Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism

Lecture Notes

SES #	TOPICS	LECTURE NOTES
1	Introduction Coulomb’s Law, Superposition Energy of Charge Distributions	(PDF)
2	Electric Field, Electric Flux, Gauss’s Law	(PDF)
3	Energy Density of the Field Electric Potential Gradient Gauss’s Law Revisited Divergence	(PDF)
4	Poisson and Laplace Equations Curl Uniqueness Theorem Introduction to Conductors	(PDF)
5	Laboratory 1: Electrostatics
6	Fields and Potentials around Conductors Capacitance	(PDF)
7	More on Capacitance	(PDF)
8	Current, Continuity Equation Resistance, Ohm’s Law	(PDF)
9	Quiz 1: Purcell, Chapters 1-3
10	EMF, Circuits Kirchhoff’s Rules	(PDF)
11	Variable Currents, RC Circuits Thévenin Equivalence	(PDF)
12	Magnetic Force, Magnetic Field Ampere’s Law	(PDF)
13	Special Relativity I: Spacetime	(PDF)
14	Special Relativity II: Forces and Fields Equivalence of Electric and Magnetic Fields	(PDF)
15	Ampere’s Law Revisited Vector Potential, Biot-Savart Law	(PDF)
16	Faraday’s Law, Lenz’s Law	(PDF)
17	Mutual and Self Inductance Magnetic Field Energy	(PDF)
18	RL Circuits Undriven RLC Circuits Phasor Representation	(PDF)
19	Quiz 2: Purcell, Chapters 4-7
20	Make-up Exam
21	Driven AC Circuits: Phasors, Impedance Power and Energy	(PDF)
22	Laboratory 2: RLC Circuit
23	AC Circuits (Conclusion) Filters Quality Factor and Resonance	(PDF)
24	Displacement Current, Maxwell’s Equations	(PDF)
25	Wave Equation Electromagnetic Radiation	(PDF)
26	Radiation (cont.) Polarization, Poynting Vector: Energy, Power and Momentum of Radiation	(PDF)
27	Laboratory 3: Microwaves
28	Poynting Vector: Energy, Power and Momentum of Radiation, Magnetic Properties of Materials Transmission Lines	(PDF)
29	Final Exam