Physics 433 Course Outline

Prof. Trevor A. Tyson

E-mail: tyson@eies.njit.edu

Tel: 973-642-4681

Office: Room 451 Tiernan Hall

(1) Electromagnetic Fields and Waves by P. Lorraine and D. Corson

(2) The Electromagnetic Field by A. Shadowitz

(3) Berkeley Physics Course, Vol. II by E. M. Purcell

Office hour is Wednesday  1:00to 2:00 PM (or by appointment)


Grade Decomposition

Homework             30%

Midterm Exams     20% (per exam)

Final Exam             20%

Class Project         10%

Class Project Details

Find paper relevant to material covered in class

Read and research paper (look-up references)

Present paper in class in 15 min. talk

                           Write 7 page report (double spaced, not including figures)

See list of research project papers on main class WWW page (same as P432)

 

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            1 Week           Magnetostatics (Chapter 5 continued)

            2 Weeks          Magnetostatics Fields in Matter (Chapter 6)

            2 Weeks          Electrodynamics (Chapter 7)

            1 Week            Conservation Laws (Chapter 8)

Exam I

           1Weeks          Potentials and Fields (Chapter 10)

           3 Weeks          Radiation (Chapter 11)

Exam II

            3 Weeks          Electrodynamics and Relativity (Chapter 12)