Course

PHYS-324: Classical electrodynamics

Lectures in this course (82)

Retarded Potentials and Electromagnetic Energy

Explores retarded potentials, electromagnetic energy, and conservation of energy in electromagnetism.

Covers the solution of Maxwell equations using advanced and retarded Green functions, focusing on electrostatics with general boundary conditions.

Electromagnetic Plane Waves

Covers the general solution for electromagnetic potentials, energy conservation, and the electric field.

Liénard-Wiechert Potentials

Explores Liénard-Wiechert potentials in electromagnetism, focusing on energy calculations and charge conservation.

Electromagnetic Waves: Polarization Vectors

Explores plane wave polarization vectors, radiation from a moving charged particle, and electromagnetic potentials.

Radiation and Green Functions

Explores radiation from moving charged particles and the use of Green functions in electromagnetic analysis.

Green Functions and Electrostatics

Explores Green functions, complex analysis, and electrostatics, including EM waves and residue theorem.

Multipole Expansion in Electrostatics and Magnetostatics

Explores multipole expansion in electrostatics and magnetostatics, focusing on monopole, dipole, and higher-order moments, and their mathematical representations.

Multipole Expansion in Electrodynamics

Explores multipole expansion in Electrodynamics, covering Maxwell Equations, EM Potentials, Lorenz Gauge, and Magnetization.

Dipolar Radiation and Larmor Formula

Explores dipolar radiation, the Larmor formula, and macroscopic electromagnetic fields.

Electromagnetic Fields in Medium

Explores electromagnetic fields in a medium, covering macroscopic Maxwell equations, polarization, magnetization, and dielectric permittivity.

Electromagnetic Energy in Medium

Explores electromagnetic energy in different mediums and the behavior of electromagnetic waves.

Symmetries of Newtonian Mechanics

Explores the symmetries of Newtonian Mechanics, Lagrangian mechanics, and the conservation of energy.

Symmetries of the Wave Equation

Explores the symmetries of the wave equation and Lorentz boosts in relation to Galilean boosts.

Lorentz Transformations: Symmetries and Boosts

Explores Lorentz transformations, boosts, and symmetries in Newtonian mechanics.

Time Dilation and Lorentz Contraction

Explores time dilation, Lorentz contraction, and isotropy in physics.

Lorentz Transformations and Covariant Tensors

Explores Lorentz transformations, covariant tensors, rotational invariance, and linear transformations in vector spaces.

Covariant Maxwell Equations

Covers the covariant form of Maxwell equations and properties of the field strength tensor.

Maxwell Equations and Minkowski Spacetime

Explores Maxwell equations, Minkowski spacetime, Lorentz transformations, charge conservation, and spacetime structure in physics.

Relativistic Equation of Motion

Explores spacetime structure, 4-vectors, Lorentz force, and dispersion relation in relativistic motion.