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Syllabus for Physics 506
Electrodynamics II
Spring 2006
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- Instructor: K. A. Milton
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- Lecture: TTh 10:00-11:30, 205 Crow
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- Office: Crow 213, phone: 935-7478
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- Office hours: MW 2:00-3:00 pm, by appointment, or
whenever you can catch me in my office.
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- Primary Text: Electromagnetic Radiation: Variational
Methods, Waveguides, and Accelerators, by Kimball A. Milton
and Julian Schwinger, Springer-Verlag, 2006. (Not yet published.)
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Copyright
2006 by Kimball A. Milton and Julian Schwinger, all rights reserved.
- Secondary Text:
Classical Electrodynamics, by Julian Schwinger,
Lester L. DeRaad, Jr., Kimball A. Milton, and Wu-yang Tsai (Advanced
Book Program, Perseus Books/Westview Press, 1998).
(On reserve in the Physics Library.)
Supplementary References: (On reserve in the Physics
Library)
- J. D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, John Wiley
- L. Landau and E. Lifshitz, Classical Theory of Fields,
Pergamon
- L. Landau and E. Lifshitz, Electrodynamics of Continuous
Media, Pergamon
- A. Sommerfeld, Electrodynamics, Academic Press
- J. Stratton, Electromagnetic Theory, McGraw-Hill
Prerequisites: Although this course will follow upon
505, we will start at the logical beginning of the subject,
Maxwell's equations. The essential mathematical
preparation is knowledge of the theory of complex variables, including
contour integration, and the method of steepest descents.
Grading: The grade in this course will be based
upon homework, which will be assigned approximately every
week, and on two exams.
The weighting will be as follows:
- Homework 40%
- Midterm Exam 30%
- Final Exam 30%
Late homework will not be accepted. The examination
schedule is as follows:
| In class Exam |
Thursday, April 6 |
| Final Exam |
TBA |
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- Tentative Course Outline:
This course will begin from the foundations of electromagnetic theory,
Maxwell's equations. Conservation laws and action
principles will be emphasized. The relativistic (covariant) form of
the theory will be given. The theory of waveguides will be developed
in detail. Variational methods, based of Rayleigh's principle, will be
employed. There will be some discussion of the theory of accelerators,
and of synchrotron and Cerenkov radiation. Exact and approximate
solutions of diffraction problems will be worked out.
Homework Assignments
- Assignment #1, Due Thursday, January 26: Problems in Chapter 1:
1, 4, 5, 21, 22, 23, 34.
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