Physics 7312

Electromagnetic Theory II - Spring 2011

Course Information

• Lecturer: Professor Randall J. Scalise
• Lecture meeting times and place: Tuesday and Thursday 11:00am-12:20pm in room 26 Fondren Science
• Office hours: Monday noon-1pm in room 107 Fondren Science and by appointment, see also lab 32 or 26 any afternoon until 6:00pm.
• Contact:
  • Call or leave a message at 768-2504, or
  • Leave a note in the Physics Department Office - 102 Fondren Science, or
  • send me e-mail: <scalise@smu.edu>
• Text:
  • Classical Electrodynamics by Jackson (2nd or 3rd edition)
• Lecture Notes
  • Lecture 23
  • Lecture 24
  • Lecture 25
  • Lecture 26
  • Lecture 27, Hidden Momentum
  • Lecture 28
  • Lecture 29
  • Lecture 30
  • So you thought everything about electricity and magnetism was known...
    • Black holes take light for a spin
    • How to spot a spinning black hole
    • Twisted Light Could Enable Black Hole Detection
    • Twisting of light around rotating black holes
  • Lecture 31
  • Lecture 32
  • Lecture 33
    • Green Functions
    • Optical Theorm
    • Kramers-Kronig Relation
  • Lecture 34
  • Lecture 35
  • Lecture 36
  • Lecture 37
  • Lecture 38
  • Lecture 39
  • Lecture 40
  • Lecture 41
    • Terrell rotation, video
    • The Clock Hypothesis 1
    • The Clock Hypothesis 2
  • Lecture 42
  • Lecture 43
  • Lecture 44
  • Lecture 45
  • Lecture 46
• Grading:
  • Homework 60%
  • Midterm Exam 20%
  • Final Exam 20%
• Syllabus
• Homework Assignments Due dates are strictly enforced.
  • Assignment #12: PDF due Tuesday 25 January 2011 at 11:59:59pm
  • Assignment #13: PDF due Tuesday 8 February 2011 at 11:59:59pm
  • Assignment #14: PDF due Tuesday 15 February 2011 at 11:59:59pm
  • Assignment #15: PDF due Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 11:59:59pm
  • Assignment #16: PDF due Tuesday 1 March 2011 at 11:59:59pm
  • Assignment #17: PDF due Tuesday 29 March 2011 at 11:59:59pm
  • Assignment #18: PDF due Tuesday 5 April 2011 at 11:59:59pm
  • Assignment #19: PDF due Tuesday 12 April 2011 at 11:59:59pm
  • Assignment #20: PDF due Tuesday 19 April 2011 at 11:59:59pm
    • Can Special Relativity handle accelerations?
    • The Relativistic Rocket
    • Special Relativity: Constant Acceleration
  • Assignment #21: PDF due Tuesday 26 April 2011 at 11:59:59pm
  
  
  
• Midterm Exam - Thursday 10 March 2011 in class, three questions: easy, medium, hard.
• Final Exam - Wednesday 4 May 2011, 11:30am-2:30pm in room 26 Fondren Science
• Recommended Reading:
  • Introduction to Electrodynamics by Griffiths
  • Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Phenomena by Lorrain and Corson
  • Robert G. Brown's notes

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