Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : PH4002 : Electrodynamics { 3-1-0 / 4}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Biplab Ganguli
Syllabus
Boundary value problems using Green's Functions, Electromagnetic waves in vacuum, Maxwell's stress tensor, momentum conservation, Poynting theorem, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation of electrodynamics, Gauge transformations, Coulomb gauge and Lorentz gauge, Electromagnetic waves in matter, reflection, transmission, Causality and Kramers-Kronig relations, negative-index materials, Cavities and Wave Guides.
Radiation: Retarded Green's functions, Lienard-Wiechert potentials dipole radiation, spectral resolution and angular distribution of radiation from a relativistic point charge collision problems bremsstrahlung & synchrotron radiation, radiation damping.
Course Objectives
- To provide basics on electrodynamics beyond +3 level as required for master level course.
Course Outcomes
Students will learn basics beyond Maxwell’s equations and their applications to the theory of electromagnetic waves and properties.
Essential Reading
- J. D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, Wiley and sons Ltd
- D. J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, Pearson Education
Supplementary Reading
- W. K. H. Panofsky & M. Phillips, Classical Electricity and Magnetism, Dover
- R. P. Feynman, R. P. Feynman Lectures on Physics (vol.II), Addison Wesley, Narosa