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PHY 415: Electromagnetic Theory I
Prof. S. Teitel stte@pas.rochester.edu ---- Fall 2013
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MIDTERM EXAM 2:00-3:30 in BL 375
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lecture 17
Examples, point charge in a dielectric sphere
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lecture 18
Bar magnets, electromagnetism and conservation of energy, electromagnetic energy density, Poynting vector, conservation of momentum
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lecture 19
Maxwell stress tensor, force on a conducting surface, Capacitance matrix, inductance matrix, electromagnetic waves in a vacuum
supplement
Force, torque, and interaction energy for electric and magnetic dipoles in an external field
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lecture 20
Electromagnetic waves in a vacuum, energy and momentum in electromagntic waves, frequency dependent atomic polarizability
HW 5 due
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lecture 21
Frequency dependent dielectric function, electromagnetic waves in a dielectric: transparent propagation, resonant absorption, total reflection
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lecture 22
Electromagnetic waves in conductors: frequency dependent conductivity, low frequency "good" conductors, skin depth, high frequencies, longitudinal modes and plasma oscillations
HW 6 due
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lecture 23
Linear, circular and elliptical polarization, waves at interfaces, angles of incidence, reflection and transmission, Snell's law, total internal reflection
2-3:15 in BL 375
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lecture 24
Snell's law for dissipative media, coefficient of reflection, total reflection, Brewster's angle
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lecture 25
Kramers-Kronig relation, Green's function for the wave equation, Lienard-Weichert potentials for a moving charged particle
Thanksgiving break begins at noon
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Thanksgiving break
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Thanksgiving break
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