? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : PHY-4-ElDyn

Advanced topics in electromagnetism, including: electromagnetic wave propagation in dielectric and conducting media, reflection and transmission at dielectric boundaries. Lorentz invariance of Maxwell's equations. The Lorentz force. Lorentz transformations of electric and magnetic fields. Scalar and vector potentials and gauge invariance of Maxwell's equations. Covariant formulation of classical electrodynamics. The electromagnetic stress-energy momentum tensor. Radiation from time-dependent charge and current distributions. Radiation from accelerated charges. Synchrotron Radiation.

? Pre-requisites : At least 80 credit points accrued in courses of SCQF Level 9 or 10 drawn from Schedule Q; Tensors & Fields (PHY-3-TensFlds) is desirable.

? This course has variants for part year visiting students, as follows

• Relativistic Electrodynamics (VS1) (Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2))

Home subject area

Undergraduate (School of Physics), (School of Physics, Schedule Q)

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 19/09/2006 14:00 15:00 Lecture Room 6206, JCMB KB

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Tuesday 14:00 14:50 KB Lecture Friday 14:00 14:50 KB

? Additional Class Information : Workshop/tutorial sessions, as arranged.

To follow....

Degree Examination, 100%

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST May 1 - 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Linda Grieve
Tel : (0131 6)50 5254
Email : linda.grieve@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Mr Alan Walker
Tel : (0131 6)50 5237
Email : Alan.Walker@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/