Physics 213 - Electromagnetism

Spring 2008

Syllabus Tentative Schedule Optics and Electromagnetics  Applets

Syllabus

Instructor:	Madalina Furis 521 Cook Madalina.Furis(at)uvm.edu 656.5177
Lectures:	Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 9:00am-9:50pm in A402 Cook
Office hours:	Mondays 2-3pm, Wednesdays 10-11am or by appointment
Textbook:	Introduction to Electrodynamics , by David J. Griffiths This book is available at the UVM Bookstore. You might also be able to find it online. Additional helpful materials and books will be reccomended and distributed throughout the semester
Prerequisites:
Topics:	Electrostatics, Electric Fields in Matter, Magnetostatics, Magnetic Fields in Matter, Maxwell's equations and Electromagnetic Waves
Grades:	Grades in this course will be assigned as follows: 40% Homework Homework problems will be handed out every Monday (or at the beginning of each new chapter) and will be collected one week later. The homework will cover material discussed in class during that week. To get full credit for the homework you need to show understanding of the physical concepts, as well as knowledge of problem solving techniques. Limit your collaboration with fellow students to general procedures about strategies for solving a problem, rather than the solution itself. 30% Exams There will be two exams.  These exams will be scheduled in-class during the semester. 25% Final Exam The final exam for this class is scheduled for Friday, May 2nd at 8:00 a.m.   The Registrar's Spring Exam  Matrix can be found here. 5% Class Participation The students are expected to read the material before coming to class. Participation to in-class experiments/demonstrations will count as credit. Part of the homework will be directly linked to the in-class activities.

Tentative Schedule

Week	Topic	Notes
01/14-01/18	Vector Analysis (Ch 1) Additional reccomended reading:  Wyld-Mathematical Physics, Donald H. Menzel-Mathematical Physics , any other book on mathematical physics helps	Homework1-due Wed Jan 23rd
01/23-02/01	Electrostatics (Ch2)	Homework2-due  Mon Feb 4th
02/04-02/13	Laplace's equation, Separation of Variables, Multipole Fields (Ch3)	Homework3_due  Fri 15th Hassani_AmJPhys91.pdf
02/15	Review session (Chs 1-3)
02/20	Exam 1
02/22-02/29	Electric Fields in Matter (Ch4)	Homework4 due Mon  Mar 3rd
03/03-03/17	Magnetostatics (Ch5)	Homework5 due  Wed Mar 19th
03/19-03/26	Magnetic Fields in Matter  (Ch 6)	Homework6 due  Fri Mar 28th spins arrangement.pdf magnetic microscopy.pdf fiebig_ferroics.pdf
03/28	Review Session (Chs 4,5,6)
03/31	Exam II covers chs 4, 5, 6
04/02-04/09	Electrodynamics (ch 7)	Homework7 due  Apr 11th faraday's notebooks transformer problem
04/11-04/18	Conservation Laws (Ch8)	Homework8 due  Monday Apr 21st
04/21-04/28	Electromagnetic Waves (Ch9)	Homework9 due Wed Apr 30th
04/30	Review session (All chapters)

Applets

The Quantized Nature of Light
      1. The Bohr Atom and Atomic Spectra
      2. Emission Spectrum of Atomic Hydrogen

Wave-Particle Duality
      3. Wave Diffraction and Interference
      4. The Electron Double Slit Experiment
      5.  Diffraction Gratings and Uncertainty
      6. Exploring the Dispersion of Classical Waves

Geometrical Optics
      7. The Human Eye
      8. The Camera
      9. The  Telescope

Interference
      10. Ripple Tank
       11 Dielectric Mirrors
       12. Two-Sources Interference Pattern

Diffraction
       13. Single Slit Diffraction
       14. Diffraction Grating

Polarization
        15.Polarization Tutorial
        16 Circular and Linear Polarizers









 

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