Syllabus
Electromagnetic Theory I
Spring 2008

Text: ``Classical Electrodynamics'', J.D. Jackson, John Wiley & Sons, 3rd edition.

Other useful reference books: ``Modern Problems in Classical
Electrodynamics'', C.A. Brau, Oxford University Press; ``Classical Electricity and Magnetism'' W. Panofsky and M. Phillips, Addison-Wesley, 2nd Edition.

Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday  12:40 PM to 1:55 PM.

Room: Phy 306.

Instructor: Prof. Adriana Moreo - Rm  303 South College Building.

Office Hours: Monday  2:15PM to 3:15PM. I also will be available by request.

Phone: 974-2084 (UTK) or 241-1698 (ORNL). E-mail: amoreo@utk.edu

Web Page: http://moreo.phys.utk.edu/adriana/electro08/

HOMEWORK: Due on Tuesday at the beginning of the class following assignment on preceeding Tuesday. The assignments will be listed in the webpage. The homework will be graded and returned to you. Each problem will be graded on a scale from 0 to 10. The homework grade will be normalized at the end of the semester to 30 points. Solutions to all homework problems will be available on the webpage. 

MIDTERM EXAM: There will be one midterm exam administered during class.  Class notes can be used in the exams.

CLASS PROJECT:  each student will have to write a short paper (up to 4 pages) using the format for Physical Review Letters (http://authors.aps.org/revtex4/), and prepare a 15 minutes Power Point oral presentation on a subject that will be individually assigned. Check out the webpage for the due dates of the different parts of this project.

GRADING:


WEEK
 #per
 Subjects
(Tentative)
 Chapters
1st
 1
 Special Theory of Relativity (I)
 11
2nd
 2
 Special Theory of Relativity (II)
 11
3rd
 2
 Special Theory of Relativity (III) 11
4th
 2
 Dynamics of Relativistic Particles  (I) 12
5th
 2
 Dynamics of Relativistic Particles  (II) 12
6th
 2
 Electrostatics and Green Functions 1-2
7th
 2
 Boundary Value Problems 2-3
8th
 2
  Macroscopic Media 4
9th
 2
 Midterm Exam

                                                                                                       Thursday, March 6 - Midterm.

                                                                                                        Spring Break: March 17 to 21.

WEEK
 #per
 Subjects
 Chapters
10th
 2
 Magnetostatics 5
11th
 2
 Maxwell Equations 6
12th
 2
 Radiation by Moving Charges 14
13th
 2
 Oral Presentations (I)
14th
 2
 Oral Presentations (II)
15th 2
 Review


Final Exam: Thursday May 1 from 2:40PM to 4:45PM .