Physics 200 B
SYLLABUS

 


Lecture

Date

Topic

Sections (Brau)

Homework

1

W 03-Jan

Maxwells Equations, Fields and Potentials

 Chapter 0

HW1 – due M 08 Jan

2

M 08-Jan

Special Relativity

 1.1

 

3

W 10-Jan

Transformations

 1.2

1.4,1.7 – due W 17 Jan

4

W 17-Jan

4-Vectors and 4-Tensors  

 1.3

1.11,1.6 – due M 22 Jan

5

M 22-Jan

Electromagnetic Field Tensor  

 1.4

1.19,1.22 – due M 29 Jan

6

W 24-Jan

Relativistic Mechanics Field Theory

 2.1

2.3,2.6 – due M 05 Feb

7

M 29-Jan

Charged Particle in a Field  

 2.2

2.10,2.14 due M 05 Feb

8

W 31-Jan

Maxwell's Equations  

 2.3

2.17,2.18 due M 05 Feb

9

M 05-Feb

Maxwell Stress Tensor  

 2.4

2.22,2.25 due M 12 Feb

 

W 07-Feb

Midterm

Chapters 1-2

 

10

M 12-Feb

Multipole Expansion

 3.1.2

3.1,3.6 dueW 21 Feb

11

W 14-Feb

The Method of Images  

  3.2.3

3.8,3.10 due W 21 Feb

12

W 21-Feb

Separation of Variable - Cartesian  

  3.2.4

3.11,3.15 due M 26 Feb

13

M 26-Feb

Separtation of Variable - Spherical  

  3.2.5-6

3.23,3.28 due M 05 Mar

14

W 28 Feb

Separation of Variables - Cylindrical

 

4.3,4.4 due M 05 Mar

15

M 05 Mar

Magnetostatics  

  3.3

4.6,4.10 due M 12 Mar

16

W 07 Mar

E&M Waves  

  4.1

4.14,4.18 due M 12 Mar

17

M 12 Mar

Charged Particle Fields

 4.2

 

18

W 14 Mar

Waves in Plasmas  

  4.3

 

 

F 16 Mar

Final Exam 8AM-11AM

Chapters 1-4

 

 

March

Green Functions

3.2.9

 

 

March

Fourier Techniques

Chap 5

 


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