Physics 203a, Graduate Electromagnetism

Professor: Ken Intriligator, Mayer Hall 5234

TA: Prarit Agarwal Mayer Hall 4232

Final Exam Monday, 11:30-2:30, in our usual room. Bring bluebooks.

Course Times : MW 11-12:20, MYR-A 2623.

Homework : Assigned weekly. (20% of your grade).

Midterm: Weds. Feb 8, during the lecture time. Bring bluebooks. (20% of grade)

Final: Monday March 19, 11:30-2:30 (60% of grade)

My class from 2001        Tom O'Neil's course       

date topic (and link to notes) Homework
1/9 Introduction see here   and here.        
1/11 Relativity cont, see also here  and here  and here   and here        
1/18 Relativity cont, see also here  and here  and here   and here HW 1 (Due Jan 25)        
1/23 Relativistic kinematics, see also here  and here  and here   and here HW 2 (Due Jan 30)        
1/25 Relativistic kinematics continued, see also here  and here        
1/30 Charge particle action and force law        
2/1 Charge particle L examples see also O'Neil's notes HW 3 (Due Feb 8)        
2/6 Examples continued        
2/8 midterm, with solutions        
2/13 O'Neil's notes: F law consequences        
2/15 F law cont, see also here and here HW 4 (due Feb 22)        
2/22 E and B Lorentz transformations. See also here and here        
2/27 Field and source transformations, cont See also here and here        
2/29 Field and source transformations, cont See also here and here HW 5 (due March 5)        
3/5 Field lagranian; stress-energy tensor See also here HW 6 (Due March 12)        
3/7 Stress-energy tensor cont See also here and here and HERE HW 7 (NOT DUE)        
3/12 Field energy cont. See also HERE        
3/14 Field energy cont. See also HERE