PH2420 Course Calendar

Spring 2004

Lec 1	13^th Jan	1.1	Overview
		1.2	History of ideas of electromagnetism
		1.3	Structure of the course
Lec 2	13^th Jan	2.1	Coulomb’s law
		2.2	The electric field
		2.3	Linearity and superposition
		2.4	Lines of force – electric flux
		2.5	Gauss’s law
Lec 3	15^th Jan	2.6	Work in an electric field
		2.7	Electric potential
		2.8	Calculation of E from V
		2.9	The capacitor
		2.10	Electric field energy
Fri	16^th Jan			Sheet 1 in
Lec 4	20^th Jan	3.1	Vector algebra
		3.1.1	Vectors
		3.1.2	Dot product
		3.1.3	Cross product
		3.1.4	Multiple products
		3.2	Vector calculus
		3.2.1	Divergence
		3.2.2	The divergence in electrostatics
Lec 5	20^th Jan	3.2.3	Curl
		3.2.4	The curl in electrostatics
		3.2.5	The gradient
		3.2.6	An application of the gradient
		3.2.7	Summary of vector calculus identities
		3.2.8	Nabla or del notation
Lec 6	22^nd Jan	4.1	Summary of properties of E
		4.2	The equations of Poisson and Laplace
		4.3	— Not done as covered in PH2130
		4.4	Properties of conductors
		4.5	Validity of the inverse square law
		4.6	Summary of electrostatics results
Lec 7	27^th Jan	5.1	Current density vector
		5.2	Equation of continuity
		5.3	Conductivity
		5.4	Ohm’s law
		5.5	Power dissipation
Lec 8	27^th Jan	5.6	Kirchhoff’s laws
		5.6.1	Current law
		5.6.2	Voltage law
		5.7	Laplace’s equation in conductors
		5.8	Anisotropic media and tensors
Class 1	29^th Jan		Discussion of Sheet 1
Fri	30^th Jan			Sheet 2 in
Lec 9	3^rd Feb	6.1	Ampère’s investigations
		6.2	Magnetic field
		6.3	Field of a long wire
		6.4	Force between two long parallel wires
Lec 10	3^rd Feb	6.5	The Lorentz force
		6.6	Ampère’s law
		6.7	The curl of B
		6.8	The divergence of B
Lec 11	5^th Feb	7.1	The story so far
		7.2	Faraday’s law
		7.3	Displacement current
		7.4	Maxwell’s equations
Lec 12	10^th Feb	7.5	EM waves in free space
		7.6	Poynting’s theorem – energy transport
Lec 13	10^th Feb	7.7	Incompatibility with Newton’s laws
		7.7.1	Transformation of co-ordinates and fields
		7.7.2	Transformation of a Maxwell equation
		7.7.3	The Lorentz transformatiom
			Section 8 to be studied independently
Class 2	12^th Feb		Discussion of Sheet 2
Fri	13^th Feb			Sheet 3 in
Lec 14	17^th Feb	9.1	Field in a solenoid
		9.2	Magnetic vector potential
		9.3	Fields from potentials
	17^th Feb		No lecture on afternoon of 17^th February
Lec 15	19^th Feb	9.4	Self inductance
		9.5	Mutual inductance
		9.6	Coupling coefficient & matrix represent^n
		9.7	Energy of a magnetic field
Lec 16	24^th Feb	9.8	Finding the potentials
			Gauge matters
		9.9	Summary of magnetostatics
Lec 17	24^th Feb	10.1	Dielectrics and dipoles
		10.2	Electric potential of a dipole
		10.3	Electric field of a dipole
			Brief discussion of quadrupoles & higher
Class 3	26^th Feb		Discussion of Sheet 3
Fri	27^th Feb			Sheet 4 in
Lec 18	2^nd Mar	10.4	Dipole in a uniform field
		10.5	Dipole in a non-uniform field
	2^nd Mar		No lecture on afternoon of 2^nd March
Lec 19	4^th Mar	10.6	Free and bound charges
		10.7	Bound surface charge density
		10.8	Bound volume charge density
		10.9	Gauss’s law including dielectrics
		10.10	Fields in matter
		10.11	Dielectric constant & electric susceptibility
Lec 20	9^th Mar	10.12	Fields at boundaries
		10.13	Coulomb’s law revisited
		10.14	Comparison of dielectrics and free space
	9^th Mar		No lecture on afternoon of 9^th March
Lec 21	11^th Mar	11.1	Magnetic media and magnetic dipoles
		11.2	Diamagnetism and paramagnetism
		11.3	Ferromagnetism
		11.4	Bound surface current
		11.5	Bound volume current
		11.6	Ampère’s law including magnetics
Lec 22	16^th Mar	11.7	Displacement current
		11.8	Macroscopic Maxwell equations
		11.9	Magnetic susceptibility and permeability
		11.10	Measuring B and H
Lec 23	16^th Mar	11.11	Properties of ferromagnets
		11.12	Boundary conditions
		11.13	EM waves in matter
		11.14	Macroscopic and microscopic fields
Class 4	18^th Mar		Discussion of Sheet 4
Fri	19^th Mar			Sheet 5 in
Lec 24			Sp. topic 1 Quantum connections
Lec 25			Sp. topic 2 The Hall effect
Lec 26			Sp. topic 3 Skin depth
Lec 27			Sp. topic 4 Superconductivity