6 EC
Semester 2, periode 4
5092AESR6Y
Classical Electrodynamics does not only form the basis of many branches of physics, but is also the foundation for a large part of modern technology. Many topics and methods - classical mechanics, vector calculus, electricity and magnetism, and special relativity - will all come together in an elegant way. Relativistic electrodynamics provides an indispensable framework for many disciplines within physics.
Topics included are:
The course `Advanced Electrodynamics and Special Relativity' is a continuation of the second year course `Electrodynamics and Special Relativity'. As is the case for the second year, the course follows `Introduction to Electrodynamics' by D.J. Griffiths, fourth (or third) edition (ISBN 0-13-919960-8). After a short introduction and recap of the second year course, we will start at chapter 8.
Compulsory textbook: D.J. Griffiths, 'Introduction to Electrodynamics’, Pearson Education, 4th edition, 2013, chapters 8-12. ISBN :8-0-321-84781-2 or ISBN :8-1-292-02142-3.
Activiteit | Aantal uur |
Hoorcollege | 28 |
Tentamen | 3 |
Werkcollege | 28 |
Zelfstudie | 109 |
Aanwezigheidseisen opleiding (OER-B):
Aanvullende eisen voor dit vak:
| Onderdeel en weging | Details |
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Eindcijfer | |
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100% Tentamen |
The nal grade for the course will solely be based on the exam.The questions of the exam will pertain to the sections of Griffiths outlined in the schedule below, and the sections to which those sections refer.
De datum, het tijdstip en de locatie van het inzagemoment staan in het rooster in DataNose.
Onderstaande opdrachten komen aan bod in deze cursus:
Dit vak hanteert de algemene ‘Fraude- en plagiaatregeling’ van de UvA. Onder plagiaat of fraude wordt verstaan het overschrijven van het werk van een medestudent dan wel het kopiëren van wetenschappelijke bronnen (uit bijvoorbeeld boeken en tijdschriften en van het Internet) zonder daarbij de bron te vermelden. Uiteraard is plagiaat verboden. Hier wordt nauwkeurig op gecontroleerd en streng tegen opgetreden. Bij verdenking van plagiaat wordt de examencommissie van de opleiding ingeschakeld. Wanneer de examencommissie overtuigd is dat er plagiaat gepleegd is dan kan dit maximaal leiden tot een uitsluiting van al het onderwijs van de opleiding voor een heel kalenderjaar. Zie voor meer
informatie over het fraude- en plagiaatreglement van de Universiteit van Amsterdam.www.uva.nl/plagiaat
| Week | Wednesday | Friday |
| 1 | Introduction, Index Notation appendix A Curl, Divergence, Laplacian (*) appendix B Helmholtz' theorem (*) 7 Maxwell's equations (*) |
Energy and Momentum 8.1 Local Charge and Energy Conservation 8.2 Momentum |
| 2 | Wave solutions (*) 9.1 Waves in One Dimension 9.2 ElectromagneticWaves in Vacuum, esp. 9.2.3, Energy and Momentum in EM Waves 9.3.1 Electromagnetic Waves in Matter { Propagation in Linear Media 9.4 Absorption and Dispersion |
Waves continued 9.4 Absorption and Dispersion 9.5 Guided Waves |
| 3 | Potentials and Fields 10.1 The Potential Formulation 10.2 Continuous Distributions { Retarded Potentials |
Retarded Potential and Fields of a Moving Point Charge 10.3 Point Charges |
| 4 | Radiation 11.1.1 What is Radiation 11.1.4 Radiation from an arbitrary source 11.2.1 Point Charges |
Dipole Radiation / Point Charges 11.1.2 Electric Dipole Radiation 11.1.3 Magnetic Dipole Radiation 11.2.2 Radiation Reaction 11.2.3 The Mechanism Responsible for the Radiation Reaction |
| 5 | Special Relativity (*) 12.1: The Special Theory of Relativity 12.2: Relativistic Mechanics |
Relativistic Electrodynamics (*) 12.3 Relativistic Electrodynamics |
| 6 | Relativistic Electrodynamics 12.3 Relativistic Electrodynamics |
Relativistic Electrodynamics 12.3 Relativistic Electrodynamics |
| 7 | Review | Question time |
| 8 | Tentamen |
Items indicated with a (*) have (some) overlap with the second year course.
Exercise Sessions
There are two exercise sessions each week, on wednesday and friday. They will be suprevised by Jacco de Vries (jdevries@nikhef.nl), Katya Govorkova (egovorko@nikhef.nl), Kees Ligtenberg (cligtenb@nikhef.nl) and Pavel Maly (p.maly@vu.nl). The exercises will mainly be taken from Griffiths, and will be representative of the exam questions.