April

April

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lecture 19

Why is the sky blue, magnetic dipole radiation
2 3
lecture 20

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
4 5 6

7 8
lecture 21

Lienard-Wiechert potentials for a moving point charge, potentials and fields for a point charge moving with constant velocity, and for a charge accelerating

HW #8 due
9 10
lecture 22

Some comments on the electric quadrupole moment, special relativity, Lorentz transformation, time dilation, FitzGerald contraction, proper time, proper length
11 12 13

14 15
lecture 23

Simultaneity of events, 4-vectors, Lorentz transformation matrix, 4-differential, proper time interval, 4-velocity, 4-acceleration

HW #9 due
16 17
lecture 24

4-gradient, wave equation operator, 4-current, 4-potential, the field strength tensor F_μν, transformation law for E and B fields
18 19 20

21 22
lecture 25

Maxwell's equations in relativistic form, energy-momentum 4-vector, Minkowski force, relativisitc kinetic energy
23
HW #10 due
24
lecture 26

Conservation of energy and momentum, the Lorentz force in relativistic form, the relativisitic generalization of Larmor's formula
25 26 27

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lecture 27

4-acceleration, Lienard-Wiechert potentials in relativistic form, field strength tensor and E and B fields for a charged particle moving on an abritrary trajectory
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