Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction Coulomb’s Law, Superposition Energy of Charge Distributions	Problem set 0 out
2	Electric Field, Electric Flux, Gauss’s Law	Problem set 1 out Problem set 0 due one day before session 2
3	Energy Density of the Field Electric Potential Gradient Gauss’s Law Revisited Divergence	Problem set 2 out Problem set 1 due one day after session 3
4	Poisson and Laplace Equations Curl Uniqueness Theorem Introduction to Conductors
5	Laboratory 1: Electrostatics
6	Fields and Potentials around Conductors Capacitance	Problem set 3 out Problem set 2 due
7	More on Capacitance
8	Current, Continuity Equation Resistance, Ohm’s Law	Problem set 3 due
9	Quiz 1: Purcell, Chapters 1-3 (Covers lectures 1-6)
10	EMF, Circuits Kirchhoff’s Rules	Problem set 4 out
11	Variable Currents, RC Circuits Thévenin Equivalence
12	Magnetic Force, Magnetic Field Ampere’s Law	Problem set 5 out Problem set 4 due
13	Special Relativity I: Spacetime
14	Special Relativity II: Forces and Fields Equivalence of Electric and Magnetic Fields	Problem set 6 out Problem set 5 due
15	Ampere’s Law Revisited Vector Potential, Biot-Savart Law
16	Faraday’s Law, Lenz’s Law	Problem set 7 out Problem set 6 due
17	Mutual and Self Inductance Magnetic Field Energy
18	RL Circuits Undriven RLC Circuits Phasor Representation	Problem set 8 out Problem set 7 due
19	Quiz 2: Purcell, Chapters 4-7
20	Make-up Exam
21	Driven AC Circuits: Phasors, Impedance Power and Energy	Problem set 9 out Problem set 8 due
22	Laboratory 2: RLC Circuit Driven
23	AC Circuits (conclusion) Filters Quality Factor and Resonance
24	Displacement Current, Maxwell’s Equations	Problem set 10 out Problem set 9 due
25	Wave Equation Electromagnetic Radiation
26	Radiation (cont.) Polarization, Poynting Vector: Energy, Power and Momentum of Radiation	Problem set 11 out Problem set 10 due
27	Laboratory 3: Microwaves
28	Poynting Vector: Energy, Power and Momentum of Radiation, Magnetic Properties of Materials Transmission Lines	Problem set 11 due
29	Final Exam