Electrodynamics Lectures

Spring, 2005

Detailed Lecture Outline

Monday,March 28, Helmholtz Theorem, Jackson 5 - Energy in a magnetic Field, Faraday's Law of Induction and Chapter 6.
- Hand-out: Syllabus
Wednesday, March 30, Chapter 6, Displacement Current and Maxwell's Equations
Friday, April 1, Chapter 6, Green's function for the wave equation
- Hand-out: Problem Set 1 - Due: April 8, 2005
Monday, April 4, Chapter 6, Conservation laws
Wednesday, April 6, Chapter 6, Monopoles
Friday, April 8, Chapter 7 General Solution to Wave Equation
- Problem Set 1 Delayed to Monday, April 11
- Hand-out: Problem Set 2 - Due: April 22, 2005
Monday, Monday, April 11, Chapter 7 Reflections
- Problem Set 1 Due
Wednesday, April 13 - No Class
Friday, April 15 - Tax Day - No Class
Monday, April 18, Chapter 7 TIR reflections
Wednesday, April 20, Chapter 7, Frequency Dependent Dielectrics
Friday, April 22, Chapter 7, Dispersion Relations and Chapter 8, Introduction to Wave Guides
- Problem Set 2 Due
- Hand-out: Problem Set 3 - Due: April 29, 2005
- Bonus Lecture - Pulse Precursors
  - Bonus Lecture Pulse Precursors
  - Mathematica Notebook
Monday,April 25, Chapter 8 Wave Guides
Wednesday, April 27, Chapter 8 TEM Mode - Coaxial Cables
Friday, April 29, Chapter 8 TM mode and TE mode
- Problem Set 3 Delayed until Monday, May2
- Hand-out: Problem Set 4 - Due: May 6, 2005
- Bonus Lecture Ellipitical Wave Guide
- Mathematica Examples
  - Rectangular Wave Guide
  - Circular Wave Guide
  - Ellipitical Wave Guide
- Monday, May 2, Chapter 8 - Power Transmission, Optical Wave Guides
  - Problem Set 3 Due
  - Dielectric Wave Guide
- Wednesday, May 4, Chapter 8 - Resonant Cavities and Real Conductors in Wave Guides
- Friday, May 6, Chapter 8 - Antennae, Obstructions, Impedence Mismatches in Guides
  - Problem Set 4 Delayed until May 11
- Monday, May 9, Chapter 9 Spherical Radiation
- Wednesday, May 11, Midterm, Chapters 6-8 Note new day
  - Problem Set 4 Due
- Friday, May 13, Chapter 9, Multipoles
- Monday, May 16, Chapter 9, Spherical Multipoles
- Wednesday, May 18, Chapter 9, Spherical Multipoles (cont.)
  - X functions
- Friday, May 20, Chapter 11, Spherical Multipoles (cont.)
  - Problem Set 5 - Due May 27, 2005
- Monday, May 23, Chapter 11, Special Relativity
- Wednesday, May 25, Chapter 11, Special Relativity for Electrodynamic Quantities
- Friday, May 27, Chapter 12, E&M Quantities (cont.)
  - Problem Set 5 Due
  - Problem Set 6 - Double Problem Set - Due at final exam.
- Monday, May 30, Memorial Day -- No Class
- Wednesday, June 1, Chapter 12, Field Theory
- Friday, June, 3, Chapter 12, Field Theory (cont.), Complex Scalar Fields, Lagrangian for Electromagnetic Fields, and Gauge Invariance
- Monday, June 6, 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm -- Final Exam
  - Problem Set 6 Due.
Randy Johnson