ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
Special relativity, electromagnetic momentum, electromagnetic waves: propagation, interference, scattering, reflection and refraction at a dielectric interface, waves in a conductor. Wave packets and group velocity, dispersion. Waveguides and transmission lines. Retarded potentials. Radiation.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: PHYSICS 322 or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Physical Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2022 Learning Outcomes: 1. Be able to use the principles of special relativity to transform electric and magnetic fields between reference frames. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Be able to use the Maxwell stress tensor to calculate electromagnetic forces and momentum density. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Be able to calculate the properties of electromagnetic waves reflecting from surfaces. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Be able to calculate the characteristics of guided waves. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Be able to use electromagnetic principles to calculate the propagation of electromagnetic waves in conductors. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Be able to calculate radiation patterns from dynamic charges and currents. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Be able to use the principles of retardation to calculate Liénard-Wiechert potentials, and from them calculate radiation fields Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Be able to use the principles of special relativity to transform electric and magnetic fields between reference frames. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Be able to use the Maxwell stress tensor to calculate electromagnetic forces and momentum density. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Be able to calculate the properties of electromagnetic waves reflecting from surfaces. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Be able to calculate the characteristics of guided waves. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Be able to use electromagnetic principles to calculate the propagation of electromagnetic waves in conductors. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Be able to calculate radiation patterns from dynamic charges and currents. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Be able to use the principles of retardation to calculate Liénard-Wiechert potentials, and from them calculate radiation fields Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027