PHYS 436 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
All problems are from the 3rd edition of Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics. If you are using the 4th edition, refer to the individual pdf files for specific problems.
Week | Date | Topic | Reading (Griffiths Sections) | Homework | Discussion | |
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1 | - | - |
No discussion |
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Wednesday 1/19/2022 |
No class | |||||
Friday 1/21/2022 |
Lecture 1 (on Zoom) Introduction, Conservation Laws, Poynting's Theorem |
8.1.1, 8.1.2 |
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2 | Monday 1/24/2022 |
No class |
Due Friday, Feb 4 @ 5 pm |
No discussion | ||
Wednesday 1/26/2022 |
Lecture 1 (on Zoom) Conservation laws, cont. |
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Friday 1/28/2022 |
Lecture 2 Momentum in E&M, Maxwell Stress Tensor |
8.2.1, 8.2.2 |
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3 | Monday 1/31/2022 |
Lecture 3 Maxwell Stress Tensor, cont. |
8.2.2 |
Due Friday, Feb 11 @ 5 pm | Discussion 1 | |
Wednesday 2/2/2022 |
Lecture 4 Conservation of Momentum |
8.2.3 |
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Friday 2/4/2022 |
Lecture 5 Angular Momentum in E&M |
8.2.4 |
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4 | Monday 2/7/2022 |
Lecture 6 Classical Wave Equation |
9.1.1-9.1.4 (selected topics) |
Due Friday, Feb 18 @ 5 pm | Discussion 2 | |
Wednesday 2/9/2022 |
Lecture 7 Electromagnetic Waves |
9.2.1, 9.2.2 |
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Friday 2/11/2022 |
Lecture 8 Energy and Momentum of EM Waves |
9.2.3 |
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5 | Monday 2/14/2022 |
Lecture 9 EM Waves in Linear Media |
9.3.1 |
Due Friday, Feb 25 @ 5 pm | Discussion 3 | |
Wednesday 2/16/2022 |
Lecture 10 Reflection and Transmission at an Interface |
9.3.2, 9.3.3 |
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Friday |
Lecture 11 Fresnel Formulas |
9.3.3 |
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6 | Monday 2/21/2022 |
Lecture 11, continued |
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No homework | Discussion 4 | |
Wednesday 2/23/2022 |
Lecture 12 EM Waves in Conductors |
9.4.1, 9.4.2 |
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Friday 2/25/2022 |
Lecture 13 Absorption, Optical Dispersion |
9.4.3 |
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7 | Monday 2/28/2022 |
Lecture 14 Waveguides |
9.5.1, 9.5.2 |
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No discussion | |
Wednesday 3/2/2022 |
Lecture 15 Transmission Lines |
9.5.2, 9.5.3 |
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Friday 3/4/2022 |
Hour Exam I |
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8 | Monday 3/7/2022 |
Lecture 16 Resonant Cavities |
Problem 9.38 |
Due Friday, Mar 25 @ 5 pm | Discussion 5 | |
Wednesday 3/9/2022 |
Lecture 17 Potential Formulation of Electrodynamics |
10.1.1, 10.1.2 |
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Friday 3/11/2022 |
Lecture 18 Gauge Transformations |
10.1.2, 10.1.3 |
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9 | Monday 3/14/2022 |
Spring Break | - | - | ||
Wednesday 3/16/2022 |
Spring Break | |||||
Friday 3/18/2022 |
Spring Break | |||||
10 | Monday 3/21/2022 |
Lecture 19 Retarded and Advanced Potentials |
10.2.1, 10.2.2 |
Due |
Discussion 6 | |
Wednesday 3/23/2022 |
Lecture 20 Liénard-Wiechert Potentials |
10.3.1 |
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Friday 3/25/2022 |
Lecture 21 Liénard-Wiechert Potentials, cont. |
10.3.1 |
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11 | Monday 3/28/2022 |
Lecture 22 Fields from a Moving Point Charge |
10.3.2 |
Due |
Discussion 7 | |
Wednesday 3/30/2022 |
Lecture 23 Electromagnetic Radiation |
11.1.1, 11.1.2 |
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Friday 4/1/2022 |
Lecture 24 Dipole Radiation, Antennas |
11.1.2 cont., 11.1.3 |
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12 | Monday 4/4/2022 |
Lecture 25 Radiation from Higher Order Multipoles |
11.1.4 |
No homework | Discussion 8 | |
Wednesday 4/6/2022 |
Lecture 26 Larmor Formula |
11.2.1, 11.2.2 |
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Friday 4/8/2022 |
Lecture 27 Radiation Reaction, Abraham-Lorentz Formula |
11.2.2, 11.2.3 | ||||
13 | Monday 4/11/2022 |
Lecture 28 Review of Special Relativity |
12.1.1, 12.1.2 |
Due |
No discussion | |
Wednesday 4/13/2022 |
Lecture 28, cont. |
12.1.3, 12.1.4 |
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Friday 4/15/2022 |
Hour Exam II |
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14 | Monday 4/18/2022 |
Lecture 29 Lorentz Transformations |
12.2.1, 12.2.2 |
Due |
Discussion 9 | |
Wednesday 4/20/2022 |
Lecture 30 Relativistic Dynamics |
12.2.3, 12.2.4 |
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Friday 4/22/2022 |
Lecture 31 Hidden Momentum |
12.3.1, 12.3.2 |
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15 | Monday 4/25/2022 |
Lecture 32 Magnetism as a Relativistic Phenomenon |
12.3.2 |
Due Wed, May 4 @ 5 pm | Discussion 10 | |
Wednesday 4/27/2022 |
Lecture 33 Lorentz Transformation of E and B |
12.3.3, 12.3.4 | ||||
Friday 4/29/2022 |
Lecture 34 Electromagnetic Field Tensor |
12.3.4, 12.3.5 | ||||
16 |
Monday |
Lecture 35 Maxwell's Equations in Covariant Form |
12.3.4, 12.3.5 | |||
Discussion 11 | ||||||
Wednesday 5/4/2022 |
No class | |||||
TBA |
Final Exam, TBA |