Physics 942: Electromagnetic Theory II, Fall 2019
This web page: http://squirrel.sr.unh.edu/~jraeder/PHYS942-F2019/index.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 11-12 or by appointment
Textbooks:
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
Mon, 2019-09-02 OFF/Labor Day
Wed, 2019-09-04 Plane waves (Zangwill 16.1-4; Jackson 7.1-2); Reflection/Refraction (Zangwill 16.1-3; Jackson 7.3)
Fri, 2019-09-06 Reflection/Refraction/Polarization(Zangwill 16.1-3; Jackson 7.4) Homework: F2019-hw01.pdf
Mon, 2019-09-09 OFF/travel
Wed, 2019-09-11 OFF/travel
Fri, 2019-09-13 OFF/travel
Mon, 2019-09-16 Dispersion, plasma frequency(Zangwill, 18.1-4; Jackson 7.5); Resonant absorption, ionosphere(Zangwill 18.6; Jackson 7.8)
Wed, 2019-09-18 Group velocity(Zangwill 16.5; Jackson 7.3); Magnetized plasma waves (Zangwill 18.5; Jackson 7.6)
Fri, 2019-09-20 Waveguides, wall effects (Zangwill 19.1-2; Jackson 8.1)
Mon, 2019-09-23 OFF
Wed, 2019-09-25 Cylindrical guides (Zangwill 19.3-4; Jackson 8.2); TE/TM modes (Zangwill 19.4; Jackson 8.3-4) Homework: F2019-hw02.pdf
Fri, 2019-09-27 Energy flow/losses in waveguides (Zangwill 19.5; Jackson 8.5)
Mon, 2019-09-30 OFF
Wed, 2019-10-02 Cavity oscillations, Q-factor (Zangwill 19.6; Jackson 8.7-8)
Fri, 2019-10-04 Radiation (Zangwill 20; Jackson 9.1); Electric dipole radiation (Zangwill 20.4; Jackson 9.2)
Mon, 2019-10-07 OFF
Wed, 2019-10-09 Magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole radiation (Zangwill 20.7; Jackson 9.3) Homework: F2019-hw03.pdf
Fri, 2019-10-11 Center dipole antenna (Zangwill 20.6; Jackson 9.4)
Mon, 2019-10-14 OFF
Wed, 2019-10-16 Thompson scattering (Zangwill 21.1-3; Jackson 14.8); Rayleigh Scattering (Zangwill 21.4; Jackson 10.1)
Fri, 2019-10-18 Special relativity, time dilation, space contraction (Zangwill 22.1-3; Jackson 11.1-2, Griffiths 12.1)
Mon, 2019-10-21 Lorentz transformation (Zangwill 22.4; Jackson 11.3, Griffiths 12.1); Velocity addition (Zangwill 22.4; Jackson 11.4)
Wed, 2019-10-23 OFF
Fri, 2019-10-25 midterm
Mon, 2019-10-28 Relativistic momentum and energy (Jackson 11.5)
Wed, 2019-10-30 Co/contra variant vectors (Zangwill 22.5; Jackson 11.6, Charap 2.1 - 2.10); Field covariance, Field transformation (Zangwill 22.6; Jackson 11.9-10)
Fri, 2019-11-01 Conservation laws (Zangwill 22.7; Jackson 12.10, Melia 5.5) Homework: F2019-hw04.pdf
Mon, 2019-11-04 OFF
Wed, 2019-11-06 Relativistic particle-field Lagrangian/Hamiltonian (Zangwill 24; Jackson 12.1, Melia 6.1-2)
Fri, 2019-11-08 Field Lagrangian, MW eq from Lagrangian (Zangwill 24.5; Jackson 12.1, Melia 6.3)
Mon, 2019-11-11 OFF
Wed, 2019-11-13 Lienard-Wiechert potentials (Zangwill 23; Jackson 14.1, Melia 7.1-2) Homework: F2019-hw05.pdf
Fri, 2019-11-15 Radiation from moving charge, synchrotron radiation (Zangwill 23.3; Jackson 14.2, Melia 7.3)
Mon, 2019-11-18 OFF
Wed, 2019-11-20 Synchrotron spectrum, Bremsstrahlung (Zangwill 23.4; Jackson 14.5, 15.2, Melia 7.4)
Fri, 2019-11-22 Cherenkov radiation (Zangwill 23.7; Jackson 13.4)
Mon, 2019-11-25 Final