Spring 2018 Schedule - PHYS 440

PHYS 440 Spring 2018 Schedule


Week	Date	Topics	Griffiths	Schey
1	23 Jan 25 Jan	course overview, vector algebra Coulomb's law with vector differential operators	Preface, pp. xii-xviii Ch. 2.1, pp.59-65	Ch. I, pp.1-8
2	30 Jan 01 Feb	Differentiating Vectors, Gradient Surface Integrals, Divergence, and Gauss's Law	Ch. 2.2.1, pp. 66-70 Ch 2.2.2 - 2.2.3, 71-75	Ch II, PP. 11-17 Ch. II, pp.17-42
3	06 Feb 08 Feb	The Divergence Theorem Surface Integrals, Divergence, and Gauss's Law	Ch. 2.3 - 2.3.3, pp. 25-30	Ch. II, pp 42-52
4	13 Feb 15 Feb	Coulomb's law and electric fields Curl and Divergence of E Fields	2.2.4	Ch. III, pp. 62-81
5	20 Feb 22 Feb	integral form of Gauss' law, Green's function electric potential, energy of E-field, multipole expansion	3.4 - 3.7 3.8
6	27 Feb 01 Mar	electrostatics with conductors, rectangular symmetry with spherical & cylindrical symmetry	4.1, 4.2 4.4
7	06 Mar 08 Mar	electric current, current density resistance, conductivity and Joule's law	7.1 - 7.2 7.3 - 7.5
8	20 Mar 22 Feb	magnetic force and field source of magnetic field	8.1 - 8.2 8.3
9	27 Mar 29 Mar	Ampere's law; vector potentials and magnetic dipoles magnetic field of current loop	8.4 - 8.6 8.7
10	03 Apr 05 Apr	Motional EMF Faraday's Law	10.1 10.2
11	10 Apr 12 Apr	Applications of Electromagnetic Induction Mutual Inductance, Magnetic Field Energy	10.3 10.4 - 10.5
12	17 Apr 19 Apr	Maxwell's equations in vacuum Atoms as Dipoles, Polarization	11.1, 11.5 6.1, 6.2
13	24 Apr 26 Apr	displacement field, dielectrics applications of dielectrics	6.3, 6.4 6.5
14	01 May 03 May	atoms as magnetic dipoles H and magnetic susceptibility	9.1, 9.2 9.3
16		Final Exam: Thursday, 10 May, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

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