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Course Outlines

Fall 2015 - PHYS 821 G100

Advanced Electromagnetism I (3)

Class Number: 5117

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2015: Mon, Wed, Fri, 4:30–5:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    PHYS 421 or equivalent.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Advanced topics in classical electromagnetic theory: review of Maxwell's equations in free space and in macroscopic media, with applications in contemporary research; relativistic unification of electromagnetism; Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods in electromagnetism.

COURSE DETAILS:

 
1) Electrostatics: boundary value problems, Green functions, dielectrics
2) Magnetostatics: fields for a given current distribution, dia-para-ferro-magnetism, superconductivity
3) Time—varying fields: gauge invariance, Poyntings theorem, conservation of linear and angular momentum
4) Plane Electromagnetic Waves: propagation in different types of media at different wavelengths
5) Electromagnetism and relativity: Lorentz transformation, covariant formulation of electromagnetism
6) Simple radiating systems, radiation by moving charges
7) Magnetohydrodynamics and other topics, if time allows

Grading

  • Homework 50%
  • Midterm exams 15%
  • Final exam 35%

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Recommended texts:
* The Classical Electromagnetic Field [Paperback] Author: Leonard Eyges 
* Classical Electrodynamics 3rd edition Author: Jackson

Graduate Studies Notes:

Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.

Registrar Notes:

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