Tuesday+Thursday 1:05-2:20P, room CW146
Instructor:
Eckhard
von Toerne
Office/phone: Cardwell
Hall – room 011 / 532-1638
Email: evt@phys.ksu.edu
Office hours: Tue.
Text Book: * ‘Classical Electrodynamics’ by J.D. Jackson, third edition, Wiley&Sons, required.
The course is part two of a two semester course. This semester (Phys931) will cover selected topics from chapters 7 through 16 (the second half of the book). Emphasis will be put on emission, propagation and absorption of electromagnetic waves and relativity.
Additional
reading (not required):
* Electrodynamics by
* Mathematical Methods: Arfken&Weber, Mathews&Walker (for reference)
* Undergraduate Level E&M: Pollack&Stump (to brush up what you learned before)
Course
Web Site: Our web site is http://www.phys.ksu.edu/~evt/teaching/phys931.html
Grading: The final grade will be based on homework (40%), the mid-term exam (30%) and the final take-home exam (30%).
The mid-term exam
will be held on Thursday, March 10th,
Homework I
require that you return to me at the assigned due dates written solutions. You
are encouraged to work on assignments in small groups. However you are required
to hand in your own solutions. You will receive no credit for solutions that
you have copied. I request that you present solutions in a readable fashion.
You need to explain your method in order to receive credit.
The basis for determining final grades is
· A 85% of all points or more
· B 70% of all points or more
· C 55% of all points or more
· D 45% of all points or more
· F under 45% of all points
IMPORTANT:
No classes on March 22nd and March 24th
due to spring break
I will be away from
We will have no classes on Feb 1st, March
17th, May 3rd and May 5th. More information about
exact make-up dates will be distributed by email.
University regulations require that the following statements be added to the Syllabus.
It is expected that all
students will adhere to the University's undergraduate honor system. Please
refer to the “Academic Dishonesty'' policy in the K-State Undergraduate
Catalog and the Undergraduate Honor System Policy on the KSU web
page at http://www.ksu.edu/honor/. The
honor pledge (“On my honor as a student, I have neither given nor received
unauthorized aid on this academic work") must be written out and signed by
the student on all exams and homework in order for the grade to be recorded.
If you have any condition
such as a physical or learning disability which will make it difficult for you
to carry out the work as outlined here, or which will require academic accommodations,
please notify the lecturer and contact the Disabled Students Office (Holton
202) during the first two weeks of class.
Course Outline, Phys 931 (Spring 2004)
Propagation of electromagnetic waves. Dispersion, reflection of planar waves, spherical
waves
Waveguides, Cavities and Optical fibers. Boundary
conditions, energy flow, attenuation, Q of a cavity, propagation in optical
fibers
Radiating Systems. Linear antenna, electromagnetic
multipole fields, energy and momentum of radiation
Interaction of radiation with matter. Scattering
cross section, attenuation
Special Relativity. Postulates, consequences, 4-vectors,
tensors
Dynamics of relativistic particles. Lagrangian, movement of particles in constant magnetic fields
Radiation by moving charges, radiation damping. Energy
loss due to E&M interactions, transition radiation, Lienard-Wiechert
potentials, radiation damping