Lecture Notes and Tentative Schedule
These are lecture notes that I use. They are not a
substitute for a good book or for going to class. But, if you
miss one class they can work for you
Overivew
Week 1: 8/25 part 1 | The Maxwell equations and mathematical review:
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Electrostatics and dielectric media
Week 1: 8/25 part 2 |
Electrostatics:
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Week 2: 9/1 | Methods of Electrostatics
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Week 3: 9/8 | Week 2 continued |
Week 4: 9/15 | Electrostatics in Material:
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Magnetostatics
Week 5: 9/22 |
Magnetostatics:
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Induction, Conservation Laws, Waves
Week 6: 9/29 | Quasi-statics in vacuum and metals. Maxwell Equations for Potentials.
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Week 7: 10/6 |
Conservation Laws. Propagation of waves in media and interfaces:
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Week 8: 10/13 |
Dispersion. Wave packtes.
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Non-Relativistic Radiation
Week 9: 10/20 | Retarded Green Functions.
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Week 10: 10/27 |
Multipole radiation and radiation from slow charges.
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Relativity and Relativistic Radiation
Week 11: 11/3 | Relativity and Electrodynamics:
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Week 12: 11/10 | Radiation from relativistic charges:
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Scattering and Diffraction
Thanksgiving: 11/24 | Scattering and Diffractioon |
Week 14: 12/1 |
Scattering and Diffraction
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