UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND 20742
PHYSICS 411 Spring 2007
(updated April 24, 2007)

 

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_2007.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 Monday and Tuesday 11AM -noon. If these hours are inconvenient, please arrange to see me any other time in my office.

Teaching Assistant: Kevin Twedt, twedt@umd.edu  Office:  PHYS 3103, Phone: 5-6189, Office Hours:  W, 2:00-4:00

Homework: The homework assignments (problem sets) will be assigned on Tuesdays, and should be handed in at the beginning of class the following Tuesday. 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 Tuesday, February 6): problems 1.10, 1.12, 1.49, 2.4 and 2.7 from Griffiths

Problem Set #2: (Due Tuesday February 13): Problems: 2.2, 2.9, 2.15, 2.20, 2.22, 2.25, and 2.36 from Griffiths.

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 Tuesday February 20): Problems: 2.37, 3.1, 3.9, 3.14, and 3.15 from Griffiths.

Hint for 3.1: This is the same calculation as for the charge outside the sphere except R > z in this case which
changes whether you chose z-R or R-z when you take the square root  of (R-z)2.
Problem Set #4: (Due Tuesday February 27): Problems: 3.18, 3.20, 3.23, and 3.33 from Griffiths.
First Term Exam – Thursday March 1 - Covers material thru multipole expansion (Ch. 3)
You may bring one 8.5" x 11" sheet with formulas to the exam. You may write on both sides of the sheet.
 Problem Set #5: (Due Tuesday March 13): Problems 4.4, 4.10, 4.15, 4.21, and 4.26 from Griffiths. 
Problem Set #6: (Due Tuesday March 27): Problems 5.13, 5.14, 5.16, 5.25, and 5.36 from Griffiths.
Problem Set #7: (Due Tuesday, April 3): problems 4.9, 6.12, 6.13, 6.16, and 6.24 from Griffiths
Problem Set #8: (Due Tuesday, April 10): problems 7.5, 7.7, 7.18, 7.31, and 7.42 from Griffiths
Second Term Exam - Thursday April 12
You may bring one 8.5" x 11" sheet with formulas to the exam. You may write on both sides of the sheet.
Due Tuesday April 24, re-do your exam, get half credit for problems you missed that you now do correctly.
Problem Set #9: (Due Tuesday, May 1): problems 8.2,  9.13, 9.14, 9.22, and 9.31 from Griffiths
Problem Set #10: (Due Tuesday, May 8): problems 10.14, 10.18, 11.1, 11.10, and 11.22 from Griffiths

Final Exam –   Room PHY 4220, Monday May 14 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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. 25 

Introduction and Coulombs Law (Ch. 2)

Mon. Jan. 29

Vector Calculus and Curvilinear Coordinates (Ch. 1)

Tues. Jan. 30 

Vector Calculus and Curvilinear Coordinates (Ch. 1)

Thur.  Feb. 1

Electrostatics: Gauss's Law (Ch. 2)

Mon. Feb. 5

Electrostatics: Electric Potential (Ch. 2) 

Tues. Feb. 6 

Electrostatics: Work, Energy, and Conductors  (Ch. 2) 

Thur. Feb. 8 

Laplace's and Poisson's Equation: Introduction (Ch. 3)

Mon. Feb. 12

Laplace's and Poisson's Equation: Method of Images (Ch. 3)

Tues. Feb. 13

Laplace's and Poisson's Equation: Separation of Variables (Ch. 3)

Thur. Feb 15

Laplace's and Poisson's Equation: Separation of Variables (Ch. 3)

Mon. Feb 19

Laplace's and Poisson's Equation: Multipole Expansion (Ch. 3)

Tues. Feb. 20 

Electric Fields in Matter (Ch. 4)

Thur. Feb 22

Electric Fields in Matter (Ch. 4)

Mon.  Feb. 26

Electric Fields in Matter (Ch. 4)

Tues. Feb. 27

Magnetostatics (Ch. 5)

Thur. March 1 

First Exam

Mon. March 5

Magnetostatics (Ch. 5)

Tues. March 6

Magnetostatics Ch. 5)

Thur. March 8

Magnetic Fields in Matter (Ch. 6)

Mon.  March 12

Magnetic Fields in Matter (Ch. 6)

Tues. March 13

Magnetic Fields in Matter (Ch. 6)

Thur. March 15

Electrodyamics (Ch. 7)

Mon.. March 26

Electrodyamics (Ch. 7)

Tues. March 27

Electrodyamics (Ch. 7)

Thur. March 29

Conservation Laws (Ch. 8)

Mon. April 2

Conservation Laws (Ch. 8)

Tues. April 3

Electromagnetic Waves (Ch. 9)

Thur. April 5

Electromagnetic Waves (Ch. 9)

Mon. April 9 

Electromagnetic Waves (Ch. 9)

Tues. April 10

Electromagnetic Waves (Ch. 9)

Thur. April 12

Second Exam

Mon. April 16

Potentials and Fields (Ch. 10)

Tues. April 17

Potentials and Fields (Ch. 10)

Thur. April 19

Potentials and Fields (Ch. 10)

Mon. April 23

Radiation (Ch. 11)

Tues. April 24

Radiation (Ch. 11)

Thur. April 26

Radiation (Ch. 11)

Mon. April 30

Electrodyamics and Relativity (Ch. 12)

Tues. May 1

Electrodyamics and Relativity (Ch. 12)

Thur. May 3

Electrodyamics and Relativity (Ch. 12)

Mon. May 7

Electrodyamics and Relativity (Ch. 12)

Tues. May 8

Electrodyamics and Relativity (Ch. 12)

Thur. May 10

Review

Mon. May 14

 Final Exam 8:00 am - 10:00 am Room 4220

 

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