Course | Dual Degree (B. Tech + Master of Science / Master of Technology) |
Semester | Sem. III |
Subject Code | PH211 |
Subject Title | Electrodynamics and Special Relativity |
Electromagnetic Waves:
Waves in one-dimension – Wave eqaution – sinusoidal waves – Reflection and transmission – Polarization – Electromagnetic waves in vacuum – wave equations for E and B – Monochromatic plane waves – Energy and momentum in electromagnetic waves – Electromagnetic Waves in Matter – Propagation in linear media – reflection and transmission at normal and oblique incidence – Absorption and Dispersion – Electromagnetic waves in conductors – reflection at a conducting surface – frequency dependence of permittivity – Guided Waves – wave guides – TE waves in a rectangular wave guide – waves in coaxial transmission line.
Potentials and Fields:
Scalar and vector potentials, guage transformations – Coulumb gauge.
Radiation:
Dipole radiation – Electric and magnetic dipole radiation, radiation from an arbitrary source, Power radiated from point charges, Radiation reaction.
Electrodynamics and Relativity:
Special theory – Einstein's postulates – Geometry and structure of spacetime – Lorentz transformations. Relativistic mechanics – Propertime – Energy and Momentum – Kinematics and Dynamics; Relativitistic electrodynamics – Magnetism as a relativistic phenomenon – field tensor – transformation of fields – Relativistic potentials.
1. Introduction to Electrodynamics, D. J. Griffiths, Prentice Hall of India.
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