DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
COLLEGE PARK
PHYSICS 411 Spring 2006
(updated April 26, 2006)
Instructor:
Prof. Nicholas Hadley,
Room 4319
hadley@umd.edu, http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~hadley/
Text: Introduction
to Electrodynamics, D.J.
Web Page:
http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~hadley/P411/p_411_2006.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
2PM- 3PM. If these hours are inconvenient, please arrange to see me any other
time in my office.
Teaching Assistant: Ching Pui
Hung, room 4223 Physics Building, chung1@po2.mail.umd.edu,
office hours: Tu, Th
11-noon
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 6): problems 1.10, 1.13, 1.49, 2.3 and 2.7 from
Problem Set #2: (Due Monday February 13): Problems: 2.2, 2.9, 2.15,
2.20, 2.22, 2.25, and 2.36 from
For problem 2.25, calculate the potential and field for the two point charges and answer the questions about what would happen to the potential and field if the right hand charge were changed to –q. You should skip the calculations for the line charge and the surface, charge.
Problem Set #3: (Due Monday,
February 20): problems 2.37, 3.1, 3.8, 3.14, and 3.15 from
Problem Set #4: (Due Monday,
February 27): problems 3.17, 3.18, 3.23, and 3.33 from
Problem Set #5: (Due Monday, March
13): problems 4.2, 4.15, 4.21, and 4.26 from
Problem Set #6: (Due Monday, March
27): problems 5.13, 5.14, 5.16, 5.25, and 5.36 from
Problem Set #7: (Due Monday, April
3): problems 4.9, 6.12, 6.13, 6.16, and 6.24 from
Problem Set #8: (Due Monday, April
10): problems 7.5, 7.7, 7.18, 7.31, and 7.42 from
Problem Set #9: (Due Monday, April
24): redo test 2, get half credit for extra points, problems 8.2, 8.9,
9.10, 9.13, 9.14 from
Problem Set #10:
(Due Monday, May 1): problems 9.17, 9.22,
9.31, 10.3, and 10.14
from
Problem Set #11:
(Due Monday, May 8): problems 10.18, 11.1,
11.10, 11.14, and 11.22
from
First Term Exam – Thursday March 2
You may bring one 8.5" x 11" sheet with
formulas to the exam. You may write on both sides of the sheet.
The exam will cover material
through multipole expansion (chap 3).
Second Term Exam - Tuesday April 11
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 – Monday May 15, 8AM -10AM,
room 4220
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.
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Preliminary Class Schedule |
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Thur. Jan. 26 |
Introduction and Coulombs Law ( |
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Mon. Jan. 30 |
Vector Calculus and Curvilinear Coordinates ( |
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Tues. Jan. 31 |
Vector Calculus and Curvilinear Coordinates ( |
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Thur. Feb. 2 |
Electrostatics: Gauss's Law ( |
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Mon. Feb. 6 |
Electrostatics: Electric Potential ( |
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Tues. Feb. 7 |
Electrostatics: Work, Energy, and Conductors ( |
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Thur. Feb. 9 |
Laplace's and Poisson's Equation: Introduction ( |
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Mon. Feb. 13 |
Laplace's and Poisson's Equation: Method of Images ( |
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Tues. Feb. 14 |
Laplace's and Poisson's Equation: Separation of Variables
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Thur. Feb 16 |
Laplace's and Poisson's Equation: Separation of Variables
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Mon. Feb 20 |
Laplace's and Poisson's Equation: Multipole
Expansion ( |
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Tues. Feb. 21 |
Electric Fields in Matter ( |
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Thur. Feb 23 |
Electric Fields in Matter ( |
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Mon. Feb. 27 |
Electric Fields in Matter ( |
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Tues. Feb. 28 |
Magnetostatics ( |
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Thur. March 2 |
First Exam |
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Mon. March 6 |
Magnetostatics ( |
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Tues. March 7 |
Magnetostatics |
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Thur. March 9 |
Magnetic Fields in Matter ( |
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Mon. March 13 |
Magnetic Fields in Matter ( |
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Tues. March 14 |
Magnetic Fields in Matter ( |
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Thur. March 16 |
Electrodyamics ( |
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Mon.. March 27 |
Electrodyamics ( |
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Tues. March 28 |
Electrodyamics ( |
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Thur. March 30 |
Conservation Laws ( |
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Mon. April 3 |
Conservation Laws ( |
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Tues. April 4 |
Electromagnetic Waves ( |
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Thur. April 6 |
Electromagnetic Waves ( |
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Mon. April 10 |
Electromagnetic Waves ( |
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Tues. April 11 |
Electromagnetic Waves ( |
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Thur. April 13 |
Second Exam |
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Mon. April 17 |
Potentials and Fields ( |
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Tues. April 18 |
Potentials and Fields ( |
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Thur. April 20 |
Potentials and Fields ( |
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Mon. April 24 |
Radiation ( |
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Tues. April 25 |
Radiation ( |
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Thur. April 27 |
Radiation ( |
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Mon. May 1 |
Electrodyamics and Relativity ( |
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Tues. May 2 |
Electrodyamics and Relativity ( |
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Thur. May 4 |
Electrodyamics and Relativity ( |
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Mon. May 8 |
Electrodyamics and Relativity ( |
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Tues. May 9 |
Electrodyamics and Relativity ( |
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Thur. May 11 |
Review |
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Mon. May 15 |
Final Exam 8AM Room 4220 |
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