Fall 2020 - PHYS 421 D100

Electromagnetic Waves (3)

Class Number: 1028

Delivery Method: Remote

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Mon, Wed, Fri, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 12, 2020
    Sat, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    PHYS 321 (no substitution); PHYS 255 or ENSC 380, both with a minimum grade of C-.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

A continuation of PHYS 321: properties of electromagnetic waves and their interaction with matter. Transmission lines and waveguides; antennas, radiation and scattering; propagation of electromagnetic waves in free space and in matter; reflection and refraction at boundaries; polarization, interference and diffraction. Quantitative.

COURSE DETAILS:

Calendar Detail: The primary goal of this course is to provide students with analytical skills for successfully attacking theoretical problems in electricity and magnetism and establishing the major physical conclusion.

Course Outline:  

Ch 7: Review of Maxwell’s equations in vacuum and media with static and time varying fields.Ch 8: Conservation law of charge, energy, momentum, angular momentum.

Ch 9: Electromagnetic waves - wave equation, reflection, transmission, wave-guides, transmission line.

Ch 10-11: Potentials and Radiation - scalar and vector potential, dipole radiation, point charge, antenna.

Course delivery:
In Physics 421, students interact with the instructor, course materials and other students completely online: meet online at a specified time using Canvas tool. The attendance of the lectures and tutorials is necessary. The attendance of the exam and quiz is mandatory.

Lecture: synchronous
Tutorial: synchronous
Quiz: synchronous; date: TBA
Exam: synchronous; date: TBA (Final exam period is Dec 9-20)

Grading

  • Midterm(s): synchronous, during class time 30%
  • Final exam : synchronous, Date TBD 40%
  • Quizzes: , synchronous, during class time 15%
  • Homework 15%

NOTES:

Grading Guidelines: Exams, quizzes, and homework are based on material in the textbook and lecture note. These are posted online on Canvas. Students must upload the scanned answer sheets to Canvas.

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Required text: David J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics (4th edition).

Recommended reading lists: J. D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics; L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Classical Theory and Magnetism.

*Students can purchase textbooks from online retailers if e-book not available at SFU Bookstore.

Required resources: Participation in synchronous Physics 421 course requires students to have reliable high-speed internet access and a computer quipped with camera and microphone.

Department Undergraduate Notes:

Students who cannot write their exam during the course's scheduled exam time must request accommodation from their instructor in writing, clearly stating the reason for this request, before the end of the first week of classes.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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TEACHING AT SFU IN FALL 2020

Teaching at SFU in fall 2020 will be conducted primarily through remote methods. There will be in-person course components in a few exceptional cases where this is fundamental to the educational goals of the course. Such course components will be clearly identified at registration, as will course components that will be “live” (synchronous) vs. at your own pace (asynchronous). Enrollment acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the internet. In some cases your instructor may use Zoom or other means requiring a camera and microphone to invigilate exams. If proctoring software will be used, this will be confirmed in the first week of class.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).