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Lecture |
Readings |
Homework |
Discussion |
Mon Aug 28 |
Lecture 1: Introduction, Conservation Laws, Poynting Vector |
Notes + Griffiths Ch. 2.4.3-4, 7.2.4, 8.1, 8.2 |
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Tue Aug 29 |
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NO DISCUSSION |
Wed Aug 30 |
Lecture 2: Conservation of Momentum, Stress Tensor I |
Notes + Griffiths Ch. 8.1, 8.2 |
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Fri Sep 1 |
Lecture 3: Stress Tensor II |
Notes + Griffiths 8.2 |
Homework 1 (Due Sep 8)
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Mon Sep 4 |
Labor Day (NO LECTURE) |
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Tue Aug 30 |
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Discussion 1
Solutions |
Wed Sep 6 |
Lecture 4: Hidden Momentum |
Notes + Griffiths 8.2 |
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Fri Sep 8 |
Lecture 5: EM Field Angular Momentum |
Notes + Griffiths 8.2 |
Homework 2 (Due Sep 15)
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Mon Sep 11 |
Lecture 6: Wave Phenomena |
Notes + Griffiths 9.1, 9.2 |
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Tue Sep 12 |
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Discussion 2
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Wed Sep 13 |
Lecture 7: EM Waves |
Notes + Griffiths 9.1, 9.2 |
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Fri Sep 15 |
Lecture 8: Energy & Momentum in EM waves |
Notes + Griffiths 9.1, 9.2 |
Homework 3 (Due Sep 22)
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Mon Sep 18 |
Lecture 9: EM Waves in Matter |
Notes + Griffiths 9.3 |
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Tue Sep 19 |
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Discussion 3
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Wed Sep 20 |
Lecture 10: Reflection & Transmission |
Notes + Griffiths 9.3 |
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Fri Sep 22 |
Lecture 11: Reflection & Transmission at Oblique Incidence |
Notes + Griffiths 9.3 |
Homework 4 (Due Sep 29)
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Mon Sep 25 |
Lecture 12: EM Waves in Conductors |
Notes + Griffiths 9.5 |
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Tue Sep 26 |
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Discussion 4
Solutions |
Wed Sep 27 |
Lecture 13: Absorption & Dispersion I |
Notes + Griffiths 9.4 |
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Fri Sep 29 |
Lecture 14: Absorption & Dispersion II |
Notes + Griffiths 9.5 |
Homework 5 (Due Oct 6)
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Mon Oct 2 |
Lecture 15: Wave guides |
Notes + Griffiths 9.5 |
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Tue Oct 3 |
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Discussion 5
Solutions |
Wed Oct 4 |
Lecture 16: Resonant Cavities |
Notes + Griffiths 9.5 |
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Fri Oct 6 |
Exam I
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Homework 6 (Due Oct 13)
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Mon Oct 9 |
Lecture 17: Transmission Lines |
Notes + Griffiths 9.5 |
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Tue Oct 10 |
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Discussion 6
Solutions |
Wed Oct 11 |
Lecture 18: Scalar and Vector Potentials |
Notes + Griffiths 10.1, 10.2 |
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Fri Oct 13 |
Lecture 19: Gauge Transformations |
Notes + Griffiths 10.1, 10.2 |
Homework 7 (Due Oct 20)
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Mon Oct 16 |
Lecture 20: Retarded Potentials |
Notes + Griffiths 10.1, 10.2 |
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Tue Oct 17 |
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Discussion 7
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Wed Oct 18 |
Lecture 21: Lienard-Wiechert Potentials I |
Notes + Griffiths 10.2, 10.3 |
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Fri Oct 20 |
Lecture 22: Lienard-Wiechert Potentials II |
Notes + Griffiths 10.2, 10.3 |
Homework 8 (Due Oct 27)
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Mon Oct 23 |
Lecture 23: EM Fields of a Moving Charge |
Griffiths 10.3, 11.1 |
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Tue Oct 24 |
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Discussion 8
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Wed Oct 25 |
Lecture 24: Electric Dipole Radiation |
Griffiths 11.1.2 |
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Fri Oct 27 |
Lecture 25: Magnetic Diplole Radiation |
Griffiths Ch. 11.1.3 |
Homework 9 (Due Nov 3)
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Mon Oct 30 |
Lecture 26: The Generalized Larmor Formula |
Griffiths 11.2 |
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Tue Oct 31 |
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Discussion 9
Solutions |
Wed Nov 1 |
Lecture 27: Radiation Reaction |
Griffiths Ch. 11.2.2 |
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Fri Nov 3 |
Lecture 28: Radiation from an Aribtrary Source |
Griffiths Ch. 11.1.4 |
Homework 10 (Due Nov 10)
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Mon Nov 6 |
Lecture 29: Special Relativity |
Griffiths Ch. 12 |
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Tue Nov 7 |
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Discussion 10
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Wed Nov 8 |
Lecture 30: Time Dilation and Lorentz Contraction |
Griffiths Ch. 12 |
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Fri Nov 10 |
Lecture 31: Lorentz Transformations I |
Griffiths Ch. 12 |
Homework 11 (Due Nov 27)
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Mon Nov 13 |
Lecture 32: Lorentz Transformations II |
Griffiths Ch. 12 |
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Tue Nov 14 |
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Discussion 11
Solutions |
Wed Nov 15 |
Lecture 33: Relativistic Addition of Velocities and the Doppler Shift |
Griffiths Ch. 12 |
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Fri Nov 17 |
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Exam II
Solutions |
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NO HOMEWORK |
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Mon Nov 20 |
Fall Break (NO LECTURE) |
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Tue Nov 21 |
Fall Break |
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NO DISCUSSION |
Wed Nov 22 |
Fall Break (NO LECTURE) |
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Fri Nov 24 |
Fall Break (NO LECTURE) |
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NO HOMEWORK |
Mon Nov 27 |
Lecture 34: Causality and Minikowski Diagrams |
Griffiths Ch. 12 |
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Tue Nov 28 |
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Discussion 12
Solutions |
Wed Nov 29 |
NO LECTURE
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Fri Dec 1 |
Lecture 35: Relativistic Momentum and Energy |
Griffiths Ch. 12 |
Homework 12 (Due Dec 15) |
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Mon Dec 4 |
Lecture 36: Relativistic Kinematics |
Griffiths Ch. 12 |
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Tue Dec 5 |
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Discussion 13
Solutions |
Wed Dec 6 |
Lecture 37: Lorentz Transformations in Electrodynamics |
Griffiths Ch. 12 |
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Fri Dec 8 |
Lecture 38: Covariant Maxwell's Equations I |
Griffiths Ch. 12 |
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Mon Dec 11 |
Lecture 39: Covariant Maxwell's Equations II |
Griffiths Ch. 12 |
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Tue Dec 12 |
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Discussion 14 |
Wed Dec 13 |
NO LECTURE (some review material and problem can be found here) |
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Fri Dec 15 |
Final Exam |
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm in 144 Loomis Laboratory |
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