TFY4240 : Electromagnetic Theory (2014)

General info

Instructor Ingve Simonsen

Lectures Mon. 10:15-12:00 (R3)
Wed. 14:15-16:00 (R3)
Exercises Tue. 14:15-15:00 (R8)

Content

Electrostatics, method of images, multipoles, electric fields in matter. Magnetostatics and magnetic fields in matter. Electromagnetic force and induction. Maxwell's equations. Conservation laws for charge, energy, momentum and angular momentum. Electromagnetic waves. Transfer matrix theory for thin films. Electromagnetic fields in waveguides. Potential theory and Gauge transformations. Radiation from dipoles and charges in motion. Theory of relativity.

Text Book

The recommended textbook for this class is :

Syllabus

A tentative syllabus is:
  • Chapter 2--11 of Griffiths
  • All material covered by the lectures (as given by the Lecture Notes)
Here is (finally) the list containing the material that I expect you to be able to derive (or remember).

Weekly Progress Report

Below you find the last page (handwritten notes) covered in lectures by the end of a given week:
  • Week 45: Page 11.7

Grading

  • Written exam (4h) : 100%
  • Semester assignments : Compulsory

Exam

  • Exam : Dec. 03, 2014
  • Question hours : Dec. 01, 2014 ( 15:00 in R03)
  • Attachment : Here is the information sheet that will be attached to the exam set

Semester assignments

The semester assignment will consist of one computer exercise. More information and the actual problem sets can be found here.
Guidence for the semeter assigments will take place in week 41 and partly week 42 in BU2-153 during Mon. 10-18 ; Thr. 15-18 ;

The project is due on : Fri. Nov. 01, 2014.

Messages

  • Oct 01 : Mon. Oct 13 there will be lectures 10-12, and assigments rest of the day
  • Oct 01 : Assignments announced (see separate page)
  • Sep 15 : Notes on Greens functions available on the lecture note page
  • Sep 15 : Reference group meeting will take place on Wed. 16 Sep
  • Jul 18 : The first lecture will be on Wed. 20 Aug.

Reference Group

The members are:
  • Ben Chen (jbchen_at_stud.ntnu.no)
  • Vilde Rieker (vildefr_at_stud.ntnu.no)