November

November

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lecture 14

Dielectrics, polarization density, electric displacement vector D, bound surface charge density
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lecture 15

Magnetic materials, magnetization density and bound current, the magnetic field H

HW #5 due
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lecture 16

Conservation of bound charge, bound surface current, vanishing of total bound charge and bound current, boundary conditions, linear materials, electric and magnetic susceptibilities, dielectric constant, magnetic permeability, atomic polarizability and the Clausius-Mossotti equation

make-up lecture 9:45-11:00am in Georgen 108
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lecture 17

Screening of free charge, examples, a 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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MIDTERM EXAM 9:15-11:00am in Georgen 108
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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 - we did not go over this in lecture
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no lecture today!

Thanksgiving break begins at noon
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Thanksgiving break
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Thanksgiving break
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Thanksgiving break

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Thanksgiving break
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lecture 20

Energy and momentum in electromagntic waves, frequency dependent atomic polarizability, complex frequency dependent dielectric function
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lecture 21

Electromagnetic waves in a dielectric, dispersion relation, phase velocity, group velocity, normal and anomalous dispersion, transparent propagation, resonant absorption, total reflection

make-up lecture 9:45-11:00am in Morey 525
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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, linear polarization of transverse waves

HW #6 due
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