Physics 382.01: Special Topics in Physics

Electricity and Magnetism : Spring 2014
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Useful Information and Links


A page I think you'll find useful [ W : P ]

Coordinate Info:

 Cartesian

Cylindrical

Spherical

the integrator

Volume of parallelepiped

Jacobian Determinate

 

Delta Function

Animation of Fourier terms at a boundary

VRML: Laplace Equation Potential (V) solutions in Cartesian Coordinates {1 : 2 }

 

 

xls\parplatecap-2ndlab.xls

Wave guide and resonator visualizations (Extremely well done!)

 
 

 

Notes

Week Beginning

Lecture 1-3 notes [ W : P ]

January 12
Curvilinear Unit Vectors  [ W : P ]
Spherical Coordinates [ W : P ]
Sphere of Charge by Direct Integration [ W : P ]  
Delta Function [ W : P ] January 20
Chapter 2-1 [ W : P  ]

Charged Wire [ W : P ]

Dipole Wire [ W : P ]

Charged Pipe [ W : P ]

Charged Thick Disk [ W : P ]

 
Problems

1.49 [ W : P ]

1.53 [ W : P ]

1.54 [ W : P ]

1.56 [ W : P ]

1.58 [ W : P ]

 
Divergence & Curl of Electrostatic Fields [ W : P]

Gauss's Law Review Worksheet [ W : P ]

January 27
Potential of a Point Charge : generalization [W : p]


Find V by direct integration: wire : ring : disk : thick disk

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Model for V of hydrogen atom

 
Problems: 2.11:2.12:2.13:2.14:2.15

Charged Spherical Shell: E : V
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E Electrostatic BC VRML:: Normal E: Tangential E

Boundary Conditions when crossing surface charges

Electrostatic Energy Notes
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January 30
Boundary Conditions For Electrostatics

More notes on capacitances
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Problems : Child Langmuir Law
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Laplace's Equation and Solutions: 1D & 2D
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February 03
Test 1 due at end of this week


Simplest Laplace Boundary-Value Problems

Uniqueness and Method of Images

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Solutions To Laplace's Equation in Higher Dimensions
Revised 2012: D:P
 
3D Cartesian Coordinate Solutions to Laplace's Equation
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February 10
Spherical Coordinate Solutions to Laplace's Equation
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Legendre Polynomials as Solutions to Laplace's Equation
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Electric Dipole Notes : Energy of electric dipole
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February 17
Multipole Expansions
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New Dipole and Polarization notes W: P

Different Versions of Biot Savart Law.doc W:P
February 24
AmperesLawReview.doc  
B from a spinning disk of charge.doc  
Current Loop 1st order : Skewed Solenoid Field Calculation March 03
Test 2 due at end of this week
 Spring Break  March 10 - March 14
Planar Spiral of Current  
Vector Potential from a segment of wire  
Vector Potential 2 March 17
J, B, A connections and boundary conditions  
Chapter 7: emf and Faraday's Law Review  
   
   
Maxwell's Equations March 24
ElectroMagneticWavesPart1.doc  
ElectromagneticWavesPart2.doc  
IntegralVsDifferentialMaxwellEquations.doc

Derivation of Maxwell Wave Equations for TEM waves.doc

Hand-Waving

March 31
   

Guided Waves

 
Electric and Magnetic Fields in Linear Materials.doc  
Child-LangmuirLaw.doc April 07
Derivation of the Continuity Equation.doc  

Conductivity in the presence of free electrons.doc

Dispersion in condensed matter.doc

 
Electromagnetic Waves in linear Matter-normal incidence.doc

Reflection and Transmission Spreadsheet

Reflection and Transmission at other than normal incidence.doc

April 14
Easter Break April 18 - April 21

 

April 28
Test 3 due at the end of this week