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3
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4
lecture 19
Reflected and transmitted field amplitudes, coefficient of reflection, region of total reflection, reflection between two transparent media, Brewster's angle, Green's function for the wave equation
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5
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6
lecture 20
Green's function for the wave equation, radiation from a localized oscillating charge density, expansion for the vector potential
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7
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8
HW#6 due
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9
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10
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11
lecture 21
Electric dipole, magnetic dipole and electric quadrapole terms for radiation, magnetic fields in the electric dipole approximation, radiation zone
review magnetic dipoles
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12
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13
lecture 22
Electirc field, Poynting vector and radiated power in the electric dipole approximation, why is the sky blue?, magnetic dipole radiation
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14
lecture 23
Radiation from an arbitrary time-dependent charge distribution, Larmor's formula for the radiated power of an accelerated charge, radiation-reaction force, radiative decay of a classical atom
make-up lecture during workshop
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15
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16
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17
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18
lecture 24
Lienard-Wiechert potentials for a moving point charge, potentials and fields for a point charge moving with constant velocity
HW#7 due
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19
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20
lecture 25
Special relativity, Lorentz transformation, time dilation, FitzGerald contraction, simultaneity of events, proper time, proper length
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21
lecture 26
4-vectors, Lorentz transformation matrix, 4-differential, proper time interval, 4-velocity, 4-acceleration, 4-gradient, wave equation operator, 4-current, 4-potential, the field strength tensor, transformation law for E and B fields
make-up lecture 2pm in BL 372
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22
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23
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24
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25
lecture 27
Maxwell's equations in relativistic form, 4-momentum, Minkowski force, relativisitc kinetic energy, conservation of energy and momentum, the Lorentz force in relativistic form
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26
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27
lecture 28
The relativisitic generalization of Larmor's formula
last day of classes
HW#8 due
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28
reading period
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29
reading period
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30
reading period
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