PHY3202 Advanced Electromagnetism

1999-2000

Code: PHY3202
Title: Advanced Electromagnetism
Instructors: Staff of Foreign Host Institution
HE credits: 15
ECTS credits: 7.5
Availability: programmes F3Q4 and F3QK only
Level: 3
Prerequisites: none
Corequisites: none
Background Assumed: Electromagnetic Fields (PHY2206)
Duration: Fall or Spring semester
Directed Study: 45 lectures (approx)
Private Study: 105 hours (approx)
Supports Programme Aims: 1, 5, 6 and 12
Supports Programme Objectives: none

Assessment Methods

Mid-semester papers (1 hr) and a final examination (3 hrs)

Rationale

Physicists require a firm basic knowledge of time-dependent electromagnetism, involving advanced applications and their relevance to physical phenomena.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• state and manipulate Maxwell's equations Fresnel's equations
• find plane wave solutions for isotropic media with boundaries
• apply Maxwell's equations to charges moving with relativistic velocities and discuss the consequent radiation effects
• describe the scattering of electromagnetic radiation by atoms and molecules

Teaching and Learning Methods

Lectures and problems sessions

Transferable Skills

Techniques of electromagnetism and vector analysis

Assignments

Follow host institution's conventions

Module Text

Not applicable

Supplementary Reading

Not applicable

Syllabus Plan and Content

1. Mathematical formulation of Maxwell's equations
2. Propagation of electromagnetic waves through isotropic media
3. Fresnel's equations and reflection and transmission at a boundary
4. Radiation theory and its application
5. Scattering of electromagnetic radiation by atoms and molecules.

Recommended Module and Text in North America

Host Institution	Module	Text
Central Michigan	332 (Spring)	D J Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics (2nd ed.)
Iowa State
Kansas	631 (Spring)	D J Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics (2nd ed.)
New Mexico	406 (Fall)	D J Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics (2nd ed.)

Feedback to Students

Follows host institution's conventions

Feedback from Students

In addition to using the host institution's systems, students can raise any matters of concern with the American Study Programme Co-ordinator.