Fall 2016 - PHYS 821 G100
Advanced Electromagnetism I (3)
Class Number: 1196
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 6 – Dec 5, 2016: Mon, Wed, Fri, 4:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Andrew Debenedictis
adebened@sfu.ca
1 778 782-4369
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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:
2) Special relativity and the covariant formulation of electrodynamics.
3) Fields of moving charges.
4) Radiation of electromagnetic waves.
5) Scattering of electromagnetic waves.
6) Electromagnetism and materials, Magnetohydrodynamics.
7) Time permitting, specialized topics depending on time available and interest of students: The geometry of the Maxwell field (chains, cycles, forms and differential structure), Maxwell-Dirac system and gauge fields.
Grading
- TBA
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
Recommended texts:
1) Classical Electrodynamics, 2nd or 3rd ed., J. D. Jackson, Wiley and Sons.
2) Modern Electrodynamics, A. Zangwill, Cambridge University Press.
3) Classical Theory of Fields, 4th ed., L. Landau and E. Lifshitz, Pergamon.
4) Electrodynamics of Continuous Media, Vol.8, 2nd ed., L. Landau and E. Lifshitz, Pergamon.
5) Classical Electromagnetism in a Nutshell, A. Garg, Princeton University Press.
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