Electromagnetism

Course #PH2351

Est.imated Completion Time: 3 months

Overview

Electrostatic fields in vacuum and dielectrics, electrostatic energy and capacitors. The magnetic field of steady currents, Biot-Savart and Ampere's Laws, vector potential, magnetic properties of matter. Faraday's law. Magnetic energy. Maxwell's Equations. Prerequisites: Basic course in electricity and magnetism, multivariable calculus, vector calculus, and differential equations.

Prerequisites

PH1322
MA1116
MA2121

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will understand the following concepts, with demonstrated ability to solve differential calculus-based problems for each:

Coulomb’s law, including the concepts of electric force, field, and potential
Energy in electric fields and capacitance
Laplace and Poisson’s equations, including expansion-based solution methods
Magnetostatics, including magnetic field, Biot-Savart law, and Ampere’s law
Electric and magnetic fields in materials, polarization and magnetization, bound charges and currents
Time varying fields, Lenz’s law, Faraday’s law
Maxwell’s equations in vacuum, in materials, and boundary conditions

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