The readings in "Purcell" refer to the course textbook: Purcell, E. M. Electricity and Magnetism. Berkeley Physics Course. Vol. 2. 2nd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, August 1, 1984. ISBN: 9780070049086.
SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
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1 | Introduction Coulomb's Law, Superposition Energy of Charge Distributions |
Handout (PDF) (Courtesy of P. Sphicas, P. Fisher, H. Gao, and E. Katsavounidis. Used with permission.) Purcell, Chapter 1 |
2 | Electric Field, Electric Flux, Gauss's Law | Purcell, Chapter 1 |
3 | Energy Density of the Field Electric Potential Gradient Gauss's Law Revisited Divergence |
Purcell, Chapter 2 |
4 | Poisson and Laplace Equations Curl Uniqueness Theorem Introduction to Conductors |
Purcell, Chapter 2 and 3 |
6 | Fields and Potentials around Conductors Capacitance |
Purcell, Chapter 3 |
7 | More on Capacitance | Purcell, Chapter 3 |
8 | Current, Continuity Equation Resistance, Ohm's Law |
Purcell, Chapter 4 |
9 | Quiz 1: Purcell, Chapters 1-3 | |
10 | EMF, Circuits Kirchhoff's Rules |
Purcell, Chapter 4 |
11 | Variable Currents, RC Circuits Thévenin Equivalence |
Purcell, Chapter 4 |
12 | Magnetic Force, Magnetic Field Ampere's Law |
Purcell, Chapter 6 |
13 | Special Relativity I: Spacetime | Purcell Appendix A Handouts Part 1 (PDF) (Courtesy of Peter Fisher. Used with permission.) Part 2 (PDF) (Courtesy of Peter Fisher. Used with permission.) |
14 | Special Relativity II: Forces and Fields Equivalence of Electric and Magnetic Fields |
Purcell, Chapter 5 |
15 | Ampere's Law Revisited Vector Potential, Biot-Savart Law |
Purcell, Chapter 6 |
16 | Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law | Purcell, Chapter 7 |
17 | Mutual and Self Inductance Magnetic Field Energy |
Purcell, Chapter 7 |
18 | RL Circuits Undriven RLC Circuits Phasor Representation |
Purcell, Chapter 7 |
19 | Quiz 2: Purcell, Chapters 4-7 | |
20 | Make-up Exam | |
21 | Driven AC Circuits: Phasors, Impedance Power and Energy |
Purcell, Chapter 8 |
23 | AC Circuits (conclusion) Filters Quality Factor and Resonance |
Purcell, Chapter 9 |
24 | Displacement Current, Maxwell's Equations | Purcell, Chapter 9 |
25 | Wave Equation Electromagnetic Radiation |
Purcell, Chapter 9 Purcell Appendix B |
26 | Radiation (cont.) Polarization, Poynting Vector: Energy, Power and Momentum of Radiation |
Purcell, Chapter 9 |
28 | Poynting Vector: Energy, Power and Momentum of Radiation, Magnetic Properties of Materials Transmission Lines |
Purcell, Chapter 11 |
29 | Final Exam |