Physics 436 Course Schedule  
(Spring 2008)

Week

Dates

Lectures

Homeworks

Reading

Problem
Sessions

1

Mon
Jan 14

Lecture 1:
Conservation Laws, Poynting vector

Homework 1
Griffiths problems
8.1, 8.2
Due Jan 25

P436 Lect. Notes 1 , 2
Griffiths 8.1, 8.2

No
Problem
Session

Wed
Jan 16

Lecture 2:
Conservation of Momentum, Maxwell's Stress Tensor

Fri
Jan 18

Lecture 3:
Maxwell's Stress Tensor (cont)

2

Mon
Jan 21

Holiday - No Class!

Homework 2
Griffiths problems
8.4, 8.5
Due Feb 1

P436 Lect. Notes 2 , 3
Griffiths 8.2

Problem
Session 1
Griffiths problem
8.1

Wed
Jan 23

Lecture 4:
Hidden Momentum

Fri
Jan 25

Lecture 5:
EM Field Angular Momentum

3

Mon
Jan 28

Lecture 6:
Wave Phenomena

Homework 3
Griffiths problems
8.7, 8.13
Due Feb 8

P436 Lect. Notes 4 , 5
Griffiths 9.1, 9.2

Problem
Session 2
Griffiths problems
8.10, 8.11

Wed
Jan 30

Lecture 7:
Electromagnetic Waves

Fri
Feb 1

Lecture 8:
EM Energy and Momentum

4

Mon
Feb 4

Lecture 9:
EM Waves in Matter

Homework 4
Griffiths problems
9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.12
Due Feb 15

P436 Lect. Notes 6 , 6.5
Griffiths 9.3

Problem
Session 3
Griffiths problem
8.12

Wed
Feb 6

Lecture 10:
Reflection and Transmission

Fri
Feb 8

Lecture 11:
R and T at Oblique Incidence

5

Mon
Feb 11

Lecture 12:
EM Waves in Conductors

Homework 5
Griffiths problems
9.13,9.16, 9.17
Due Feb 22

P436 Lect. Notes 7 , 7.5 , 8 , 8.5
Griffiths 9.4

Problem
Session 4
Griffiths problem
9.33

Wed
Feb 13

Lecture 13:
Absorption and Dispersion

Fri
Feb 15

Lecture 14:
Absorption and Dispersion (cont)

6

Mon
Feb 18

Lecture 15:
Wave Guides, Coaxial Transmission Lines, TE and TM Waves

Homework 6
Griffiths problems
9.18, 9.19, 9.20
Due Feb 29

P436 Lect. Notes 9 , 10 , 10.5
Griffiths 9.5

Problem
Session 5
Griffiths problems
9.14, 9.15

Wed
Feb 20

Lecture 16:
Standing Waves in Resonant Cavities

Fri
Feb 22

Hour Exam I

7

Mon
Feb 25

Lecture 17:
Scalar and Vector Potentials

Homework 7
Griffiths problems
9.22, 9.29, 9.30
Due Mar 7

P436 Lect. Notes 11 , 12
Griffiths 10.1, 10.2

Problem
Session 6
Griffiths problems
9.37(a),(b)

Wed
Feb 27

Lecture 18:
Gauge Transformations

Fri
Feb 29

Lecture 19:
Retarded Potentials

8

Mon
Mar 3

Lecture 20:
Jefimenko's Equations

Homework 8
Griffiths problems
10.7, 10.9, 10.10
Due Mar 14

P436 Lect. Notes 12
Griffiths 10.2, 10.3

Problem
Session 7
Griffiths problems
10.3, 10.4

Wed
Mar 5

Lecture 21:
Lienard-Wiechert Potentials

Fri
Mar 7

Lecture 22:
L-W Potentials (Cont.)

9

Mon
Mar 10

Lecture 23:
EM Fields of a Moving Charge

Homework 9
Griffiths problems
10.12, 10.13, 10.14
Due Mar 28

P436 Lect. Notes 12 , 13
Griffiths 10.3, 11.1

Problem
Session 8
Griffiths Example 10.2,
Griffiths Problems 10.3, 10.4

Wed
Mar 12

Lecture 24:
EM Fields of a Moving Charge (cont.)

Fri
Mar 14

Lecture 25:
Electromagnetic Radiation

10

Mon
Mar 17

Spring
Break

Wed
Mar 19

Fri
Mar 21

11

Mon
Mar 24

Lecture 26:
Electric and Magnetic Dipole Radiation

Homework 10
Griffiths problems
10.17, 10.18, 10.19
Due Apr 4

P436 Lect. Notes 13 , 13.5 , 13.75 , 14
Griffiths 11.1

Problem
Session 9
Griffiths problem
10.11

Wed
Mar 26

Lecture 27:
Radiation from Higher-Order EM Moments

Fri
Mar 28

Lecture 28:
EM Radiation from an Arbitrary Source

12

Mon
Mar 31

Lecture 29:
Radiation from a Point Charge

Homework 11
Griffiths problems
10.21, 10.23, 10.25
Due Apr 11

P436 Lect. Notes 14
Griffiths 11.2

Problem
Session 10
Griffiths problems
10.25

Wed
Apr 2

Lecture 30:
Radiation Reaction

Fri
Apr 4

Hour Exam II

13

Mon
Apr 7

Lecture 31:
Scattering of EM Waves, Scattering Cross Sections

Homework 12
Griffiths Problems
11.3, 11.6, 11.9, 11.16
Due Apr 18

P436 Lect. Notes 14.5 , 15
Griffiths 11.2, 12.1

Problem
Session 11
Griffiths problems
11.7, 11.10

Wed
Apr 9

Lecture 32:
Scattering of EM Waves, Scattering Cross Sections (cont)

Fri
Apr 11

Lecture 33:
Special Theory of Relativity

14

Mon
Apr 14

Lecture 34:
Lorentz Transformations

Homework 13
Griffiths Problems
12.42, 12.43, 12.44, 12.47
Due Apr 25

P436 Lect. Notes 15 , 16 , 17 , 18
Griffiths 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

Problem
Session 12
Griffiths problem
11.14

Wed
Apr 16

Lecture 35:
Relativistic Electrodynamics

Fri
Apr 18

Lecture 36:
Relativistic Electrodynamics (cont)

15

Mon
Apr 21

Lecture 37:
Lorentz Transformation of EM Fields, EM Field Tensor

Homework 14
Griffiths problems
12.49, 12.50, 12.52
Due May 2

P436 Lect. Notes 18.5 , 18.75 , 19
Griffiths 12.3

Problem
Session 13
Griffiths problems
12.45, 12.46

Wed
Apr 23

Lecture 38:
Relativistic Stress Tensor, Covariant Maxwell's Equations

Fri
Apr 25

Lecture 39:
Four-Vector Potential, Relativistic Gauge Invariance

16

Mon
Apr 28

Lecture 40:
Electrodynamics of Macroscopic Moving Media, Beyond Electromagnetism

No
Homework

P436 Lect. Notes 20 , 21
Griffiths 12.3

Problem
Session 14
Griffiths problem
12.51

Wed
Apr 30

Lecture 41:
Beyond Electromagnetism (cont.)

Fri
May 2

NO CLASS:
Reading Day

Saturday
May 3

Final Exam: SATURDAY, May 3
8:00 - 11:00 am
Loomis 144

17

Mon
May 5

Finals Week – No Lecture

Wed
May 7

Finals Week – No Lecture

Fri
May 9

Finals Week – No Lecture

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