PHYS 100C v2012

Revision as of 07:43, 6 April 2012

Welcome to Physics 100C webpage for Spring'2012 Quarter.

RECENT UPDATES:

April 5: Lecture 2 (PDF) summary: we considered energy and pressure carried by radiation / EM wave. We have looked at propagation of waves in media; We derived transmitted and reflected wave equations for a plane EM wave normal-incident at the boundary between two media (using boundary conditions from Eq. 7.64).

April 3: Lecture 1 (PDF) summary: we covered waves in 1D (9.1.1-9.1.2), discussed transverse/longitudinal waves (9.1.4), derived EM waves in vacuum from Maxwell Eqs. (9.2.1, 9.2.2).

• Note that in class I will be using my own lecture notes from 2009, which are made available here. This will ruin the element of surprise but will allow you to follow along and correct any mistakes you may find.

• Historic Perspective (not required, but could be of interest for those of you who like the history of science): the fact that light is E&M wave was *almost* derived by Wilhelm Eduard Weber and Rudolf Kohlrausch in 1856, and speed of light was measured by Fizeau in 1848 and Foucault in 1850. Maxwell made the connection in 1861.

Einstein wrote about this prediction:Of Maxwell's work:

"Imagine [Maxwell's] feelings when the differential equations he had formulated proved to him that electromagnetic fields spread in the form of polarised waves, and at the speed of light! To few men in the world has such an experience been vouchsafed... it took physicists some decades to grasp the full significance of Maxwell's discovery, so bold was the leap that his genius forced upon the conceptions of his fellow-workers."

Maxwell's conjecture was proven by Hertz in 1887, who was only 4 years old in 1861, when Maxwell first postulated that light is Electromagnetic Wave.

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 on Friday.

TA (Grader): Leandra Boucheron, lboucheron@gmail.com

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) ---

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