FPFVA050 Classical Elektrodynamics

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Arman Tursunov, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Martin Kološ, Ph.D.
Institute of physics in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives (in Czech)
Student získá zápočet úspěšným řešením problémů na cvičeních. Forma zkoušky je písemná, student vypracuje esej v anglickém jazyce na zadané téma a následně jej obhájí při diskuzi.
Syllabus
  • Kurz poskytne základní informace a znalosti o klasické teorii elektromagnetického pole. Přednášky a cvičení budou vedeny v anglickém jazyce a pokryjí následující témata:
  • 1 MAXWELL´S EQUATIONS
  • 1.1 Force effects of electromagnetic field
  • 1.2 Maxwell’s vacuum equations
  • 1.3 Maxwell’s macroscopic equations
  • 1.4 Maxwell’s equations in integral form
  • 1.5 Electromagnetic potentials
  • 2 CONSERVATION LAWS IN ELECTRODYNAMICS
  • 2.1 Conservation of electric charge
  • 2.2 Conservation of energy
  • 2.3 Conservation of momentum
  • 3 COVARIANT FORMULATION
  • 3.1 Electromagnetic field tensor
  • 3.2 Gauge Transformations
  • 3.2.1 Lorenz gauge
  • 3.2.2 Coulomb gauge in empty space
  • 3.3 Lorentz transformation of the electromagnetic field
  • 3.3.1 Heaviside field
  • 3.3.2 Field invariants
  • 3.4 Retarded and advanced potentials
  • 3.5 Lagrange function, energy-momentum tensor
  • 4 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
  • 4.1 Monochromatic plane electromagnetic waves
  • 4.2 Reflection and refraction at a plane interface between two dielectrics
  • 4.3 Dipole radiation
Literature
    recommended literature
  • JACKSON, John D. Classical Electrodynamics. 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York., 1999. ISBN: 978-0-471-30932-1
  • ŠTOLL, Ivan, Jiří TOLAR a Igor JEX. Klasická teoretická fyzika. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2017. ISBN 978-80-246-3545-3
  • David J Griffiths. Introduction to electrodynamics; 4th ed. Pearson, Boston, MA, 2013. Re-published by Cambridge University Press in 2017.
    not specified
  • Lev Davidovich Landau and Evgenii Mikhailovich Lifshitz. The classical theory of fields; 4th ed. Course of theoretical physics. Pergamon, Oxford, 1975. Trans. from the 6th rev. ed. of Theoriya Pola, Nauka, Moscow, 1973.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
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