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PHY 415: Electromagnetic Theory I
Prof. S. Teitel stte@pas.rochester.edu ---- Fall 2010

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lecture 16

linear materials, dielectric constant, magnetic permeability, Cluasius-Mossotti equation, boundary condition problems, bar magnets

2 3

lecture 17

electromagnetic energy density, Poynting vector, conservation of energy

4 5 6
7 8

lecture 18

conservation of momentum, Maxwell stress tensor, force on a conducting surface, capacitance and inductance matrices

Supplement

force, torque, interaction energy of electric and magnetic dipoles

HW #5 due

9 10

lecture 19

EM waves in a vacuum, frequency dependent atomic polarizability

11 12

MIDTERM EXAM

11am - 1pm, BL269

13
14 15

lecture 20

EM waves in a dielectric, frequency dependent dielectric function, transparent propagation

16 17

lecture 21

resonant absorption, total reflection, waves in conductors, frequency dependent conductivity, skin depth

18 19 20
21 22

lecture 22

waves in conductors, high frequency, plasma oscillations, polarization

23 24

Thanksgiving break

no lecture today

HW #6 due in my mailbox

25

Thanksgiving break

26

Thanksgiving break

27

Thanksgiving break

28

Thanksgiving break

29

lecture 23

reflection and transmission of waves at an interface, Snell's law, total internal reflection

30