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Undergraduate Course: Electromagnetism (PHYS09018)

Course Outline
School School of Physics and Astronomy College College of Science and Engineering
Course type Standard Availability Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits 10
Home subject area Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) Other subject area None
Course website None Taught in Gaelic? No
Course description A course on the time-independent and time-dependent properties of electric and magnetic fields in vacuum, leading to Maxwell's Equations, which encompass the laws of classical electromagnetism. These laws are used to derive electromagnetic waves.
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Foundations of Mathematical Physics (PHYS08024) OR ( Applicable Mathematics 4 (Phys Sci) (MATH08017) AND Mathematical Methods 4 (Phys Sci) (MATH08018)) OR ( MP2A: Vectors, Tensors and Fields (PHYS08032) AND MP2B: Dynamics (PHYS08033))
Students MUST have passed: Physics 2A: Forces, Fields & Potentials (PHYS08022) AND Physics 2B: Waves, Quantum Physics and Materials (PHYS08023)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites None
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  No Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
King's BuildingsLecture1-11 09:00 - 09:50
King's BuildingsLecture1-11 09:00 - 09:50
King's BuildingsTutorial2-11 11:10 - 13:00
First Class Week 1, Monday, 09:00 - 09:50, Zone: King's Buildings. JCMB
Additional information Workshop/tutorial sessions, as arranged.
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes Stationery Requirements Comments
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)2:0012 sides
Resit Exam Diet (August)2:0012 sides
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course it is intended that a student will be able to:

1)State the integral laws of electromagnetism and state and derive Maxwell's equations for charges and currents in a vacuum
2)Define and explain charge and current densities (in bulk and on surfaces and lines), and conductivity
3)Define, and use the concepts of electric and magnetic dipoles; calculate the fields from dipoles and forces and torques on them
4)Define and explain: polarisation and magnetisation; the fields D, H, E and B; the relation between E, B and the force on a particle; polarisation charges and magnetisation currents; boundary conditions on fields at interfaces between media; Maxwell's equations in media
5)Define and explain in atomic terms: the response of linear media; relative permittivity and permeability; their relation to the electromagnetic energy density; nonlinear media such as ferromagnets
6)Formulate and solve boundary-value problems using: superposition methods; uniqueness principles; the method of images; qualitative reasoning based on field lines; the equations of Biot-Savart, Faraday, Ampere, Gauss, Laplace and Poisson
7)Formulate and solve with vector calculus problems of static and time-varying electrical and magnetic fields
8)Derive and apply the concepts of: Maxwell's displacement current; the continuity equation; self- and mutual inductance; Poynting's vector; energy flux; radiation pressure
9)Derive and explain electromagnetic radiation using plane-wave solutions of Maxwell's equations; apply these to problems of intrinsic impedance, adsorption, attenuation, dispersion, reflection, transmission, evanescence, and the skin effect in conductors; derive and explain total internal reflection, polarisation by reflection, and the properties of waveguides and related devices
10)Explain and utilise the properties of the magnetic vector potential, and outline its relevance to the phenomenon of radiation
Assessment Information
Coursework, 10%
Degree Examination, 90%
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Keywords EMag
Contacts
Course organiser Prof R Ball
Tel: (0131 6)50 5248
Email: R.D.Ball@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Miss Laura Gonzalez-Rienda
Tel: (0131 6)51 7067
Email: l.gonzalez@ed.ac.uk
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