Physics 110B
Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics
Spring 2000
Tuesday, Thursday, 12:00—1:45 pm, Kerr Hall, room 283.
Instructor: Robert Johnson
Office: Nat. Sci. II, Rm 323; Phone 459-2125; Fax 459-5777
E-mail: johnson@scipp.ucsc.edu
Office hours: Tuesday/Thursday 2:30—4:00. Relatively quick questions are welcome any time, in person, by phone, or by email. Appointments are possible for special circumstances.
Course web page: http://scipp.ucsc.edu/~johnson/phy110b
TA: Paul Graham.
Discussion Section: Tuesdays, 6:30—8:00 pm, Kerr 289
Textbook: Introduction to Electrodynamics, D. Griffiths, 3rd Edition.
Exams: Midterm: Thursday, April 27, in class.
Final: Thursday, June 8, 4:00—7:00 pm.
|
Week |
Dates |
Topics |
Chapter |
Homework due |
|
1 |
Mar 28 Mar 30 |
Conservation of charge, energy and momentum. Maxwell's stress tensor. |
8 |
|
|
2 |
April 4 April 6 |
Electromagnetic waves in vacuum and in matter. Reflection and transmission. |
9.1–9.3 |
#1 |
|
3 |
April 11 April 13 |
Absorption and Dispersion. Propagation in waveguides. |
9.4–9.5 |
#2 |
|
4 |
April 18 April 20 |
Potentials and fields for continuous charge distributions. Gauge transformations. |
10.1–10.2 |
#3 |
|
5 |
April 25 April 27 |
Potentials and fields for point charges. Midterm exam |
10.3 |
|
|
6 |
May 2 May 4 |
Fields from a moving point charge. Electric and magnetic dipole radiation. |
10.3 11.1 |
#4 |
|
7 |
May 9 May 11 |
Radiation from point charges. |
11.2 |
#5 |
|
8 |
May 16 May 18 |
Radiation reaction. Special Theory of Relativity. |
11.2 12.1 |
#6 |
|
9 |
May 23 May 25 |
4-vectors and space-time diagrams. Relativistic mechanics. |
12.1 12.2 |
#7 |
|
10 |
May 30 June 1 |
Relativistic electrodynamics. |
12.3 |
|
|
11 |
June 6 June 8 |
Final Exam |
|
#8 |
Note: as I have never before taught this course, the syllabus should be considered to be tentative.