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Electromagnetism II (Spring 2024) 


General: (The webpage of the course is updated gradually)  - Last Update 4 July 2024

This is a B.Sc. course, which will be held in Physics Department of Sharif University of Technology.

Class Time:  Saturday and Monday   10:30 - 12:00

Place: Education Building - Room 205

Office Hours:  Saturday 14:00 - 15:00, Monday 15:00 - 16:00, Tuesdays 11:00-12:00 or  by appointment - Email: baghram@sharif.edu  

Registered students: 70


About the Course:

This is an second course on  Electromagnetism one of the main courses of Physics department for B.Sc. students.

The main course book is:  Introduction to Electrodynamics Textbook by David J. Griffiths, Cambridge University Press; 4th edition (July 12, 2017)

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Teacher Assitants:

Arian Afshar                                            email address: arian.afr@yahoo.com

Alireza Talebi                                          email address: helli11327214tal@yahoo.com

Hassan Kazemi                                        email address: imezaknassah@gmail.com


Grading:

Mid-term 1: 4points YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS HERE   

Monday  - 21 Esfand 1402 -  11 March 2024  @ 10:30 -12:30 - Lecture Hall # 5

Mid-term 2:  5points  YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS HERE

Monday - 17 Ordibehesht 1403 -  6 May 2024 @ 10:30 -12:30 - Lecture Hall # 5

Assignments: 4 points      See The TAs announcement  (YOU CAN HAVE 7 DAY DELAYS IN TOTAL)

Final Exam :  6  points    YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS HERE 

Saturday 26 Khordad 1403 / 15 June 2024 @ 9:00 - 12:00

Essay ( Lecture Note)  or Class Activity or Extra Assignments: 2 points

 Essays Due to Thursday - 7 Tir 1403 -  27 June 2024 - 23:59

 Total grade: 20+1

Send your Notes, Essays to sh.baghram2@gmail.com     PLEASE NOTE 2 in gmail address

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FINAL GRADE: YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS HERE


Suggested Reading:

1) Classical Electrodynamics by John David Jackson, Wiley; 3rd edition (August 14, 1998).

2) Classical Electrodynamics by Julian Schwinger, Lester L. Deraad Jr., Kimball A. Milton, Wu-yang Tsai, Joyce Norton, CRC Press (1998).

3) Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory  by John R. Reitz, Frederick J. Milford, Robert W. Christy Addison-Wesley; 4th edition (May 19, 2008).

4) Modern Electrodynamics by Andrew Zangwill (2012).

5) Electricity and Magnetism by Edward M. Purcell, David J. Morin, Cambridge University Press; 3rd edition (2013).

6) Electricity and Magnetism by Dr. Munir H. Nayfeh, Dr. Morton K. Brussel, Dover Publications; (March 18, 2015).

7) Introduction to Electromagnetism: From Coulomb to Maxwel by Martin J N Sibley, ‎ CRC Press; 2nd edition (March 23, 2021).

8) Advanced Classical Electromagnetism Book by Robert Wald, Princeton University Press (2022).


Lecture Notes and Presentations:

Lecture Note for session: 26 Esfand 1402


Time Line of Lectures:

Lecture  1: ( Saturday - 14 Bahman 1402 -  3 Feb 2024 )

Course regulations and syllabus of Electromagnetism II

Lecture  2: ( Monday -  16 Bahman 1402 -  5 Feb 2024 )

Chapter 7: electromotove force

Lecture  3: ( Saturday -  21 Bahman 1402 -  10 Feb 2024 )

Chapter 7: Faraday's law

Lecture  4: ( Monday  - 23 Bahman 1402 -  12 Feb 2024)

Chapter 7: Induction

Lecture  5: ( Saturday  - 28 Bahman 1402 -  17 Feb 2024 )

Chapter 7: Mutual induction and Magnetic field energy

Lecture  6: ( Monday  - 30  Bahman 1402 -  19 Feb 2024 )

Chapter 7: Maxwell correction on Ampere's law part I

Lecture  7: ( Saturday  - 5  Esfand 1402 -  24 Feb 2024 )

Chapter 7: Maxwell correction on Ampere's law part II

Lecture  8: ( Monday  - 7 Esfand 1402 -  26 Feb 2024 )

Chapter 8: The conservation of energy and momentum of EM fields part I

Lecture  9: ( Saturday - 12 Esfand 1402 -  2 March 2024 )

Chapter 8: The conservation of energy and momentum of EM fields part II

Lecture  10: (Monday - 14 Esfand 1402 -  4 March 2024)

The idea of angular momentum of EM fields is discussed.

