PHYS 334 - Electromagnetic Theory II

Instructor: Ben Vollmayr-Lee, ben.vollmayr-lee@, Olin 154, x7-3106

Office Hours: Whenever you find me (check my schedule on Google calendar to see when I'm around)

Text: David Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 4th Ed.

Course Materials: Syllabus | Griffiths E&M equations

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Exams

• Exam 1: Review worksheet | Worksheet solutions | Exam solutions
• Exam 2: Review worksheet | Worksheet solutions | Exam solutions
• Exam 3: Review worksheet | Worksheet solutions

Homework

HW #1 (due Jan 24) Asgmt | Solns HW #2 (due Jan 31) Asgmt | Solns HW #3 (due Feb 7) Asgmt | Solns HW #4 (due Feb 16) Asgmt | Solns HW #5 (due Feb 23) Asgmt | Solns HW #6 (due Mar 1) Asgmt | Solns

HW #7 (due Mar 22) Asgmt | Solns HW #8 (due Mar 29) Asgmt | Solns HW #9 (due Apr 5) Asgmt | Solns HW #10 (due Apr 12) Asgmt | Solns HW #11 (due April 22) Asgmt | Solns HW #12 (due April 29) Asgmt

In Class Exercises - With Solutions

Unit 1: Wed, Jan 17 Fri, Jan 19 Mon, Jan 22

Unit 2: Mon, Feb 12 Wed, Feb 14 Fri, Feb 16 Mon, Feb 19 Wed, Feb 21 Wed, Feb 28

Unit 3: Fri, Mar 8 Mon, Mar 18

Schedule

Dates	Topics	Reading
Jan 17 - 22	EM I and Maxwell's Eqs	Ch 1 - 7
Jan 24 - Jan 31	Conservation of charge, energy, and momentum	Ch 8
Feb 2 - 5	Waves intro	9.1 - 9.2
Feb 7	Catchup and review
Fri, Feb 9	Exam 1
Feb 12 - Feb 21	EM Waves in matter and boundaries	9.2 - 9.4
Feb 23 - Mar 4	Potentials and Fields	Ch 10
Mar 6	Catchup and review
Fri, Mar 8	Exam 2
Mar 18 - Apr 3	Radiation	Ch 11
Apr 5 - 10	Special relativity intro	12.1 - 12.2
Apr 12	Catchup and review
Due Mon, Apr 15	Exam 3 (take home)
Apr 15 - 26	Relativistic Electrodynamics	12.2 - 12.3
Apr 29	Catchup and review
May 6, 3:30 pm	Final Exam