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Graduate Electrodynamics I & II
PHY 712 Electrodynamics
A fast paced, rigorous, and advanced view of electrodynamics.
Prof. D.L. Carroll
Time: MWF 0800 - 0845 103 Olin
Text: Zangwill
PHY 787 Electrodynamics II Workshop
Attendance only series of lectures that focus the PHY 712 topics on specific research problems within the department. This essentially replaces the second semester of E&M. It is essential material and strongly recommended for anyone taking PHY 712.
Time: TBA, 103 Olin
Text: various handouts
Topics for PHY 712 & PHY 787
PHY 712: Electrodynamics
1 The Nature of the Electromagnetic Field
2 Notation
3 Electrostatics 58
4 Electric Multipoles 90
5 Conducting Matter 126
6 Dielectric Matter 158
7 Laplace’s Equation 197
8 Poisson’s Equation 236
9 Steady Current 272
10 Magnetostatics 301
11 Magnetic Multipoles 336
12 Magnetic Force and Energy 365
13 Magnetic Matter 407
14 Dynamic and Quasistatic Fields 455
15 General Electromagnetic Fields 501
16 Waves in Vacuum 536
17 Waves in Simple Matter 584
18 Waves in Dispersive Matter
19 Guided and Confined Waves 666
20 Retardation and Radiation 714
21 Scattering and Diffraction 775
22a Special Relativity 822
22b Covariant Electrodynamics 848
23 Fields from Moving Charges
PHY 787: Electrodynamics II Workshop
The meeting times of this lecture series will be announced. It is chosen so that everyone that signs up can attend so at the beginning of the semester a survey will be sent out.
This course is an advanced course on Electrodynamics for graduate students. PHY 712 is foundational. PHY 787 is applications to specific research interests optics, astrophysics, condensed matter physics, engineering physics, field theoretic work, biophysics, etc. This "workshop" is offered in a series of lectures that aid the student in bridging the gap between the mathematically dense, mainly classical presentation of Jackson/Zangwill/L&L/etc. and the modern research topics of faculty within our department. It is essentially E&M II in the topics it covers.
This course is 1.5 CR. That means that the you should be spending on average 1 hour/week on the lecture and 2 hours on reading.
The format of this course is in-person attendance and involved engagement. There is some reading, no exams, no HW. Grading is based only on attendance and participation using the scale above. The policies of the class are the same as for PHY 712 where applicable.
Some Topics:
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Casimir, Van der Waals forces
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Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods
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QED circuits
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Perturbation theory and solar magnetic fields
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Topological considerations
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Exotic magnetic systems
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Electromagnetics of biosystems
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Special topics in Astrophysics
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Entangled photons
other topics TBD
Contact
Campus Office: 109 Olin Hall, WFU
Main Office: NanoteQ 95 W 32nd Street WS|NC 27105
Email: carroldl@wfu.edu
Phone: 336 403 2289
