SylabUZ
| Course name | Electrodynamics |
| Course ID | 13.2-WF-FizP-E-S17 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Physics and Astronomy |
| Field of study | WFiA - oferta ERASMUS |
| Education profile | - |
| Level of studies | Erasmus programme |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2023/2024 |
| Semester | 2 |
| ECTS credits to win | 6 |
| Available in specialities | Physics |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
| Author of syllabus |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Class | 30 | 2 | - | - | Credit with grade |
| Lecture | 30 | 2 | - | - | Exam |
To acquaint students with the basic topics of classical physics, constituting the basis for contemporary physics, including the properties of matter, the theory of electromagnetic radiation and their mutual relations.
Fundamentals of physics and basis of higher mathematics
Lectures:
Elementary aspects of electromagnetism and vector algebra.
Experimental basis for the development of electromagnetic theory.
Differential equations for the electromagnetic field and Maxwell's theory.
Solution of the Maxwell's equations for fields in vacuum. Electromagnetic waves.
Fields of moving charges: Special relativity - a deeper understanding of Maxwell's equations.
Solution of the Laplace's equation and boundary value problems.
Energy and momentum of the electromagnetic field.
Solution of the Maxwell's equations with source terms present. Lorentz and Coulomb gauges.
Electromagnetic antennas: Hertzian dipole.
Electromagnetic theory of polarizable materials: Electric fields in dielectrics. Magnetic fields in magnetizable materials.
Propagation of electromagnetic waves in dielectric and conducting materials.
Transitions across boundaries for electromagnetic fields.
Application of the Maxwell's theory to geometrical optics: Reflection and transmission of waves.
Fresnel equations and their applications.
Waveguides and transmission lines.
Tutorials:
Solving accounting problems from the subject of the lecture.
Conventional lectures, calculate class.
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Lecture: Written and oral exam. Passing condition - a positive exam grade.
Classes Active presence on exercises, passing tests.
Before the exam the student must get a pass from the exercises.
Final grade: weighted average of exam grades (60%) and classes (40%).
[1] L. D. Landau, E. M. Lifszic, Teoria pola, PWN, Warszawa 2009.
[2] J. D. Jackson, Elektrodynamika klasyczna, PWN, Warszawa 1982.
[3] M. Suffczyński, Elektrodynamika, PWN, Warszawa 1978.
[4] R. S. Ingarden, A. Jamiołkowski, Elektrodynamika klasyczna, PWN, Warszawa 1980.
[1] D. J. Griffiths, Podstawy elektrodynamiki, PWN, Warszawa 2006.
Modified by dr hab. Maria Przybylska, prof. UZ (last modification: 27-09-2023 14:17)
