PH5003: Electromagnetic Theory

L-T-P-C: 3-1-0-4

Prerequisites: None

Syllabus

Module 1: Electrostatics, boundary value problems and magnetostatics

( Lecture hours: 13 , Tutorial hours: 5 , Lab hours: 0 )

Maxwell's equations, review of electrostatics, Solving partial differential equations: Laplace and Poisson's equations, boundary value problems, Special functions: Hermite, Legendre, Laguerre and Bessel functions, Review of magnetostatics, Faraday's law of induction, self- and mutual inductance .

Module 2: Maxwell's equations in matter

( Lecture hours: 8 , Tutorial hours: 2 , Lab hours: 0 )

Maxwell's equations within matter, Vector and scalar potentials, Gauge transformations, Poynting's theorem .

Module 3: Electromagnetic waves

( Lecture hours: 9 , Tutorial hours: 3 , Lab hours: 0 )

Propagation of electromagnetic waves in vacuum and in a medium, Laws of reflection and refraction, Absorption and transmission, Waveguides .

Module 4: Relativistic electrodynamics and radiation

( Lecture hours: 12 , Tutorial hours: 4 , Lab hours: 0 )

Relativistic formulation of Maxwell's equations, covariant form, Transformation formulae for electric and magnetic fields, invariants of fields, Field produced by a uniformly moving charged particle, Accelerating charges and radiation: field for an accelerating charged particle, Lienard-Wiechert potentials, Larmor's formula, Radiation from a dipole .

Study Materials

Textbooks

  1. Classical Electrodynamics, J. D. Jackson, Wiley, 3rd Edition, ISBN: 978-8126510948
  2. Introduction to Electrodynamics, D. J. Griffiths, Prentice Hall India Pvt Ltd, 3rd Edition, ISBN: 81-203-1601-0
  3. Electricity and Magnetism, E. M. Purcell, Berkeley Physics Course (Volume 2), McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt Ltd, ISBN: 978-0-07-070214-1

References

  1. Classical Electrodynamics, J. Schwinger, L. L. Deraad Jr., K. A. Milton, W.-Y. Tsai, J. Norton, Westview Press, ISBN: 978-0738200569