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TFY4240

Electromagnetic Theory

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Credits 7.5
Level Third-year courses, level III
Course start Autumn 2009
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Examination arrangement Portfolio assessment

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About the course

Course content

Electrostatics, method of images, multipoles, electric fields in matter. Magnetostatics and magnetic fields in matter. Electromagnetic force and induction. Maxwell's equations. Conservation laws for charge, energy, momentum and angular momentum. Electromagnetic waves. Transfer matrix theory for thin films. Electromagnetic fields in waveguides. Potential theory and Gauge transformations. Radiation from dipoles and charges in motion. Theory of relativity.

Learning outcome

The course gives the student an introduction to the modelling and understanding of electromagnetic fields.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and problem solving. The final grade is based on a midterm (20%) and a final (80%) exam. A re-sit examination may be changed from written to oral.

Course materials

Book: D.J. Griffiths: Introduction to Electrodynamics, Prentice Hall.
Lecture notes: to be distributed.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SIF4060 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Physics

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Physics