The main objective of this course is to study the fundamental theory of classical electromagnetism.
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Electrostatics
3. Dielectrics
4. Magnetostatics
5. Electrodynamics
6. Electrodynamics in media
7. Geometric optics, interference and diffraction
8. Special Relativity
9. Electromagnetism as a gauge theory
10. Point charges and self-force.
Bibliography:
The course is mainly based on the excellent book by Robert Wald, Advanced Classical Electromagnetism (Princeton University Press, 2022).
These may also be useful:
A. Zangwill, Modern Electrodynamics (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012).
J.D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd edition (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1998).