- After completing this course, the student understands the structure and key concepts of classical electrostatic and magnetostatic theory. For electrostatics, this includes Coulomb's law, the divergence and curl of the electric field, the electric potential, the multipole expansion of the electric potential, polarization, bound charge, electric displacement, and the energy of the electric field. For magnetostatics, it includes the Lorentz force law, the Biot-Savart law, the divergence and curl of the magnetic field, the magnetic vector potential, the multipole expansion of the vector potential, magnetization, bound currents, and the H-field.
- The student is able to apply this knowledge, along with methods such as the method of images and separation of variables, to solve problems in electrostatics and magnetostatics (the level is defined by the book by Griffiths that is used).
- The student understands the structure and central concepts of the classic electromagnetic theory. This includes the electromotive force, induction, Faraday's and Ampère's laws, the complete Maxwell's equations in differential form, the energy of the electromagnetic field, Poynting's theorem, and the potential of a time-dependent electromagnetic field.
- The student can apply the above knowledge, the formalism and methods to solve electromagnetic problems (the level is defined by the book by Griffiths that is used).
- The student is acquainted with electromagnetic waves and can apply this knowledge in simple problems regarding refraction and interference of light (the level is defined by the book by Griffiths that is used).
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This course deals with the subjects of electricity, magnetism and optics. Throughout the course, Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism plays a central role. We will work towards the differential form of Maxwell's equations for electric and magnetic fields. We start from electrostatics and magnetostatics, then introduce dynamics and arrive at the most general form of the theory, before we apply it to the description of electromagnetic waves.
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Electricity and Magnetism; Calculus B
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| This course will be taught in English |
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