Physics 611: Classical Electrodynamics, part II

Prof. Carl E. Carlson

Small Lab, Room 326C

carlson@physics.wm.edu

course website: http://physics.wm.edu/~carlson/Phys_611_2016.htm

Homework: There will be homework sets due every other week, or more often.

Grading: Higher of Final 50%, Midterm 25%, Homework 25%,

or Final 75%, Homework 25%.

Most likely midterm exam date: Thursday, 6 October 2016

Final exam date: Wednesday, 07 December 2016, 9 am (College set schedule)

Text: John David Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd edition.

Subjects (Numbers refer to chapters in Jackson):

• Maxwell equations, conservation laws and solutions with sources (6)

• Wave solutions (7)

• Waveguides (8)

• Radiating systems and multipoles (9)

• Scattering (10)

• Collisions (13)

• Radiation by moving charges (14)

Based on chapters 11, 12, and 1 through 5, or equivalent, having been covered in the first semester. (Some of chapter 12 may be included this semester, as needed.)

Attendance policy: Attendance will not be taken. Do turn up anyway.

HW1 HW1 solutions

HW2 HW2 solutions

MT_2015 MT_2015_answers

HW3 HW3 solutions

HW4 HW4 solutions

HW5

Final_2015 Final_2015_answers

Lecture: Force on small dielectric object (08 September 2016)

Lecture: Gaussian Beams (29 September 2016)