson 9.2)
Wed, 2018-10-24 Center dipole antenna (Zangwill 20.6; Jackson 9.4)
Thu, 2018-10-25 Midterm_12:40-14:00_DEM_251
Fri, 2018-10-26 Thompson scattering (Zangwill 21.1-3; Jackson 14.8)
Wed, 2018-10-31 Special relativity, time dilation, space contraction (Zangwill 22.1-3; Jackson 11.1-2, Griffiths 12.1)
Fri, 2018-11-02 Lorentz transformation (Zangwill 22.4; Jackson 11.3, Griffiths 12.1)
Wed, 2018-11-07 OFF/travel
Fri, 2018-11-09 OFF/travel
Wed, 2018-11-14 Relativistic momentum and energy (Jackson 11.5)
Fri, 2018-11-16 Co/contra variant vectors (Zangwill 22.5; Jackson 11.6, Charap 2.1 - 2.10)
Wed, 2018-11-21 OFF/T-day
Fri, 2018-11-23 OFF/T-day
Wed, 2018-11-28 Relativistic particle-field Lagrangian/Hamiltonian (Zangwill 24; Jackson 12.1, Melia 6.1-2)
Fri, 2018-11-30 Field Lagrangian, MW eq from Lagrangian (Zangwill 24.5; Jackson 12.1, Melia 6.3)
Wed, 2018-12-05 Radiation from moving charge, synchrotron radiation (Zangwill 23.3; Jackson 14.2, Melia 7.3)
Fri, 2018-12-07 Synchrotron spectrum, Bremsstrahlung (Zangwill 23.4; Jackson 14.5, 15.2, Melia 7.4)
Fri, 2018-12-14 Final_10:30-12:30_DEM_251