Syllabus
Electricity: curvilinear coordinates– conservative vector fields and their potential functions Gauss’ theorem, Stokes’ theorem – physical applications in electrostatics – electrostatic potential and field due to discrete and continuous charge distributions – dipole and quadrupole moments– energy density in an electric field– dielectric polarization – conductors and capacitors– electric displacement vector – dielectric susceptibility.
Magnetism: Biot–Savart’s law and Ampere’s law in magnetostatics – magnetic induction due to configurations of current-carrying conductors – magnetization and surface currents– energy density in a magnetic field – magnetic permeability and susceptibility – force on a charged particle in electric and magnetic fields – electromotive force, Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction – self and mutual inductance, displacement current – Maxwell’s equation.
Optics: nature of light– ray approximation in geometrical optics– reflection – refraction, Fermats principle – dispersion– mirrors and lenses– aberrations – interference – diffraction polarization – lasers.
Text Books
- Griffith, D.J., Introduction to Electrodynamics, 4th ed., Prentice Hall (2012).
- Hecht, E., Optics, 4th ed., Pearson Education (2008).
References
- Feynman, R.P., Leighton, R.B., and Sands, M., The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Narosa (2005).
- Reitz, J.R., Milford, F.J., and Christy, R.W., Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory, 3rd ed., Narosa (1998).
- Wangsness, R.K., Electromagnetic Fields, 2nd ed., Wiley (1986).
- Sadiku, M.N.O., Elements of Electromagnetics, 6th ed., Oxford Univ. Press (2014).
Course Outcomes (COs):
CO1: Introduction to tools of vector calculus and their applications in the formulation of electromagnetic theory via Maxwell’s equations.
CO2: Familiarization with various techniques, such as multipole expansions, for solving problems in electrostatics and magnetostatics.
CO3: Introduction to electrodynamics and familiarization with its formulation in terms of tensors.