Physics 504 Electricity and Magnetism II

Lecturer Prof. Heeyeon Kim                  E-mail heeyeon.kim AT physics.rutger.edu                      Office hour by appointment (online)

Time and location Mondays and Thursdays 8:30 - 9:50 via zoom (The link can be found in the course page at Rutgers Canvas). The first class is on Jan 20, 2022. 

Topics to be discussed 

1. Magnetic matters

2. Quasi-static fields

3. Waves

4. Special Relativity

5. Formal aspects of Electromagnetism (Lagrangian formulation, symmetry and gauge theory)

6. Radiation and Scattering

Main text Andrew Zangwill, Modern Electrodynamics, Cambridge University Press (Chapter 11-24) 

Further readings J. D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, E. Lifshitz and L. Landau, The Classical Theory of Fields

Grades The grades will be calculated based on home works (60%) and the final exam (40%)