Course Webpage for PHYS-420 (2014 Spring) at SIU--Carbondale

Course Webpage for
PHYS 420: Electricity and Magnetism-II (2014 Spring)
Department of Physics, Southern Illinois University--Carbondale
Last updated: May 6, 2014. (This page is no more maintained.)

General information:
- Instructor: K. V. Shajesh (Office: Neckers 491, Tel.: 453-5212)
- Class meetings: MWF 2:00-2:50PM, in Neckers 410.
- Office hours: MWF 12:00-1:00PM, TR 11:00AM-12:30PM.
- Syllabus for the course. The Provost Office has put together a Syllabus Attachment to assist the student. It lists and provides web links for many elements that are important for a student.
Grades will be posted on SIU Online (password protected).
Lecture notes:
1. Cylindrical geometry:
  1. Set 21: Modified Bessel functions.[Jan 15] (Schwinger et al., Chap 18.)
  2. Set 22: Free Green's function for cylindrical geometries.[Jan 17] (Schwinger et al., Chap 19.)
  3. Set 23: Green's function inside a perfectly conducting cylinder.[Jan 22]
  4. Set 24: Interaction energy of a charge inside a perfectly conducting cylinder.[Jan 24]
2. Spherical geometry:
  1. Set 25: Multipole expansion and spherical harmonics.[Jan 27, 29, Feb 3, 5]
  2. Set 26: A simple application of spherical harmonics.[Feb 7]
3. Magnetostatics:
  1. Set 27: Finite wire segment and finite solenoid[Feb 10, 12, 14]
  2. Set 28: Magnetic dipole moment[Feb 17, 21]
  3. Set 29: Ampere's law[Feb 24, 26]
  4. Set 30: Magnetic energy[Feb 28, Mar 5]
4. Electrodynamics:
  1. Set 31: Retarded Green's function [Mar 7]
  2. Set 32: Retarded Green's function - Solution [Mar 17]
  3. Set 33: Potentials and fields due to point charge moving with constant speed[Mar 19, 21]
  4. Set 34A: Review of Lorentz transformations[Mar 24]
  5. Set 34B: Electrodynamics in 4-vector notation[Apr 7]
  6. Set 35: Fields confined on a plane for relativistic particles (not ready)[Mar 31]
5. Radiation:
  1. Set 36: Asymptotic potentials and fields [Apr 9, 11]
  2. Set 37: Angular distribution of radiated power, Larmor formula, dipole radiation[Apr 14, 16]
  3. Set 38: Spectral distribution of radiation[Apr 21, 23]
  4. Set 39: Cerenkov radiation[Apr 25, 28]
6. Scattering:
  1. Set 40: Green's dyadic [Apr 30]
  2. Set 41: Rayleigh scattering [May 2]
Homeworks:
1. Homework set No. 01 (Bessel functions.) [Solution]
2. Homework set No. 02 (Spherical harmonics.) [Solution]
3. Homework set No. 03 (Magnetostatics.) [Solution]
4. Homework set No. 04 (Ampere's law.) [Solution]
5. Homework set No. 05 (Retarded Green's function.) [Solution]
6. Homework set No. 06 (Electrodynamics in four-vector notation.) [Solution]
7. Homework set No. 07 (Radiation.)
Exams:
1. Midterm Exam No. 01 and [Solution]
2. Take-Home Exam No. 01 and [Solution]
3. Midterm Exam No. 02 and [Solution]
4. Take-Home Exam No. 02
5. Final Exam and [Solution]

More information:

Textbook: Introduction to Electrodynamics, 4th Edition, by David J. Griffiths.
References:
- Course webpage for 2013 Fall.
- Classical Electrodynamics, by J. Schwinger, L. L. DeRaad, Jr., K. A. Milton, and Wu-yang Tsai.
- Electromagnetic Theory, by J. A. Stratton.
- Classical Electrodynamics, by J. D. Jackson.
Evaluation:

Homework 30%

Take-Home Exams (2x10%) 20%

Midterm Exams (2x15%) 30%

Final Exam 20%

Exam schedule:

Midterm Exam I --- February 19 (Wednesday, 6:00pm-8:00pm)

Midterm Exam II --- April 2 (Wednesday, 6:00pm-8:00pm)

Final Exam --- May 6 (Tuesday, 5:50pm-7:50pm)

Last updated on May 6, 2014 (and is no more maintained) by K V Shajesh (kvshajesh@gmail.com).

Homework	30%
Take-Home Exams (2x10%)	20%
Midterm Exams (2x15%)	30%
Final Exam	20%

Midterm Exam I	---	February 19 (Wednesday, 6:00pm-8:00pm)
Midterm Exam II	---	April 2 (Wednesday, 6:00pm-8:00pm)
Final Exam	---	May 6 (Tuesday, 5:50pm-7:50pm)