Spring 2008            Physics 416: Electromagnetic Theory 2

Location: Room 1311 HN Lecture Times:  Tu and Th: 2.45pm – 4.00pm

Instructor:      Neepa Maitra                       email: nmaitra@hunter.cuny.edu                       phone: 212-650-3518                       office: 1214E HN Note: email is the best way to reach me Office hours:  Tu and Th: 2pm – 2.40pm,  or by appointment.

Text: Introduction to Electrodynamics, by David J. Griffiths (3^rd Ed), (Prentice-Hall 1999).

Grading:

ü Homework                       25%

ü Midterm Exams                40%

ü Final Exam                       35%

   Homework: Will be assigned about every two weeks, and due about a week later. Collaboration with your peers is encouraged, but independent solutions must be handed in for credit. Homeworks will be posted here.

   Midterms: Two mid-term in-class exams: Tu Mar 11 and Tu Apr 15 (Probably).

   Final Exam:  TBA.

   Syllabus: on reverse side        

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Neepa Maitra, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hunter College and City University of New York, August 2007.

Syllabus:

Topic	Book chapter
Electrodynamics Electromotive force, electromagnetic induction, Maxwell’s equations	7
Conservation Laws Charge and energy, momentum	8
Electromagnetic Waves Waves in vacuum, waves in matter, absorption and dispersion, wave guides	9
Potentials and Fields Scalar and vector potentials, gauges, continuous distributions, moving point charges	10
Radiation Dipole radiation, radiation of a point charge	11
Electrodynamics and Relativity Special relativity, relativistic mechanics, relativistic electrodynamics	12