Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : PH2003 : Electricity and Magnetism { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Jyoti Prakash Kar
Syllabus
Electrostatics: Electric field, divergence and curl of electrostatic field, electric potential, boundary conditions, work and energy in electrostatics, conductors, Laplace's equation (1D,2D,3D), boundary condition and uniqueness theorems, method of images, separation of variables, multipole expansion, Electric fields in Matter.
Magnetostatics: The Lorentz force law, Biot-Savart law, magnetic Vector potential, boundary conditions, multipole expansion of vector potential, magnetization, magnetic materials, torque and forces on magnetic dipoles, field of a magnetized object, the auxiliary field H, boundary conditions, linear and non-linear media.
Electrodynamics: Electromotive force, electro-magnetic induction, Maxwell's equations, boundary conditions.
Course Objectives
- To know the basic concepts of electrostatics and magnetostatics
Course Outcomes
CO1: To understand the microscopic behavior of the materials in presence of electric/ magnetic fields. <br />CO2: To estimate of physical parameters of a system using the basic laws of electricity and magnetism <br />CO3: To know the basics of electrodynamics .
Essential Reading
- D. J. Griffiths, Introduction to electrodynamics, Prentice Hall, 4th edition,
- E. M. Purcell, Electricity and Magnetism, Berkeley Physics Course -Vol 2, McGraw-Hill India.
Supplementary Reading
- W. K. H. Panofsky, M. Phillips, Classical Electricity and Magnetism, Dover Publications, 2nd edition
- J. D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, Wiley and sons Ltd. 3rd edition