UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND 20742
PHYSICS 411 Spring 2005
(updated May 2, 2005)

 

Instructor: Prof. Nicholas Hadley,
                   Room 4319 Physics Building, 301-405-6063,
                   hadley@umd.edu,  http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~hadley/

Text: Introduction to Electrodynamics, D.J. Griffiths, Third Edition, Prentice Hall

Web Page: http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~hadley/P411/p_411_2005.html

Lecture: Monday 10:00-10:50AM  Room 1201 , Tuesday and Thursday 9:30-10:45AM Room 4220

Office Hours: My office hours will be on Tuesday 11AM -noon and Wednesday 10AM- 11AM. If these hours are inconvenient, please arrange to see me any other time in my office.

Teaching Assistant: Jianhao Chen, 3109 Physics Building, 301-405-6190,  jhchen@umd.edu,

Homework: The homework assignments (problem sets) will be assigned on Mondays, and should be handed in at the beginning of class the following Monday. Late homework will be accepted at the discretion of the instructor, but not after solutions have been handed out.

Exams: There will be 2 exams given during the lecture periods (1:15 hours in length). Both exams will contribute
to the final grade for the course. The final exam will be given during the standard exam period. The
date and time of the exam are not yet determined. It will cover all the semester's work. You must take the
final exam to pass the course.

Grade: The semester grade will be based on the homework, in-class exams and the final exam
with the following tentative weights: 2 in-class exams: 40%, homework: 30% ,final exam: 30%

Problem Set #1: (Due Monday, February. 7 ): problems 1.10, 1.13, 1.49, 2.3 and 2.7 from Griffiths
Problem Set #2: (Due Monday, February. 14 ): problems 2.2, 2.9, 2.15, 2.20, 2.22, 2.25 and 2.36 from Griffiths
For problem 2.25, do only the calculations and answer the questions for the field of the two poinr charges,
Problem Set #3: (Due Monday, February. 21 ): problems 2.37, 3.1, 3.8, 3.14, and 3.15 from Griffiths
Problem Set #4: (Due Monday, February. 28 ): problems 3.17, 3.18, 3.24, 3.28, and 3.33 from Griffiths
Problem Set #5: (Due Monday, March 14): problems  4.2, 4.15, 4.21, 4.26 and 4.28 from Griffiths
Problem Set #6: (Due Monday, March 28 ): problems 5.13, 5.14, 5.16, 5.25, and 5.36 from Griffiths
Problem Set #7: (Due Monday, April 4 ): problems 4.9, 6.12, 6.13, 6.16, and 6.24 from Griffiths
Problem Set #8: (Due Monday, April 11 ): problems 7.5, 7.7, 7.18, 7.31 and 7.42 from Griffiths
Problem Set #9: (Due Monday, April 25 ): Redo test 2 and get half credit for all the extra points you earn.
                                                                        Problems 8.2, 8.9, 9.10, 9.13, and 9.14 from Griffiths
Problem Set #10: (Due Monday, May 2 ): problems 9.17, 9.22, 9.31, 10.3 and 10.14 from Griffiths
Problem Set #11: (Due Monday, May 9 ): problems 10.18, 11.1, 11.10, 11.14, and 11.22 from Griffiths

First Term Exam - Tuesday March 1
This exam will cover the material in chapters 1-3 in Griffiths. You may bring one 8.5" x 11" sheet with formulas to the exam. You may write on both sides of the sheet.

Second Term Exam - Thursday April 14
This exam will cover the material in chapters 1-7 in Griffiths, emphasizing the material in chapters 4-7. You may bring one 8.5" x 11" sheet with formulas to the exam. You may write on both sides of the sheet.

Final Exam - Tuesday May 17 8AM - 10AM in room 4220 (usual Tuesday Thursday room).
The exam will cover the entire semester's work. You may bring two 8.5" x 11" sheets with formulas to the exam. You may write on both sides of the sheets.




Preliminary Class Schedule

Thur. Jan. 27  Introduction and Coulombs Law (Ch. 2)
Mon. Jan. 31
 Vector Calculus and Curvilinear Coordinates (Ch. 1)
Tues. Feb. 1  Vector Calculus and Curvilinear Coordinates (Ch. 1)
Thur.  Feb. 3
 Electrostatics: Gauss's Law (Ch. 2)
Mon. Feb. 7 Electrostatics: Electric Potential (Ch. 2) 
Tues. Feb. 8  Electrostatics: Work, Energy, and Conductors  (Ch. 2) 
Thur. Feb. 10  Laplace's and Poisson's Equation: Introduction (Ch. 3)
Mon. Feb. 14 Laplace's and Poisson's Equation: Method of Images (Ch. 3)
Tues. Feb. 15
Laplace's and Poisson's Equation: Separation of Variables (Ch. 3)
Thur. Feb 17
 Laplace's and Poisson's Equation: Separation of Variables (Ch. 3)
Mon. Feb 21
 Laplace's and Poisson's Equation: Multipole Expansion (Ch. 3)
Tues. Feb. 22  Electric Fields in Matter (Ch. 4)
Thur. Feb 24
 Snow- class canceled
Mon.  Feb. 28
 Snow - class canceled
Tues. March  1
 Electric Fields in Matter (Ch. 4)
Thur. March 3  First Exam
Mon. March 7
 Electric Fields in Matter (Ch. 4)
Tues. March 8
 Magnetostatics (Ch. 5)
Thur. March 10 Magnetostatics (Ch. 5)
Mon.  March 14
 Magnetostatics Ch. 5)
Tues. March 15
 Magnetic Fields in Matter (Ch. 6)
Thur. March 17
 Magnetic Fields in Matter (Ch. 6)
Mon.. March 28
 Magnetic Fields in Matter (Ch. 6)
Tues. March 29
 Electrodyamics (Ch. 7)
Thur. March 31
 Electrodyamics (Ch. 7)
Mon. April 4
 Electrodyamics (Ch. 7)
Tues. April 5
 Conservation Laws (Ch. 8)
Thur. April 7
 Conservation Laws (Ch. 8)
Mon. April 11  Electromagnetic Waves (Ch. 9)
Tues. April 12
 Electromagnetic Waves (Ch. 9)
Thur. April 14
 Second Exam
Mon. April 18
 Electromagnetic Waves (Ch. 9)
Tues. April 19
 Electromagnetic Waves (Ch. 9)
Thur. April 21
 Potentials and Fields (Ch. 10)
Mon. April 25
 Potentials and Fields (Ch. 10)
Tues. April 26
 Radiation (Ch. 11)
Thur. April 28
 Radiation (Ch. 11)
Mon. May 2
 Radiation (Ch. 11)
Tues. May 3
 Electrodyamics and Relativity (Ch. 12)
Thur. May 5
 Electrodyamics and Relativity (Ch. 12)
Mon. May 9
 Electrodyamics and Relativity (Ch. 12)
Tues. May 10
 Electrodyamics and Relativity (Ch. 12)
Thur. May 12
 Review
Tues. May 17
 FINAL EXAM - note early time - 8AM-10AM