Physics 543, Autumn 2008
Electromagnetic Theory

http://faculty.washington.edu/seattle/

Instructor: Larry Sorensen
Email: seattle@u.washington.edu

Office: B-435 Physics-Astronomy Building
Office Hours: Right after class--or by appointment
Telephone: 543-0360

Description

Introduction to static electromagnetism:
Static electric and magnetic fields
Boundary-value problems
The electric and magnetic properties of materials
Maxwell's equations

Course Information
Exam 1
Exam 2
Exam 3


Homework

Applets

Lecture Notes

Reading

Fourier Series

Purcell Simplified Part 1
Purcell Simplified Part 2
Purcell Simplified Part 3
Purcell Expanded
Purcell Generalized

Feynman's Summary
Griffiths' Summary

The History of Gauss', Green's, and Stokes' Theorems
Faraday's Field Lines in Motion---The Movie
The Dynamics of Faraday's Field Lines

The Laplace Applet
Introduction to Atmospheric Electricity
Atmospheric Electricity in the Boundary Layer

The Conical Resistor Conundrum
Jefimenko's Experiments
Jefimenko's E Field Maps for Perfect Conductors
Jefimenko's E Field Maps for Imperfect Conductors
Jefimenko's B Field Maps

Electric Fields Outside Conductors Part 1
Electric Fields Outside Conductors Part 2
Electric Fields Outside Conductors Part 3

The Magnetic Scalar Potential
Calculating the Magnetic Vector Potential
Curvilinear Coordinates
Visualizing the Vector Potential
The Reality of the Vector Potential
The History of the Vector Potential
The Aharonov-Bohm Effect
The Vector Potential Carries Angular Momentum

The History of Unipolar Induction
The Neglect of Unipolar Induction
Current Flow Patterns in a Faraday Disk
The Weak Relativistic Approximation
Magnetic Induction 1
Magnetic Induction 2
Lucy and Ringo
Just for Fun
Lecture Demonstration
Induction in Moving Systems
What Does a Voltmeter Measure?

How did Faraday Discover Diamagnetism?
What is Earnshaw's Theorem?
Flying Frogs and Spinning Magnets
Flying Frogs and Floating Magnets
The Stability of Diamagnetic Levitation
Diamagnetic Levitation With Four Permanent Magnets
Faster than a Speeding Bullet Train
Japan's Superconducting Maglev Train
The Physics of Maglev Trains
Simple Theory for the Levitron
How Spin Stabilizes the Levitron
Sophisticated Theory for the Levitron

The 1979 Robb Lectures
Feynman's Sum Over Paths Formulation of QM
Excerpts from Feynman's Strange Theory

Gaussian Units vs. SI Units Part 1
Gaussian Units vs. SI Units Part 2
Gaussian Units vs. SI Units Part 3
Gaussian Units vs. SI Units Part 4
Gaussian Units vs. SI Units Part 5

Superconductivity Part 1
Superconductivity Part 2
Superconductivity Part 3

Electric Fields Outside Resistors
Relativity and Magnetism

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