Electromagnetic Theory I

(Physics 604, Autumn 2005)
crn # 12517 (lecture)

Professor: Dr. Charles E. Hyde-Wright

Office: Room 215

Physics/ Oceanography Building

Phone: 683-5853

Email: chyde ‘at’ odu.edu

Web Site: http://www.physics.odu.edu/hyde/Teaching/Fall05/Phys604/Phys604_F05.htm

Office Hours: * Monday 11:00 – 11:59 am in the Physics Learning Center (OCNPS 142)

* By appointment (Tue/Thursday evenings possible)

As part of your attendance/participation grade, you are required

to come to office hours at least twice during the semester.

If you don’t have any questions, I will ask you questions.

Texts: Classical Electrodynamics, by John David Jackson (required), Chapters 1—5.

Reference texts (on reserve in Perry Library):

Jackson,

Electromagnetism: Principles and Applications, Paul Lorrain and Dale R Corson

Introduction to Electrodynamics, David J Griffiths

The Classical Theory of Fields: L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz

Also (not in library), The Feynman Lectures in Physics, Vol 2

The Feynman Lectures in Physics, Audio-recordings in Diehn Library

Lectures: Room 205, Physics/ Oceanography Building

Tuesday & Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Course Grade:  

Tests (two at 15% each)	30%
Attendance, participation	10%
Homework Assignments	30%
Final Examination	30%

Final Exam:       Room 205, Physics/Oceanography Building

Tests

         Two 75-minute tests will be given.    The tentative dates (subject to change) for the tests are Oct 4 and Nov. 10.  Each test will be closed book.   You will be allowed to use a calculator and your own formula sheet on both sides of one piece of paper (8-1/2” x 11”).  You may write anything you find useful on the formula sheet.   No cell phones, computers, or other devices in contact with the outside are allowed in tests and exams.

         If you have to miss a test, you must contact me as soon as possible (i.e., before the test, if possible).  A grade of zero will be assigned unless you have a very good excuse for missing the test.   If you do have an acceptable excuse (including a doctor’s note in case of illness), your grade for the missed test will be the grade you receive on the final examination.  Note that no make-up tests will be given.

Homework: There will be seven homework assignments. You will have roughly 2 weeks for each assignment. Homework is not a test.  You are encouraged to work together on it and get help.    However, you are responsible for understanding the physics of each homework problem and the method of solution.    It is cheating to let other people do your homework for you.    You are welcome to ask questions in class regarding the homework.

Tentative Course Outline

Date	Jackson	Comment	HW	HW
	Chapter, §		Available	Due
Aug. 30	§1.1-1.2	Electrostatics	1 (Chapter 1)
31	§1.3-1.4	Gauss’ Law
Sep. 5		Labor Day	Holiday, Monday only
Sep. 6	§1.5-1.7	Electrostatic Potential, Poisson Eq’n
8	§1.8-1.11	Green’s Th’m, Capacitance
Sep. 13	§2.1-2.4	Image Charges	2 (Chapter 1 &2)
15	§2.5-2.7			1
20	§2.8-2.9	Orthogonal Expansions, Separation of Variables
22	§2.10	Fourier Series
26	§2.11	Electric Field at Corners
28	§3.1-3.2	Spherical Coordinates		2
Oct. 4	Test 1	Chapters 1—2
6	§3.3-3.4	Examples	3 (Chapter 3)
Oct 11	Fall Break	Holiday	No Lecture
Oct 13	§3.5-3.6	Spherical Harmonics
Oct. 18	§3.7-3.8	Cylindrical Coordinates Bessel Functions	4 (Chapter 3 &4)	3
20	§3.9-3.10	Green’s Functions, Spherical
25	§3.11-	Greens Functions,Cylindrical
27	§4.1-4.2	Multipole Expansion
Nov. 1	§4.3-4.6	Dielectric Media	5 (Chapter 4)
3	§4.7	Electrostatic Energy		4
Nov. 8	§5.1-5.2	Magneto-Statics
10	Test 2	Chapters 1—4
15	§5.3-5.5	Ampere’s Law, Vector Potential	6 (Chapter 5)
17	§5.6-5.7	Magnetic Moment, Torque		5
22	§5.8-5.9	Magnetic Media, B & H
24	Holiday	Thanksgiving
29	§5.10-5.11	Examples	7(Chapter 5)	6
Dec. 1	§5.12-5.13	Permeability, soft Iron
6	5	Examples
8	6	Maxwell’s Equations		7
Dec. 15	Final Exam	12:30—3:30 pm	Cumulative