Course Webpage for PHYS-520B (2014 Spring) at SIU--Carbondale

Course Webpage for
PHYS 520B: Electromagnetic Theory (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 11:00-11:50 AM, in Neckers 410.
- Office hours for instructor: MWF 12:00-1:00PM, TR 11:00AM-12:30PM.
- Office hours for Ali Abu-Nada: M 12:00-2:00PM.
- 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. Set 19: Green's function for a dielectric circular cylinder. [Jan 15]
2. Set 20: Green's function inside a perfectly conducting cylinder. [Jan 17]
3. Set 21: Interaction energy between charges and dielectrics. [Jan 22, 24]
4. Set 22: Spherical harmonics. Refer Set-25 of PHYS-420 [Jan 27, 29, Feb 3]
5. Set 23: A simple application of spherical harmonics. Refer Set-26 of PHYS-420 [Feb 5]
6. Set 24: Method of images--Conducting sphere. [Feb 7]
7. Set 25: Magnetostatics--Finite wire segment, finite solenoid. Refer Set-27 of PHYS-420 [Feb 10, 12, 14]
8. Set 26: Magnetic dipole moment. Refer Set-28 of PHYS-420 [Feb 17, 19]
9. Set 27: Rotating charged spherical shell. [Feb 24]
10. Set 28: Ampere's law. Refer Set-29 of PHYS-420 [Feb 26]
11. Set 29: Magnetic inductance and Magnetic energy. Refer Set-30 of PHYS-420 [Feb 28, Mar 5]
12. Set 30: Retarded Green's function. Refer Set-31 and Set-32 of PHYS-420. [Mar 7, 17]
13. Set 31: Potentials and fields due to a point charge moving with constant speed. Refer Set-33 of PHYS-420 [Mar 19, 21, 24, 31]
14. Set 32: Electrodynamics in 4-vector notation. Refer Set-34A and Set-34B of PHYS-420 [Apr 2]
15. Set 33: Radiation: Asymptotic potentials and fields. Refer Set-36 of PHYS-420 [Apr 9, 11]
16. Set 34: Angular distribution of radiated power. Refer Set-37 of PHYS-420 [Apr 14, 16]
17. Set 35: Spectral distribution of radiation. Refer Set-38 of PHYS-420 [Apr 18, 21]
18. Set 36: Cerenkov radiation. Refer Set-39 of PHYS-420 [Apr 23]
19. Set 37: Green's dyadic. Refer Set-40 of PHYS-420 [Apr 25]
20. Set 38: Scattering formalism. Refer Set-41 of PHYS-420 [Apr 28, 30]
21. Set 39: Light scattering from polymers. [May 2]
Homeworks:
1. Homework set No. 01 (Green's function for a dielectric cylinder.) [Solution]
2. Homework set No. 02 (Spherical harmonics.) [Solution]
3. Homework set No. 03 (Magnetostatics.) [Solution]
4. Homework set No. 04 (Magnetostatics continued.) [Solution]
5. Homework set No. 05 (Retarded Green's function.) [Solution]
6. Homework set No. 06 (Radiation fields.) [Solution]
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:

References:
- Course webpage for 2013 Fall.
- Classical Electrodynamics, by J. Schwinger, L. L. DeRaad, Jr., K. A. Milton, and Wu-yang Tsai. (Assigned texbook.)
- Electromagnetic Theory, by J. A. Stratton.
- Classical Electrodynamics, by J. D. Jackson.
- Introduction to Electrodynamics, by D. J. Griffiths.
Evaluation:

Homework 30%

Take-Home Exams (2x10%) 20%

Midterm Exams (2x15%) 30%

Final Exam 20%

Exam schedule:

Midterm Exam I --- February 21 (Friday, 6:00pm-8:00pm)

Midterm Exam II --- April 4 (Friday, 6:00pm-8:00pm)

Final Exam --- May 6 (Tuesday, 12:50pm-2:50pm)

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 21 (Friday, 6:00pm-8:00pm)
Midterm Exam II	---	April 4 (Friday, 6:00pm-8:00pm)
Final Exam	---	May 6 (Tuesday, 12:50pm-2:50pm)