Classical Electodynamics

1 Unit · Graduate

Introduction to classical analytical techniques for static and dynamic electromagnetic fields. Static electric field and scalar potential; multipole expansions of the scalar potential; magnetostatics and the vector potential; time-varying fields; Maxwell's equations; Coulomb and Lorentz gauge; Green's functions for the wave equation; use of the causal Green's function for electromagnetic radiation; multipole expansions of the radiating field; application to simple antennas.