Course Identification

Physics module: Advanced electromagnetism
20206051

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Dr. Eilon Poem-Kalogerakis
Talia Baravi, Uri Zondiner

Course Schedule and Location

2020
First Semester
Tuesday, 09:15 - 11:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm A
Thursday, 09:15 - 11:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm A
05/11/2019

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Science Teaching (non thesis MSc Track): Lecture; Obligatory; Regular; 4.00 points

Comments

לתלמידי שני השנתונים

Prerequisites

Electromagnetism course in BSc studies

Restrictions

20
For students in the Rothschild-Weizmann program only

Language of Instruction

Hebrew

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

50%
50%

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

100

Syllabus

  1. Electrostatics: charges and fields
  2. The electric potential
  3. Electric fields around conductors
  4. Electric currents, electric conductance, and elecric circuits 
  5. The magnetic field and electro-magnetic induction
  6. Maxwell's equations 
  7. Electromagnetic waves
  8. Electric and magnetic fields in matter

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. Understand the basic rules of forces between electric charges and currents
  2. Know how to apply these rules to electric circuits
  3. Understand the relation between moving charges and magnetic fields
  4. Understand how Maxwell's equations arise from generalizations of experimental observations and more specific rules for particular cases.
  5. See how Maxwell's equations predict electromagnetic waves 
  6. Understand the effect of dielectric and diamagnetic materials on electric and magnetic fields.

Reading List

Bibliography:

  1. Electricity and Magnetism, E. M. Purcell and D. J. Morin, 3rd edition, Cambrige University Press, 2013 (This is the latest edition of the Berkely Electromagnetism Course. Older editions may be used as well, though they use a different units convention)

Website

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