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Semester 2
Classical Electrodynamics (PHYS11045)
Subject
Physics and Astronomy
College
SCE
Credits
10
Normal Year Taken
4
Delivery Session Year
2023/2024
Pre-requisites
Knowledge of relativity and background in electromagnetism up to Maxwell's equations is essential.
Course Summary
A course on the Maxwell equations, their Lorentz invariance, covariant formulation, and gauge invariance. Applications included classical radiation from time dependent charges and currents, and in particular accelerating charges.
Course Description
* Relativistic electrodynamics: Maxwell's equations, charge, energy and momentum conservation, the electromagnetic potentials, electromagnetic radiation and its generation, electric and magnetic dipole radiation.* Action principles: for point particles, scalar fields, vector fields, charge and energy-momentum conservation.* Accelerating charges: covariant Green's functions, the Lienard-Wiechert potential, their associated fields, synchotron radiation, Larmor formula.
Assessment Information
Written Exam 100%, Coursework 0%, Practical Exam 0%
Additional Assessment Information
Degree Examination, 100%
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