Tentative schedule
Numbers in square brackets refer to the texts listed on the Course home page.
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date | Topic |
Additional Reading |
1
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1/11 | Maxwell equations. SI vs Gauss units.
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[1] 7.3 |
2
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1/13 | Index notation. |
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3
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1/15 | Maxwell equations in matter. |
[1] 7.3; [4] 6, 29; [2] 6.6 |
4
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1/20
| Michelson and Morley experiment. Postulates of special relativity. |
[1] 12.1;[2] 11.1, 11.2; [3] 1
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| 5 |
1/22
| Lorentz transformations. Invariant interval. |
[2]11.1, 11.3; [3] 2-5
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| 6 |
1/25 | Four-vectors.
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[2] 11.3,11.4; [3] 6,7
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| 7 |
1/27
| Relativistic mechanics. |
[2] 11.5 |
| 8 |
1/29 | Relativistic mechanics. |
[2] 11.5;[3]17 |
| 9 |
2/1 | Motion in a constant electric and magnetic fields. |
[2]12.2; [3]20,21 |
| 10 |
2/3 | Tensor of Electro-Magnetic field. |
[3] 23,24; [1] 10.1.1, 12.3 |
| 11 |
2/5 | Covariant form of Maxwell equations. |
[1] 12.3; [3]24
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| 12 |
2/8 | Lorentz transformations of electric and magnetic fields. |
[1] 12.3; [3]38
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| 13 |
2/10 | Poynting's theorem |
[1] 8.1, [2] 6.7, [3]31
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| 14 |
2/12 | Momentum of the EM field |
[1] 8.1, [2] 6.7
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| 15 |
2/15
| Stress tensor |
[1] 8.2 |
| 16 |
2/17
| Conservation of momentum
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[1] 8.2, 12.2
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| 17 |
2/19
| Angular momentum of the EM field |
[1] 8.2 |
| 18 |
2/22 | Wave equation |
[1] 9.1,[3]46,47 |
| 19 |
2/24 | Electro-magnetic waves in vacuum |
[1] 9.2, [2] 7.1, 11.3D |
| 20 |
2/26 | Electro-magnetic waves in matter |
[1] 9.3, [2] 7.1,7.2
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| 21 |
3/1 | Transmission and reflection
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[1] 9.3, [2] 7.3 |
| 22 |
3/3 | Fresnel's equations
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[2]7.3
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| 23 |
3/5
| Electro-magnetic waves in conductors |
[1] 9.4, [2] 8.1, [4] 86 |
| 24 |
3/8
| Dispersion |
[1] 9.4, [2] 7.5, 7.8, [4] 77 |
| 25 |
3/10
| Wave guides |
[1] 9.5,[2]8.3,8.4 |
| 26 |
3/12 | Transmission lines |
[1] 9.5 |
| | | Spring Break
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| 27 |
3/22 | Gauge invariance |
[1] 10.1 |
| 28 |
3/24 | Retarded potentials |
[3] 62, [1] 10.2 |
| 29 |
3/26 | Lienard-Wiechert potentials |
[3] 63, [1] 10.3.1 |
| 30 |
3/29 | Field of a moving charge |
[1] 10.3.2, [3] 63 |
| 31 |
3/31
| Electric dipole radiation |
[1] 11.1, [3] 67, [2] 9.1, 9.2 |
| 32 |
4/2
| Radiation power |
[1] 11.1, [3] 67 |
| 33 |
4/5 |
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| 34 |
4/7 | Magnetic dipole radiation |
[1] 11.1, [2] 9.3 |
| 35 |
4/9
| Quadrupole radiation |
[3] 67, [2] 9.3 |
| 36 |
4/12
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| 37 |
4/14
| Radiation by a point charge |
[1] 11.2 |
| 38 |
4/16
| Radiation by an ultrarelativistic charge |
[1] 11.2, [3] 73 |
| 39 |
4/19
| Radiation by a relativistic particle in Coulomb field |
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| 40 |
4/21 | Antennas |
[2]9.4 |
| 41 |
4/23
| Radiation reaction |
[1] 11.2, [3] 75 |
| 42 |
4/26
| Radiation reaction (cont.) |
[1] 11.2, [3] 75 |
| 43 |
4/28 | Scattering of EM waves on free charges |
[3] 78 |
| 44 |
4/30 | Scattering at high frequencies |
[3] 79,80 |
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