| DATE |
TOPICS |
SECTIONS |
NOTES |
| M Aug 20 |
- Introduction
- Maxwell's Equations in integral form (29:28)
- Fields of a point charge moving in an arbitrary
manner
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29:129 Notes
8-20-12 |
| W Aug 22 |
- vector algebra: dot and cross product
- scalar and vector fields
- special vectors
|
1.1.1-1.1.4 |
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| F Aug 24 |
- vector calculus
- gradient
- flux and divergence
|
1.2, 1.3.1, 1.3.4 |
29:129 Notes
8-24-12 |
| M Aug 27 |
- circulation and curl
- line integrals
- surface integrals
|
1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.5 |
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| W Aug 28 |
- cylindrical coordinates
- spherical coordinates
- the delta function
|
1.4, 1.5 |
29:129 Notes
8-29-12 (1)
29:129 Notes
8-29-12 (2)
Chapter 1: Summary |
| F Aug 30 |
- Introduction to Electromagnetism
- electromagnetic force
- Coulomb's Law
- Electric field of point charges
|
2.1.1, 2.1.2,
2.1.3 |
Assignment 1 Due |
| W Sep 5 |
- Electric field of a dipole
- dipole moment
- force and torque on a dipole in a uniform E field
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dipole field
plot |
| F Sep 7 |
- Electric field of a ring of charge
- Electric field of a disk of charge
- Electric field of a sphere of charge
|
2.1.4 |
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| M Sep 10 |
- E for a line charge (Example 2.1)
- Curl of E
- divergence of E-- Gauss's Law
- E outside a sphere of charge
|
2.2.2, 2.2.3,
2.2.4 |
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| W Sep 12 |
- Review of Gauss's Law
- E inside a sphere of charge
- Infinite line charge
- Infinite plane of charge
- 2 infinite planes of charge
|
2.2.3 |
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| F Sep 14 |
- Electric field lines
- Electric potential
- conductors
|
2.3 |
Assignment 2 Due
Electric Field
Lines
Equipotential Contours |
| M Sep 17 |
- What is the electric potential?
- conductors
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air breakdown |
| W Sep 19 |
- Conductors with cavities
- Capacitance
|
2.5.2, 2.5.4 |
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| F Sep 21 |
EXAM 1 |
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| M Sep 24 |
- energy stored in a capacitor
- force on capacitor plates
|
2.5.4 |
Energy
storage capacitors |
| W Sep 26 |
- electrostatic energy of a collection of charges
- electric field energy density
- energy of a uniformly charged sphere
|
2.4.1, 2.4.2,
2.4.3 |
|
| F Sep 28 |
- Begin Chapter 3
- Poisson and Laplace equations
- one-dimensional examples
|
3.1.1, 3.1.2 |
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| M Oct 1 |
- parallel plates with uniform charge density
- Uniqueness theorem, mean value theorem
- Earnshaw's theorem
|
3.1.4 |
Uniform sphere
on charge
Parallel pates with charge |
| W Oct 3 |
- Electrostatic oscillations
- electron plasma oscillations
|
|
Assignment 3 Due
Plasma oscillations
|
| F Oct 5 |
- Method of images
(a) point charge above a grounded conducting plane
(b) point charge near a grounded conducting sphere
|
3.2 |
Method of Images
Image problem (a)
Image problem (b) |
| Exam II covers material up to this point |
| M Oct 8 |
Solution of Laplace's equation by
separation of variables in (x,y,z) |
3.3.1 |
|
| W Oct 10 |
- Orthonormal functions - linear vector spaces
- Griffiths 3.3.1
|
3.3.1 |
Orthogonal
functions
Griffiths Sec. 3.3.1 |
| F Oct 12 |
- finish example 3.3.1
- example 3.5
|
3.3.1 |
Griffiths Ex,
3.5 |
| M Oct 15 |
- Solution of Laplace's equation in
spherical
coordinates
for problems with no phi dependence
- Legendre polynomials
|
3.3.2 |
Legendre
Polynomials |
| W Oct 17 |
- Examples of V(r, theta)
- conducting sphere in uniform E field
|
3.3.2 |
Example 3.6 |
| F Oct 19 |
EXAM II --- see Exam
Info. page for details |
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| M Oct 22 |
- Multipole expansion
- monopole, dipole, and quadrupole terms
|
3.4 |
Multipole
expansion |
| W Oct 24 |
- dipole moment p
- force and torque on a dipole
- force on a dipole in non-uniform E field
- energy of a dipole in an electric field
|
3.4 |
|
| F Oct 26 |
- example on calculating dipole moment
- Begin Ch. 4 on Dielectrics
- field outside a polarized object
- bound surface and volume charges
|
4.2.1, 4.2.2 |
Dipole example |
| M Oct 29 |
Professor Khodas
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| W Oct 31 |
Professor Khodas
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| F Nov 2 |
NO CLASS |
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| M Nov 5 |
- review- dielectrics- polarization and bound
charge
- the electric displacement, D
- linear, isotropic homogeneous dielectrics
- electric susceptibility, permittivity, and
relative permittivity
|
4.4.1 |
examples (a ) &
(b) |
| W Nov 7 |
- LIH dielectrics
- bound charge in terms of free charge
- dielectric sphere with Q at center
- parallel plate capacitor with linear dielectric
|
4.4.1
Ex. 4.6. |
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| F Nov 9 |
- Electrostatic energy when dielectrics are present
- Forces on a dielectric in an electric field
|
4.4.3
4.4.4 |
force on dielectric |
| End of material covered in
Exam III, Begin material covered in Exam IV |
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| M Nov 12 |
- Begin Chapter 5 on Magnetostatics
- Magnetic forces on charges and currents
- circular motion of a charged particle in a
constant B field
|
5.1.1
5.1.2 |
|
| W Nov 14 |
- cyclotron radius and frequency
- line, surface and volume currents
|
5.1.3 |
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| F Nov 16 |
EXAM III-- see exam
info page for study guide |
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| Nov. 19 - Nov. 23
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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| M Nov. 26 |
- Steady currents
- Ohm's Law
- classical model of electrical conduction
- equation of continuity
- Hall effect
|
5.1.3
5.2.1 |
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| W Nov. 28 |
- Magnetic field of steady currents - Biot-Savart
Law
- circular loop
- straight wire
- solenoid
|
5.2.2
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| F Nov 30 |
- divergence of B
- curl of B
- Ampere's circuital law
|
5.3.1
5.3.2 |
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| M Dec 3 |
- Ampere's law
- infinite current sheet
- toroidal coil
- magnetic vector potential
|
5.3.1
5.4.1 |
A for a finite wire
(Griffiths 5.22) |
| W Dec 5 |
- A for an infinite solenoid
- the Ahronov-Bohm effect
- multipole expansion for A
- magnetic monopole moment = 0
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Ex. 5.12
5.4.3 |
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| F Dec 7 |
|
5.4.3 |
Classic E&M problem
Details on the derivation
of
the magnetic dipole vector
potential |
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Final Exam--- Tuesday December 11,
8:00 PM - 9:15 PM |