University of New Mexico

Physics 406 Fall 2007

Electricity and Magnetism

University of New Mexico

Department of Physics and Astronomy

General Information

Syllabus

Lecture Schedule

Problem Sets

General Information

Lecture: Tues and Thurs, Physics and Astronomy, Room 184, 12:30-13:45.

Problem Session: Wed., Physics and Astronomy, Room 184, 12:00-12:50.

Instructor: Prof. Ivan Deutsch

Phys/Astro Room 24, Phone: 277-1502

email: ideutsch@unm.edu

Office Hours: Mon. 11-12

Teaching Assistant: Alexandre Baron Tacla

email: tacla@unm.edu

Office Hours: Tues. 3:30-4:30

Text:

• Introduction to Electrodynamics, Third Edition, by David Griffiths, (Required)

Other Recommended Texts:

• Electromagnetic Vibrations, Waves, and Radiation, by Bekefi and Barrett

Requirements:

• Physics 405, Math 312.
• Problem sets will be distributed in class, about once a week. Assignments will be due on in class on Thursdays. NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS will be accepted, except in special cases. Cooperation is encouraged, but final solutions should be independent.
• Homework will serve to give practice in problem solving, to reinforce concepts developed in class, as well as serve to supplement topics not covered in lecture.

Grading:

Problem Sets: 25%

There will be approximately 10 problem sets due Thursday in class.

Three Exams : 75%

I. Electrodynamics 

      A  Ohm's Law and Electromotive Force

      B  Faraday's Law, Inductance, and AC Circuits

      C  Maxwell's Equations

II.  Electromagnetic Waves 

      A.  Plane Wave Propagation in Vacuum

      B.  Polarization

      C.  Energy and Momentum in Electromagnetic Waves

      D.  Waves in matter

          (i)  Wave propagation in dielectrics and conductors

          (ii)  Microscopic theory of dispersion (Oscillator and Drude models)

          (iii)  Propagation in dispersive media, group velocity, wave packets

      E. Boundary Conditions : Laws of Reflection and Refraction

III. Radiation - The Generation of Electromagnetic Waves

      A.  Potential Formulation of Electrodynamics:  Retarded-Time Potentials

      B.  Multipole expansions

      C. Electric Dipole, and Magnetic Dipole Radiation

      D.  Scattering

V. Relativistic Electrodynamics

      A.  Lorentz Transformations, Four-vectors

      B.  Magnetism as a relativistic phenomenon

      C.  Transformations of fields

      D.  The field tensor and invariants

Problem Sets