PHYS 322, Spring 2006
Electromagnetism II - Magnetism

Class schedule



The schedule below will be modified as we go along.  Be sure to read the listed sections from Griffiths, or other material if indicated, before class.  The collection days for homework are indicated by the links in the rightmost column.  You should follow these links rather than relying on the abbreviated lists of questions given in this table.

 

11.30 Class

                             Topics

Read

  Griffiths problems

wk1 M Mar 27 Lorentz force law 5.1  
  T Mar 28      Examples - trajectories in E and B, Hall effect   5.2, 5.39
  W Mar 29 Current density.  Force on current 5.1.3  
  F Mar 31 Biot-Savart law; force between currents 5.2 HW1  5.1,3,4,5,6
wk2 M Apr 3 Vector potential A. Div and curl B. Ampere's law 5.3  
  T Apr 4      Examples - Find B for various current configs   5.8,14,21
  W Apr 5 Solenoids 5.4  
  F Apr 7 Gauge invariance. Finding A. Coulomb gauge 5.4.2 HW2  5.9,11,14,16,49
wk3 M Apr 10 Boundary conds.  Magnetic multipole expansion 5.4.3  
  T Apr 11      Examples   5.24,25,31
  W Apr 12 Magnetic dipoles and forces on them 6.1  
  F Apr 14 Magnetisation M 6.2 HW3  5.19,22,23,26,29
wk4 M Apr 17 Magnetic H field; boundary conditions 6.3  
  T Apr 18      Examples   5.37,6.1,6.8
  W Apr 19 Susceptibility, permeability 6.4  
  F Apr 21 Dia- and paramagnetism; magnetic levitation 6.1.3 HW4  5.35,56,61;6.3,9,12
wk5 M Apr 24 Models of magnetism    
    T Apr 25      Examples   6.13a,17,21
    W Apr 26 Ferromagnetism, hysteresis; electromagnets 6.4.2  
    F Apr 28 Ohm's Law; continuity equation; Joule's law 7.1 HW5  6.13,15,16,19,26,+
wk6 M May 1 EMF; flux rule 7.1.3  
  T May 2      Examples   7.1,8,10
  W May 3                    Midterm 1   11.30-12.120, A114    
  F May 5 Lenz's law; eddy currents; induction            7.2.1 HW6  6.20,7.3,4,7 +
wk7 M May 8 Faraday's law 7.2.2  
  T May 9      Examples   Ex. 7.4; 7.12,18
  W May 10 Inductance; mutual inductance; Transformers 7.2.3  
  F May 12 Energy in magnetic fields 7.2.4 HW7  7.11,13,16,17,19,20
wk8 M May 15 Displacement current and Maxwell's equations 7.3  
  T May 16      Examples   7.50,53, past exams
  W May 17 Maxwell's in matter 7.3.5  
  F May 19 Flow of energy and momentum; Poynting vector 8.1 HW8  7.23,27,28,29,49,54
wk9 M May 22                    Midterm 2 11.30-12.120, A114    
  T May 23      Examples   7.55, 7.56, 8.2
  W May 24 Maxwell stress tensor.  EM waves in vacuum 8.2,9.1  
  F May 26 Monochromatic plane waves; polarization   HW9  7.32,33,34,37,58; 8.1
wk10 M May 29                      Memorial Day holiday    
  T May 30      Examples   8.2, 8.11, 9.11
  W May 31 Energy and pressure of plane waves 9.1.4,2  
  F Jun 2     HW10  8.6,9,10; 9.9,10
wk11 W Jun 7                     Final exam   2.30-4.20 pm, A114    

 

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