PHYS 505
Classical Electromagnetism

Credit:  4 hours.


Review of Maxwell's equations followed by a relativistic formulation of the electromagnetic field and the motion of charged particles; plane and guided waves; retarded potentials; radiation from simple antennas; radiation from accelerated charged particles; synchrotron radiation, bremsstrahlung, scattering, and further topics. Prerequisite: PHYS 436 and PHYS 507.