# CourseDump course_record = 76 course = p151 year = 2024 semester = f # Meetings id = 214 date = 2024-08-26 type = l topic = Welcome; Why study E&M? Anything new? Review of electrostatics homework = reading = Chapter 1 exam = md = ''' - Lightning review of vector calculus - The fields of a moving point charge - \\( \mathbf{E}(\mathbf{r}) = \frac{1}{4 \pi \varepsilon_0} \frac{q \hat{\mathbf{R}}}{R^2} \\), where \\( \mathbf{R} = \mathbf{r - r'} \\) - \\( V(\mathbf{r}) = \frac{1}{4 \pi \varepsilon_0} \frac{q}{R} \\) - Units in electromagnetism ''' id = 215 date = 2024-08-28 type = l topic = Electrostatics homework = reading = Chapter 2 exam = md = ''' - Gauss's law: \\( \nabla \cdot \mathbf{E} = \rho / \varepsilon_0 \\) - Divergence theorem: \\( \int \mathbf{E}\cdot d\mathbf{a} = \int \nabla\cdot\mathbf{E}\,d\tau \\) - Poisson's equation: \\( \nabla^2 V = - \rho / \varepsilon_0 \\) - Boundary conditions on \\( \mathbf{E} \\) - Work/energy - Conductors ''' id = 216 date = 2024-08-30 type = r topic = Electrostatics I: 2.19, 2.30, 2.34, 2.49 homework = 1.49, 2.35, 2.48, 2.53 reading = exam = id = 257 date = 2024-09-02 type = l topic = Potential, uniqueness of solutions homework = reading = 3.1-2 exam = md = ''' - Laplace's equation: \\( \nabla^2 V = 0 \\) - 1) The solution to Laplace's equation in some volume is uniquely determined if \\( V \\) is specified on the boundary surface. - 2) In a volume surrounded by conductors and containing a specified charge density \\( \rho \\), the electric field is uniquely determined if the *total charge* on each conductor is given. ''' id = 217 date = 2024-09-04 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 184 date = 2024-09-04 type = l topic = Method of images homework = reading = exam = md = ''' - A point charge above a grounded conducting plane - Induced surface charge - Energy - A point charge outside a grounded conducting sphere ''' id = 199 date = 2024-09-06 type = r topic = Laplace's equation: 3.2, 3.7, 3.10, 3.12 homework = 2.35, 3.08, 3.13, 3.14 reading = exam = id = 218 date = 2024-09-06 type = r topic = homework = 2.35, 3.08, 3.13, 3.14 reading = exam = id = 169 date = 2024-09-09 type = l topic = Solving Laplace's equation by separation of variables homework = reading = exam = md = ''' - Cartesian coordinates - Spherical coordinates with azimuthal symmetry - Legendre polynomials ''' id = 219 date = 2024-09-09 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 220 date = 2024-09-11 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 185 date = 2024-09-11 type = l topic = Solving Poisson's equation using Green's functions homework = reading = exam = id = 221 date = 2024-09-13 type = r topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 200 date = 2024-09-13 type = r topic = homework = 3.15, 3.23, GroundedTube reading = exam = id = 222 date = 2024-09-16 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 170 date = 2024-09-16 type = l topic = Multipole expansion homework = reading = exam = md = ''' - Moments of a charge distribution - Potential in the far field - Electric dipole field ''' id = 186 date = 2024-09-18 type = l topic = What else here? homework = reading = exam = id = 223 date = 2024-09-18 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 201 date = 2024-09-20 type = r topic = homework = BeingGreen reading = exam = id = 224 date = 2024-09-20 type = r topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 225 date = 2024-09-23 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 171 date = 2024-09-23 type = l topic = Electric fields in matter homework = reading = exam = md = ''' - Polarization - Polarizability and the **polarizability tensor** - Torque on a dipole - Bound charges ''' id = 187 date = 2024-09-25 type = l topic = Electric displacement homework = reading = exam = md = ''' - Definition of displacement: \\( \mathbf{D} = \varepsilon_0 \mathbf{E} + \mathbf{P} \\) - \\( \nabla \cdot \mathbf{D} = \rho_f \\) - Linear dielectrics: \\( \mathbf{P} = \varepsilon_0 \chi_e \mathbf{E} \\) - Permittivity: \\( \varepsilon = \varepsilon_0 (1 + \chi_e) \\) - Dielectric constant: \\( \varepsilon_r = 1 + \chi_e \\) - Susceptibility tensor - Energy in dielectric systems - Forces on dielectrics ''' id = 226 date = 2024-09-25 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 227 date = 2024-09-27 type = r topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 202 date = 2024-09-27 type = r topic = homework = 3.30, 3.50, 3.51 reading = exam = id = 172 date = 2024-09-30 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 228 date = 2024-09-30 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 188 date = 2024-10-02 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 229 date = 2024-10-02 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 203 date = 2024-10-04 type = r topic = homework = 4.16, 4.24, 4.27, 4.36 reading = exam = id = 230 date = 2024-10-04 type = r topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 173 date = 2024-10-07 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 231 date = 2024-10-07 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 189 date = 2024-10-09 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 232 date = 2024-10-09 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 204 date = 2024-10-11 type = r topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 233 date = 2024-10-11 type = r topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 174 date = 2024-10-14 type = h topic = Fall Break homework = reading = exam = id = 234 date = 2024-10-14 type = h topic = Fall Break homework = reading = exam = id = 235 date = 2024-10-16 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 190 date = 2024-10-16 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 236 date = 2024-10-18 type = r topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 205 date = 2024-10-18 type = r topic = homework = 5.27, 5.47, 5.51 reading = exam = id = 175 date = 2024-10-21 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 237 date = 2024-10-21 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 191 date = 2024-10-23 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 238 date = 2024-10-23 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 206 date = 2024-10-25 type = r topic = homework = 6.10, 6.18, 6.24 reading = exam = id = 239 date = 2024-10-25 type = r topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 240 date = 2024-10-28 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 176 date = 2024-10-28 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 241 date = 2024-10-30 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 192 date = 2024-10-30 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 242 date = 2024-11-01 type = r topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 207 date = 2024-11-01 type = r topic = homework = 7.7, 7.20, 7.23, 7.47 reading = exam = id = 243 date = 2024-11-04 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 177 date = 2024-11-04 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 193 date = 2024-11-06 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 244 date = 2024-11-06 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 208 date = 2024-11-08 type = r topic = homework = 8.16, 9.17 reading = exam = id = 245 date = 2024-11-08 type = r topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 246 date = 2024-11-11 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 178 date = 2024-11-11 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 247 date = 2024-11-13 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 194 date = 2024-11-13 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 248 date = 2024-11-15 type = r topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 209 date = 2024-11-15 type = r topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 179 date = 2024-11-18 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 249 date = 2024-11-18 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 195 date = 2024-11-20 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 250 date = 2024-11-20 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 251 date = 2024-11-22 type = r topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 210 date = 2024-11-22 type = r topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 180 date = 2024-11-25 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 252 date = 2024-11-25 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 253 date = 2024-11-27 type = h topic = Thanksgiving homework = reading = exam = id = 196 date = 2024-11-27 type = h topic = Thanksgiving homework = reading = exam = id = 254 date = 2024-11-29 type = h topic = Thanksgiving homework = reading = exam = id = 211 date = 2024-11-29 type = h topic = Thanksgiving homework = reading = exam = id = 255 date = 2024-12-02 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 181 date = 2024-12-02 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 256 date = 2024-12-04 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam = id = 197 date = 2024-12-04 type = l topic = homework = reading = exam =