2B29 Electromagnetic Theory Course introduction (UCL)

2B29 Electromagnetic Theory CONTENTS OF HANDOUT NOTES Section 0.

Notes on the notes

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Aims and Objectives + Prerequisites

ii)

Syllabus

iii)

Mathematical Tools

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Introduction; Reminder of 1B26 etc.

2.

Magnetic Materials

3.

Ferromagnetic Materials

4.

Energy in Static Electromagnetic Fields

5.

Preparation for Maxwell’s Equations

6.

Maxwell’s Equations and Magnetic Plane Waves

7.

More about Electromagnetic Waves

8.

Reflection and Refraction at Plane Dielectric Surfaces

9.

Optics; applying the Fresnel Relations

10.

Energy Flow and the Poynting Vector

11.

Waves in Conducting Media I (Metals etc.)

12.

Waves in Conducting Media II (Plasma)

13.

Waveguides

14.

Simple Dipole Aerial

2B29 Contents + Notes on notes, Spring 2004

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Notes on the notes etc.

1. The full lecture notes will be available on the web at the end of Spring term.

2. The handout notes are also available on the web. They include all numbered equations and all figures from the full notes. Some parts of the detailed arguments which you need to understand and learn have been omitted from the handouts and will be written on the board during the lectures, with explanations and illustrations.

3. You are recommended to bring the handout notes to the lectures and to make your own detailed notes of the parts of the arguments that have been omitted.

5. The subject depends heavily upon the vector calculus which you have learned in your maths courses. If you have difficulty with any of the arguments please bring them up in tutorials. The checklist of formulae in the “Tools� handout need not be learned by heart (unless you like that sort of exercise) – but it would be wise to remember them in the contexts where they crop up in this course. Checking the derivations would be good revision for the maths course.

6. Each problem sheet will include a question to be gone through in tutorials, not handed in for marking. You are recommended to look at it beforehand and to participate in solving it with your tutorial group. The tutor will have a specimen answer, but there are often more correct ways than one to solve these problems.

2B29 Contents + Notes on notes, Spring 2004

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