Physics 311, Classical Particles, Fields, and Matter II, Spring 2014

PHY 311 Classical Particles, Fields, and Matter II, Spring 2014

Course Information:
- Instructor: Christopher B. Crawford, crawford@pa.uky.edu, PSF430, 480-965-2238
- Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday at 15:00 PSF430; HW Reciation Friday 15:00 PSF462
- Class schedule: M W F 10:30-11:20, PSF123
- Textbook: David J. Griffiths, "Introduction to Electrodynamics," 3rd or 4th Ed. (required)
  Murray R. Spiegel, "Theory and Problems of Vector Analysis," (recommended)
- Prerequisites: Prerequisite courses for PHY 311 are PHY 302 and 310, with a grade of C or better, or instructor approval.
- Resources: syllabus, course feedback, 2012-13: phy416, phy417

Announcements
- 2014-01-14: Please fill out the doodle pool for office hours and recitation times.
- 2014-01-17: Office hours are 3pm Tues and Thurs.
- 2014-01-17: Recitation will be held 3pm Fridays.
- 2014-01-17: HW1 Griffths problems are the same in 3ed and 4ed.
- 2014-01-26: HW2 Updated for both Griffths 3ed and 4ed.
- 2014-02-04: HW3 There is a typo in older Griffiths 3ed Problem 1.35 correction
- 2014-02-11: The 4th Annual Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde contest is underway
- 2014-02-21: Congratulations to Michael Mendonca, winner of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde contest, and Alex Munoz, runner up.
- 2014-03-21: Example boundary value problem and notes from the Friday afternoon recitation.
- 2014-04-16: More boundary value problems to practice on!

HW	Due Date	Problems

1	Wed, 01/22	HW 1, Rev. A (source, illustration of problem #1)
2	Wed, 01/29	HW 2, Rev. B (added 4ed; source, solution)
3	Wed, 02/05	HW 3, Rev. A (source, solution)
4	Wed, 02/12	HW 4, Rev. A (source, solution)
5	Wed, 02/26	HW 5, Rev. A (source)
6	Wed, 03/05	HW 6, Rev. A (source)
7	Wed, 03/19	HW 7, Rev. A (source)
8	Wed, 04/02	HW 8, Rev. A (source, fig 1)
9	Wed, 04/09	HW 9, Rev. A (source)
10	Wed, 04/16	HW 10, Rev. A (source)
11	Wed, 04/30	HW 11, Rev. A (source, fig)

Lecture Notes (single pdf file)

Date	Reading	Topic

1/13	(0)	Survey of E&M (notes, lecture)
1/15	(1.1.1-3)	Vector Algebra (notes, lecture)
1/17	(1.1.5)	Linear Operators (notes, lecture)

1/20		Martin Luther King Day
1/22	(1.2)	Differential Calculus (notes, lecture)
1/24	(1.1.4,1.4)	Affine space, Curvilinear Coordinates (notes, lecture)

1/27	(1.3.1)	Integral Calculus (notes, lecture)
1/29	(1.3.2-6)	Fundamental Vector Theorems (notes, lecture)
1/31	(1.5)	Dirac Delta Function (notes, lecture, article )

2/3	(1.6)	Helmholtz Theorem (notes, lecture)
2/5	(2.1)	Electric Field (notes, lecture)
2/7	(2.2)	Divergence and Curl of E-field (notes, lecture)

2/10	(2.3)	Electric Potential (notes, lecture)
2/12	(2.4)	Electric Work and Energy (notes, lecture)
2/14	(2.5)	Conductors (notes, lecture, applet 1, applet 2)

2/17	(1-2)	EXAM 1 (study notes, solutions, grades)
2/19	(3.1)	Laplace's Equation (notes, lecture)
2/21	(3.2)	The Method of Images (notes, lecture)

2/24	(3.3.1)	Separation of Cartesian Variables (notes, lecture)
2/26	(3.3.2)	Separation of Spherical Variables (notes, lecture)
2/28	(3.4.1-3)	Multipole Expansion (notes, lecture)

3/3	(3.4.4)	Multipole Fields (notes, lecture)
3/5	(4.1)	Polarization (notes, lecture)
3/7	(4.2)	Field of Polarized Objects (notes, lecture)

3/10		Spring Break
3/12		"
3/14		"

3/17	(4.3)	Electric Displacement (notes, lecture)
3/19	(4.4.1-2)	Linear Dielectrics (notes, lecture, example)
3/21	(4.4.3-4)	Energy in Dielectrics (notes, lecture, COMSOL example)

3/24	(7.1.1)	Electrical Conductance (notes, lecture, review)
3/26	(3-4)	EXAM 2 (last year's Exam 3, Final, solutions, grades)
3/28	(5.1)	Lorentz Force (overview, pdf, lecture)

3/31	(5.2)	Biot-Savart Law (pdf, lecture)
4/2	(5.3)	Div and Curl of B (pdf, lecture)
4/4	(5.x)	Magnetic Scalar Potential (pdf, lecture, DCTC model)

4/7	(5.4.1-2)	Magnetic Vector Potential (pdf, see prev lecture)
4/9		Magnetic Boundary Value Problems (cos-theta example)
4/11	(5.4.3)	Multipole Expansion (pdf, lecture)

4/14	(6.1-2)	Magnetization (pdf, lecture)
4/16	(6.3)	Auxiliary H Field (pdf)
4/18	(6.4)	Linear and Nonlinear Media (pdf)

4/21	(5-6)	EXAM 3 (practice BVPs, proofs between formalisms, solutions, grades)
4/23	(7.1)	Electromotive Force (pdf, lecture)
4/25	(7.2)	Electromagnetic Induction (pdf1, pdf2, lecture)

4/28	(7.3)	Maxwell Equations (pdf, lecture)
4/30	(7.3)	Electromagnetic Waves (lecture)
5/02		Review (pdf, lecture)

5/05	(1-7)	FINAL EXAM Monday, 9:50-11:40 AM (grades)

Resources
- Wolfram Mathematica Online Integrator
- Bluebit Online Matrix Inverter
- Abramowitz and Stegun, Handbook of Mathematical functions
- Press, Teukolsky, Vetterling, and Flannery, Numerical Recipes in C
- Vector calculus formulas (Griffiths, Jackson)
- Notes on Legendre polynomials and more from Christopher Pope (E&M I, E&M II)
- Dipole potential applet 1, applet 2

Errata David J. Griffiths, "Introduction to Electrodynamics"
- see author's list
- p. 21, Product rules are in a different order than in front cover. (not an error)
- p. 40, Warning: last equation on page (da₂) is only valid at theta=pi/2 since it is missing cos(theta). [Tom Pace]
- p. 115, Prob. 2.2 This theorem only holds in regions free of charge. Consider, for instance, the inside of a sphere of uniform negative surface charge.
- p. 151, Prob. 3.29 You need to expand to order (d/r)^4 to get the octupole term.
- p. 198, Prob. 4.34 Answer: p/epsilon should be replaced with 3 p/epsilon_0 (1+2 epsilon_r)
David J. Griffiths, "Instructor's Solution Manual"
- prob 48: integral should be from r=0 to R, not to infinitiy. [Tom Pace]