PHYS 100C v2012
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Welcome to Physics 100C webpage for Spring'2010 Quarter.
RECENT UPDATES:
COURSE SUMMARY:
PHYS 100C, Electromagnetism, Spring 2012, UC San Diego
Professor: Oleg Shpyrko, oleg@physics.ucsd.edu
Office: Mayer Hall 3210, ext. 4-3066 (Where is it?)
Office Hours: Mondays 4-5PM as well as Discussion Session
TA (Grader): Leandra Boucheron
Text: Introduction to Electrodynamics, 3rd Edition, by David J. Griffiths. (also check abebooks for used copies)
Lectures: Tue, Thu, 12:30PM-1:50PM, YORK 4080A
Discussion Session: Fridays 2-2:50PM, SOLIS 111. Homework: Assigned weekly, due Thursdays, at the START of lecture. Will also be accepted at the following Tue lecture, but with a 20% penalty.
Midterm: Thursday, May 10th, 12:30PM-1:50PM YORK 4080A (in class). Open book exam. Bring your textbook only, and a bluebook.
Final: June 11, 11:30AM, Room TBD. Open book exam. Bring your textbook, notes, and a bluebook.
Grading: Homework=20%, Midterm =30%, Final=50%.
Academic Dishonesty: Please read the section entitled "UCSD Policy on Integrity of Scholarship" located in the2008-2009 General Catalog, www.ucsd.edu/catalog. The rules on academic dishonesty will be strictly enforced!
Course Webpage: x-ray.ucsd.edu/PHYS_100C (RSS/Atom feeds available) ---
COURSE SCHEDULE:
| Week # | Dates | Topic (Chapter.Section) | Homework Assignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3/29-Apr 2. Lecture 1 summary: we covered waves in 1D (9.1.1-9.1.2), discussed transverse/longitudinal waves (9.1.4), refreshed Maxwell Eqs. (PDF). Lecture 2 summary: we have discovered that light is an Electromagnetic Wave and derived EM waves in vacuum from Maxwell Eqs. (9.2.1, 9.2.2) (PDF). Lecture 3 (PDF). | Wave Equations, Electromagnetic Waves in Vacuum (9.1-9.2). Review these Formulas. Lecture 1 (PDF). Lecture 2 (PDF). Lecture 3(PDF). | No homework during the first week |
| 2 | Apr 5-9. Lecture 4 (PDF). Lecture 5 (PDF). Lecture 6 (PDF). | Electromagnetic Waves in Matter, Reflection and Transmission. Adsorption and Dispersion (9.3-9.4). Lecture 4 (PDF), Lecture 5 (PDF) | Homework #1, due Monday April 12th (before class) is: Problems 9.2, 9.3, 9.5, 9.10 and 9.11 (PDF). HW#1 Solutions (PDF) |
| 3 | Apr 12-16. Lecture 7 (PDF). (9.4.1). Lecture 8 (PDF) summary: We derived dispersion relation for a simplistic "mass on a spring" model for electron in EM waves (Section 9.4.3). | Waveguides and Antenna (9.5). Lectures 9-11 outline (PDF) | Homework #2 (PDF): 9.13, 9.14, 9.15, 9.16. due Monday, April 19th before lecture. HW#2 solutions (PDF) |
| 4 | Apr 19-23. Lectures 9-12 (PDF) (rough outline): dispersion, waveguides. | Potential formulation of Maxwell's equations and retarded potentials (10.1-10.2) | Homework #3 (PDF): Problems 9.19, 9.24, 9.27, 9.28, 9.30. Due Monday, April 26. |
| 5 | Apr 26-30. Lecture 13 (PDF) Introduction of potentials; Gauge transformations; Coulomb and Lorentz gauge. Lecture 14 (PDF). We proved that retarded potentials defined in Lecture 13 satisfy the Maxwell equations in Lorenz gauge. | Lienard-Wiechert potentials and fields of a moving point charge (10.3). | Homework #4, Problems 10.1, 10.3, 10.5 and 10.7 (PDF) is due Monday, May 3rd. HW 4 Solutions PDF |
| 6 | May 3-7. Lecture 15 (PDF) and Lecture 16 (PDF): Jefimenko's equations, Lienard-Wiechert potentials. Midterm Solutions (PDF). Lectures 17 (May 7) and 18 (May 10) (PDF). | Radiation (11). Midterm (Wednesday, May 5th) | Homework #5 (PDF): Problems 10.10, 10.13, 10.17 (second part only: show 10.71 is true), 10.20, 10.21. Due Monday, May 10th. HW 5 Solutions PDF |
| 7 | May 10-14. Lectures 19 (PDF) and Lectures 20 (PDF) | Radiation (11) cont'd. | Homework 6 (PDF): Problems 11.9, 11.10, 11.13 and 11.25. Due Mon, May 17th.
HW 6 Solutions PDF |
| 8 | May 17-21. Lectures 21 and 22 (May 17 and 19, respectively) (PDF). Special relativity postulates, time dilation and Lorentz contraction. 4-vectors, time-like and space-like intervals. Michelson-Morley experiment. | Special theory of relativity (12.1-12.2). | Homework #7 (PDF) is Problems 12.6, 12.7 and 12.17. HW 7 Solutions PDF |
| 9 | May 24-28. Lecture 23 PDF, Lecture 24 PDF, Lecture 25 PDF. Proper velocity and momentum, relativistic field transformations, tensor formalism. | Special theory of relativity (12.1-12.2). | HW #8, Problems 12.10, 12.29 and 12.30, due Wed, June 2nd. |
| 10 | May 31-June 4 | Relativistic Electrodynamics (12.2-12.3). | No Homework - review past homeworks and solutions. |
