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PHY 218: Electricity and Magnetism II
Prof. S. Teitel stte@pas.rochester.edu ---- Spring 2017
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lecture 20
Radiation-reaction force, radiative decay of a classical atom, Lienard-Wiechert potentials for a moving point charge
Supplement
The Abraham-Lorentz Equation
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lecture 21
Potentials and fields for a point charge moving with constant velocity, and for a charge accelerating
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HW #7 due
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lecture 22
Special relativity, Lorentz transformation, time dilation, FitzGerald contraction, simultaneity of events, proper time, proper length
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lecture canceled
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lecture 23
4-vectors, Lorentz transformation matrix, 4-differential, proper time interval, 4-velocity, 4-acceleration, 4-gradient, wave equation operator, 4-current, 4-potential
make-up lecture during workshop, 5pm in Hylan 105
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HW #8 due
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lecture canceled
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lecture 24
The field strength tensor Fμν, transformation law for E and B fields, Maxwell's equations in relativistic form, energy-momentum 4-vector, Minkowski force, relativisitc kinetic energy
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lecture 25
Conservation of energy and momentum, the Lorentz force in relativistic form, the relativisitic generalization of Larmor's formula
make-up lecture during workshop, 5pm in Hylan 105
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lecture 26
Lienard-Wiechert potentials in relativistic form, field strength tensor and E and B fields for a charged particle moving on an abritrary trajectory
HW #9 due
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lecture 27
Angular distribution of radiated power from an accelerating charge, non-relativistic limit, linear motion, circular motion
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