Physics 4132 Spring 2015

Date
1/14
1/16
1/19
1/21
1/23
1/26
1/28
1/30
2/2
2/4
2/6
2/9
2/11
2/13
2/16
2/18
2/20
2/23
2/25
2/27
3/2
3/4
3/6
3/9
3/11
3/13
3/16
3/18
3/20
3/23
3/25
3/27
3/30
4/1
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4/6-9
4/13
4/15
4/17
4/20
4/22
4/24
4/27
4/29
5/1

[rev. January 13, 2015]

Weekly Reading Topics

8.1-8.2
Introduction, energy
and Poyntings Theorem
M.L.King Holiday
8.2-8.3
Energy and momentum
in fields
9.1-9.2
Waves: general expressions
and EM waves

HW due

9.2-9.3

EM wave equation and

waves in matter

Set 2

9.4

EM waves absorption and

and dispersion

Set 3

9.5, 10.1
10.1-10.2

10.2-10.3,
11.1

11.1
11.2

Mardi Gras Holiday

Wave guides, transmission
lines. Time dependent fields
Retarded potentials, fields from
moving charges

Set 1

Set 4

Radiation, Dipoles
Set 5
Midterm Exam
Dipole radiation; energy
energy loss by particles
Radiation from arbitrary motion; Set 6

11.2, 12.1

Radiation reaction;
Lorentz transformations

Set 7

12.1-12.2

Relativistic Mechanics

Set 8

12.2

Spring Break
Relativistic Dynamics

12.3

Relativistic Electrodynamics

12.3

Maxwell Tensor

FINAL EXAM: Friday, May 8, 7:30 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.

Set 9

Set 10