Physics 320 Fall 2013 Schedule

Wk Lec # Date Day Ch Description In-class HW set
    2-Sep Mon   Labor Day    
1 1 3-Sep Tue 1.1.2 Introduction to the course, vector dot product, cross product    
  2 4-Sep Wed 1.2.2 vector algebra, triple products, del operator, gradient 1.13b  
  3 6-Sep Fri 1.2.7 divergence, curl, second derivatives, Laplacian 1.25d  
  4 9-Sep Mon 1.3.5 Integral calculus, example problems 1.28c, 1.32  
2 5 10-Sep Tue 1.4.2 Spherical polar, cylindrical coordinates 1.39,42a Set 1
  6 11-Sep Wed 2.1.3 electrostatics, Coulomb's law 2.5  
  7 13-Sep Fri 2.2.1 electric field lines, flux, Gauss' law 2.12  
  8 16-Sep Mon 2.2.4 More on Gauss' law, div(E), curl(E) 2.17 Set 2
3 9 17-Sep Tue 2.3.2 The electric potential 2.15, 2.23  
    18-Sep Wed   Review for the exam Exam 1 Chapter 1
  10 20-Sep Fri 2.3.4 Finding potentials, work and energy 2.25c  
  11 23-Sep Mon 2.4.4 Four charge example, work in terms of ρ and E 2.31 Set 3
4 12 24-Sep Tue 2.5.4 Electrostatics inside conductors, capacitance, energy 2.39  
  13 25-Sep Wed 2.5.4 Chapter 2 example questions   Set 4
  14 27-Sep Fri 3.1.2 Poisson's, Laplace's eq in 1-dimension 3.3, Ex.3.4  
  15 30-Sep Mon 3.1.4 Separation of variables, orthogonality   Set 5
5 16 1-Oct Tue 3.3.2 spherical coordinates, Legendre polynomials Ex.3.6,3.7  
    2-Oct Wed   Review for the exam Exam 2 Chapter 2
  17 4-Oct Fri 3.4.2 Multipole expansion, dipole moment 3.27  
  18 7-Oct Mon 3.4.4 More on multipoles 3.26  
6 19 8-Oct Tue Review, separation of variables examples   Set 6
  20 9-Oct Wed 4.1.2 atomic polarizability 4.1  
  21 11-Oct Fri 4.2.1 Induced p's in matter, polarization, bound charges 4.10  
  22 14-Oct Mon 4.3.3 bound and free charges, electric displacement, compare D & E Ex.4.4,4.10 Set 7
7 23 15-Oct Tue 4.4.1 Review dielectrics, dielectric constant, Ed vs. Evac, capacitor 4.20  
  24 16-Oct Wed 4.4.4 Torque on dipoles, force on dipoles and dielectrics 4.5 Set 8
  25 18-Oct Fri Review chapters 3 and 4    
  26 21-Oct Mon 5.1.3 Lorentz force, uniform currents, continuity equation 5.2(a,c), 5.3 Set 9
8 27 22-Oct Tue 5.2.2 Biot-Savart law, parallel wires 5.8 5.10(a)
    23-Oct Wed   Review for the exam Exam 3 Chs. 3-4
  28 25-Oct Fri 5.3.4 Ampere's law, divergence of B, infinite wire, plane, solenoid 5.16 Notes
  29 28-Oct Mon 5.4.1 Toroid, moving planes, magnetic vector potential 5.25a, 5.31a  
9 30 29-Oct Tue 5.4.2 Vector A for a straight wire, solenoid, magnetostatic b.c. 5.34  
  31 30-Oct Wed 5.4.3 Multipole expansion, dipole potential, field of a dipole   Set 10
  32 1-Nov Fri   Review, chapter 5 examples    
  33 4-Nov Mon Chapter 5 examples, Helmholtz coils    
10 34 5-Nov Tue 6.1.2 Torques and forces on magnetic dipoles  6.5  
  35 6-Nov Wed 6.2.2 Atomic interactions, magnetization, bound currents   Set 11
  36 8-Nov Fri 6.3.1 Ampere's law, auxiliary field H 6.7, 6.9  
  37 11-Nov Mon 6.4.2 Linear media I 6.13  
11 38 12-Nov Tue 6.4.2 Linear media II 6.16, 6.19  
  39 13-Nov Wed Review, chapter 6 examples   Set 12
  40 15-Nov Fri 7.1.3 Ohm's law, motional emf 7.3  
  41 18-Nov Mon 7.2.1 Faraday's Law I 7.7 Set 13
12 42 19-Nov Tue 7.2.1 Faraday's Law II 7.10  
    20-Nov Wed   Review for the exam Exam 4 Chs. 5-6
  43 22-Nov Fri 7.2.2 Faraday's Law III 7.15, 7.16  
  44 25-Nov Mon 7.2.2 Faraday's Law IV 7.48 Set 14
13 45 26-Nov Tue 7.2.3 Inductance 7.21  
  46 27-Nov Wed 7.2.4 Energy in inductors, LC circuits 7.2  
    29-Nov Fri   Thanksgiving Break    
  47 2-Dec Mon 7.3.3 Maxwell's equations, video 7.31  
14 48 3-Dec Tue 7.3.6 Poynting vector, Maxwell's eqs. inside matter 8.1a Set 15
  49 4-Dec Wed   Catch up and review  
  50 6-Dec Fri 9.2.2 More on Poynting vector, plane EM waves, video 8.1a Set 16
  51 9-Dec Mon 11.1.2 Electric dipole radiation 11.4  
15 52 10-Dec Tue 11.1.3 Magnetic dipole radiation 11.8, 11.10  
  53 11-Dec Wed 11.2.1 Bremstrahlung and synchrotron radiation 11.13  
  54 13-Dec Fri   Review for the exam   Set 17
    17-Dec Tue   FINAL EXAM  2:45pm  Chs. 7 and 12, and comprehensive