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Physics 7312

Electromagnetic Theory II - Spring 2019

Course Information

Lecturer: Professor Randall J. Scalise
Lecture meeting times and place: MWF 11:00-11:50AM in room 157 Fondren Science Building
Office hours: MTWTh 12:30-2:30pm 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>
Program Objective: Students will apply their knowledge of Electromagnetism in solving physics problems.
Midterm Exam - Friday 8 March 2019 in class
Final Exam - Wednesday 8 May 2019, 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Text:
- Classical Electrodynamics by Jackson (2nd or 3rd edition)
Lecture Notes
- PHYS 7311 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 #1: PDF due Wednesday 30 January 2019 at 11:59:59pm
- Assignment #2: PDF due Wednesday 13 February 2019 at 11:59:59pm
- Assignment #3: PDF due Wednesday 27 February 2019 at 11:59:59pm
- Assignment #4: PDF due Wednesday 27 March 2019 at 11:59:59pm
- Assignment #5: PDF due Wednesday 10 April 2019 at 11:59:59pm
- Assignment #6: PDF due Wednesday 1 May 2019 at 11:59:59pm
Homework solutions
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
- Classical Electrodynamics part II by Robert G. Brown

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