Physics 200 C
SYLLABUS

 


Lecture

Date

Topic

Sections (Jackson)

Homework

1

M 02-Apr

Maxwell Equations

Ch 6.1 - 6.2

HW1a) 6.4, 6.8

2

W 04-Apr

Conservation Laws

Ch 6.3 - 6.7

HW1b) 6.9

3

M 09-Apr

Plane Waves

Ch 7.1 - 7.2

HW2a) none

4

W 11-Apr

Reflection and Transmission

Ch 7.3 - 7.4

HW2b) 7.2, 7.7

5

M 16-Apr

Linearly Dispersive Media

Ch 7.5 - 7.11

HW3a) 7.16

6

W 18-Apr

Antenna Theory

Ch 9.1 - 9.5

HW3b) 9.8, 9.16

7

M 23-Apr

Scattering

Ch 10.1 - 10.2

HW4a) 10.2, 10.3

8

W 25-Apr

Diffraction

Ch 10.3 - 10.9

HW4b) 10.12

9

M 30-Apr

Special Relativity

Ch 11.1 - 11.4

HW5a 11.3, 11.6

10

W 02-May

Four-Vectors

Ch 11.5 - 11.8

HW5b) ---

M 07-May

Midterm

11

W 09-May

E&M Field Tensors

Ch 11.9 - 11.10

HW5c) 11.19

12

M 14-May

Particle_Dynamics

Ch 12.1 - 12.6

HW6a) 12.2

13

W 16-May

E&M Field Lagrangian

Ch 12.7 - 12.10

HW6b) 12.14

14

M 21-May

Collisional Energy Loss

Ch 13.1 - 13.3

HW7a) 13.1, 13.3

15

W 23-May

Cherenkov Radiation

Ch 13.4, 13.7

HW7b) 13.9

 

M 28-May

Memorial Day Holiday

 

No HW

16

W 30-May

Radiation by Relativistic Particles

Ch 14.1 - 14.4

HW8 14.7

17

M 04-Jun

Synchrotron Radiation

Ch 14.5 - 14.8

HW9a) 14.11, 14.26

18

W 06-Jun

Bremstralung

Ch 15.1 - 15.5

HW9b) 15.12

 

R 14-Jun 3:30-6:30

Final Exam

Chapters 6-15

 


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