PHYS 312 / ELEC 312 - Advanced Electromagnetism
Semester: Fall2004
Instructor: Alper Kiraz
Office: Sci 140
Phone: 1701
E-mail: akiraz@ku.edu.tr
Office Hours: Mo, B5 15:30 – 16:45 or by appointment
Lecture Hours: Mo, We B2 – 11:00 – 12:15
Room: Eng. B18
Course Description: Review of Maxwell’s equations; conservation laws; electromagnetic waves; propagation of electromagnetic waves in conductors and dielectrics; transmission lines; waveguides; potentials and fields; radiation theory; electrodynamics and special theory of relativity.
Textbook: Introduction to Electrodynamics D. J. Griffiths (Prentice Hall, 3rd edition, 1999)
Grading: 1st Midterm 25%, Nov. 10 (in class)
2nd Midterm 25%, Dec. 15 (in class)
Homework 20%
Final 30% (to be announced)
Attendance Policy: -Attendance will be taken in classes. If a student misses more than 1/3 of
the classes s/he automatically fails.
Homework Plicy: You may discuss the problems, consult your teachers and use the library and internet. However, the final submitted work should be totally yours. You must not submit work done in groups, transfer files or copy from a book.
Lecture Schedule:
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Week |
Subject |
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1 |
Sep. 27 |
Maxwell equations |
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2 |
Oct. 4 |
Conservation Laws |
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3 |
Oct. 11 |
Waves in one dimension Polarisation |
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4 |
Oct. 18 |
Electromagnetic Waves in vacuum. Monochromatic plane waves |
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5 |
Oct. 25 |
Electromagnetic Waves in matter. Reflection and transmission |
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6 |
Nov. 1 |
Absorption and Dispersion |
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7 |
Nov. 8 |
Overview, MT1 |
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8 |
Nov. 15 |
Guided waves. Transmission lines |
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9 |
Nov. 22 |
Guided waves cont’d |
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10 |
Nov. 29 |
Electromagnetic potentials. Gauge transformations |
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11 |
Dec. 6 |
Electric and Magnetic dipole radiation |
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12 |
Dec 13 |
Dipole radiation cont’d, MT2 |
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13 |
Dec. 20 |
Special theory of relativity. Lorentz transformations |
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14 |
Dec. 27 |
Space-time relativistic mechanics |
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15 |
Jan. 3 |
Relativistic electrodynamics |