Physics 7312

Electromagnetic Theory II - Spring 2014

Course Information

• Lecturer: Professor Randall J. Scalise
• Lecture meeting times and place: MWF 10:00-10:50AM in room 26 Fondren Science Building
• Office hours: in room 107 Fondren Science by appointment.
• 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
  • Diffraction
    • Single-slit Diffraction, PHYS 1304 notes
    • Diffraction from a Rectangular Aperture
    • Diffraction from a Circular Aperture
  • Lecture 34
  • Lecture 35
    • Longitudinal and Transverse Wave Motion
  • 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
    • Bremsstrahlung and Synchrotron Radiation differential power Mathematica notebook
  • Lecture 46
    • Do uniformly accelerated charges radiate?
      • Rick Bradford
      • Kirk McDonald
  • Lecture 47
    • Cherenkov radiation
    • Sonic boom
  • Ponderomotive force and Wikipedia entry
• Grading:
  • Homework 60%
  • Midterm Exam 20%
  • Final Exam 20%
• Syllabus
• Homework Assignments Due dates are strictly enforced.
  • Assignment #12: PDF
  • Assignment #13: PDF
  • Assignment #14: PDF
  • Assignment #15: PDF
  • Assignment #16: PDF
  • Assignment #17: PDF
  • Assignment #18: PDF
  • Assignment #19: PDF
  • Assignment #20: PDF
    • Can Special Relativity handle accelerations?
    • The Relativistic Rocket
    • Special Relativity: Constant Acceleration
  • Assignment #21: PDF
  • Assignment #22: PDF
• Homework solutions
  
  
• Midterm Exam - Thursday 6 March 2014 in class
• Final Exam - Friday 9 May 2014, 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
• Recommended Reading:
  • Introduction to Electrodynamics by Griffiths
  • Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Phenomena by Lorrain and Corson
  • Robert G. Brown's notes
  • Electromagnetic Fields and Energy by Herman A. Haus and James R. Melcher
  • Kirk McDonald's Examples

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