Lecture  11:  ( Saturday - 19 Esfand 1402 -  9 March 2024)

Couple of Examples are solved on the idea of angular momentum of electromagnetic fields and Maxwell Tensor

Lecture  12:  ( Monday  - 21 Esfand 1402 -  11 March 2024 ) 

Midterm Exam I

Lecture  13:  ( Saturday - 26 Esfand 1402 -  16 March 2024)

Lecture Note for session: 26 Esfand 1402

Nowrooz

Lecture  14:  ( Saturday  - 18 Farvardin 1403 -  6 April 2024 )   

Chapter 9: Electromagnetic Wave: the preliminaries

Lecture  15:  ( Monday  - 20 Farvardin 1403 -  8 April 2024)

Chapter 9: Electromagnetic Wvae: polarization, energy and etc.

Lecture  16:   ( Saturday  - 25 Farvardin 1403 -  13 April 2024)

Chapter 9: propagation of EM in two mediums I

Lecture  17:   ( Monday  - 27 Farvardin 1403 -  15 April 2024)   

Chapter 9: propagation of EM in two mediums II and Absorption

Lecture  18:   ( Saturday  - 1 Ordibehesht 1403 -  20 April 2024)

Chapter 9: Electromagnetic wave: Dispersive medium and dispersion

Lecture  19:   ( Monday  - 3 Ordibehesht 1403 -  22 April 2024)

Chapter 9: Waveguides.

Lecture  20:   ( Saturday  - 8 Ordibehesht 1403 -  27 April 2024 )

Resonant Cavity and Chapter 10: potential

Lecture  21:   ( Monday - 10 Ordibehesht 1403 -  29 April 2024)

Gauge transformation, Lorenz gauge, canonical momentum and retarded potential.

Official Holiday ( Saturday  - 15 Ordibehesht 1403 -  4 May 2024 ) 

Lecture  22:    ( Monday - 17 Ordibehesht 1403 -  6 May 2024 ) 

Midterm Exam II

Lecture  23:    (  Saturday  - 22 Ordibehesht 1403 -  11 May 2024 )

Liénard–Wiechert potential - part I

Lecture  24:    ( Monday - 24 Ordibehesht 1403 -  13 May 2024  )

Chpater 10 - Liénard–Wiechert potential part II

Lecture  25:    ( Saturday  - 29 Ordibehesht 1403 -  18 May 2024)

Chapter 11 - Radiation - electric dipole radiation

Lecture  26:    ( Monday - 31 Ordibehesht 1403 -  20 May 2024 )

Chapter 11 - Radiation - magnetic dipole radiation

Lecture  27:    ( Saturday - 5 Khordad 1403 -  25 May 2024)

Chapter 11 - Radiation - point particle acceleration

Lecture  28:    ( Monday - 7 Khordad 1403 -  27 May 2024)

Chapter 11 - Radiation and wrap up the course.

 


Assignments:

You have the opportunity to use 7 days in total to send homeworks after deadlines.

1) Problem Set 1  due to  Monday   7 Esfand 1402 - 26 February 2024 @ 23:59

2) Problem Set 2  due to  Monday  21 Esfand 1402 - 11 March 2024 @ 23:59

3) Problem Set 3  due to  Monday  20 Farvardin 1403 - 8 April 2024 @ 23:59

4) Problem Set 4  due to  Monday  17 Ordibehesht 1403 - 6 May 2024 @ 23:59

5) Problem Set 5  due to  Saturday  12 Khordad 1403 - 1 June 2024 @ 23:59

6) Problem Set 6  due to  Saturday  26 Khordad 1403 - 15 June 2024 @ 23:59


Essays and Projects:


Useful Links and Further Reading:

1) Lecture notes on Vector calculus by Prof. David Tong.

2) Lectures notes on Electromagnetism  by Prof. David Tong.

3) Notes by Roger Briley

4) Notes by Piaras Kelly

5) INTRODUCTION TO VECTORS AND TENSORS - Ray M. Bowen,  and C.-C. Wang

6) Video forms part of a course on Electromagnetism by Prof Robert de Mello Koch held at AIMS South Africa in 2013.

7) Lectures on EMI - Fall 2021 Videos