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    The document provides an outline for a one semester course on electromagnetic theory at the B.Sc. level. The course begins with a review of vector calculus and covers topics including electrostatics, magnetostatics, electromagnetic induction, and electromagnetic waves. By the end of the course, students are expected to be familiar with Maxwell's equations in both differential and integral forms. The course consists of lectures on various electromagnetic topics, with associated readings and references provided.

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    The document provides an outline for a one semester course on electromagnetic theory at the B.Sc. level. The course begins with a review of vector calculus and covers topics including electrostatics, magnetostatics, electromagnetic induction, and electromagnetic waves. By the end of the course, students are expected to be familiar with Maxwell's equations in both differential and integral forms. The course consists of lectures on various electromagnetic topics, with associated readings and references provided.

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    NPTEL Syllabus

    Electromagnetic Theory - Video course


    COURSE OUTLINE
    The course is a one semester first course on Electromagnetic Theory at
    B.Sc. level. This course would be a pre-requisite for the advanced level
    course at the M. Sc. Level.
    The course begins with a review of vector calculus which is extensively
    used in the course. The course covers electrostatics, magnetostatics,
    electromagnetic induction and electromagnetic waves.

    NPTEL
    http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

    Physics

    At the end of this course, a student is expected to be familiar with both the
    differential and integral forms of Maxwells equations.

    COURSE DETAIL
    Sl.No.

    Pre-requisites:
    Topic/s

    No. of
    Lectures

    Introductory course on Electricity and


    Magnetism at Halliday & Resnick level.
    Additional Reading:

    1.

    Introduction to Vector Calculus:

    3
    1. J. D. Jackson, Classical
    Electrodynamics, 3rd Edition, Wiley
    (2007).

    Spherical and Cylindrical coordinates,


    gradient, divergence and curl, Laplacian
    operator.

    2. Ashok Das, Lectures on


    Electromagnetism, Hindustan
    Publishing, (2004).

    Volume and line integrals, surface


    integrals, Divergence and Stokes
    theorem. Dirac delta
    function.

    2.

    Electrostatics:
    Coulombs law; forces and fields; Electric
    Field and Potential ; Principle of
    Superposition; idea of a conservative
    field.
    Earnshaws Theorem; electric dipoles,
    field of a dipole, couple and force on a
    dipole, energy of a dipole; Electric double
    layers.
    Gausss law; solutions for simple
    symmetry, capacitances, field near
    charged conductor;Conductors in
    Electrostatic field; Laplace and Poisson
    equations; uniqueness theorem.
    Laplaces equation in rectangular
    coordinates, separation of variables.
    Laplaces equation in spherical
    coordinates, Legendre polynomials.
    Conducting sphere in E field.Method of
    images; point charge near conducting
    sphere, line charge near conducting
    cylinder.
    Isotropic dielectrics; polarisation charges

    Hyperlinks:
    15

    1. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/802Spring-2007.
    2. http://www.cdeep.iitb.ac.in/nptel/Core
    Science/Engineering Physics 2/Course
    Objectives.html.
    Coordinators:
    Prof. D.K. Ghosh
    Department of PhysicsIIT Bombay

    (b;b) Gausss law; permittivity and


    susceptibility; properties of vectors D and
    E;
    Boundary conditions at dielectric surfaces;
    relationship between E and P; thin slab in
    field, Energy of the electrostatic field,
    stress in a dielectric.

    3.

    Magnetostatics:

    10

    Electric current, Lorentz force, motion of


    charged particle in electric and magnetic
    field.
    Force on and between current elements,
    definition of B and the Amperes law;
    Gausss law; field, force, torque and
    energy; magnetic scalar potential, solid
    angle of a loop;
    Amperes law, examples; introduction to
    magnetic vector potential. Field of a small
    current loop; magnetic dipole, dipole in an
    external magnetic field, Biot-Savarts law.
    Magnetic media; magnetization, existence
    of diamagnetism and paramagnetism;
    permeability and magnetic susceptibility;
    properties of B and H; boundary
    conditions at surfaces;
    Methods of calculating B and H,
    magnetizable sphere in uniform field;
    electromagnets.

    4.

    Faradays law:

    Emf, electromagnetic induction, Faradays


    law for a circuit, interpretation of Faradays
    emf; self-inductance, inductance of long
    solenoid, coaxial cylinders, parallel
    cylinders; mutual inductance;
    transformers; magnetic energy density.

    5.

    Electromagnetic waves:
    Equation of continuity, displacement
    current; Maxwells equations;
    electromagnetic waves, velocity of light;
    plane waves in isotropic media;
    Energy density; Poyntings theorem;
    radiation pressure and momentum;
    insulating media; plasmas and the plasma
    frequency, evanescent waves.
    Characteristic impedance, reflection and
    transmission at an angle, total internal
    reflection. Conducting media; skin effect.
    Guided waves.
    Introduction to waveguides; TE modes;
    waveguide equation; cut-off frequency;
    characteristic impedance;cavity
    resonators; optical fibre, radiation by an
    accelerated particle, elements of antenna
    theory.

    References:
    1. D. J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics,3rd Edition, Prentice
    Hall International (1999).
    2. A. S.Mahajan and A, Rangwala, Electricity and Magnetism, Tata
    McGraw Hill (1988).
    3. E. Purcell, Electricity & Magnetism, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill
    (1985).
    4. J. R. Reitz,F. J. Milford and R. W. Christie, Foundations of
    Electromagnetic Theory, Addison Wesley (2008).
    5. W. Greiner, Classical Electrodynamics, Springer (1998).
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