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HU Credits:
5
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Physics
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
E. Safra
Course/Module Coordinator:
Michael Smolkin
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof Michael Smolkin,
Mr. Noam Chai
Course/Module description:
The course will deal with the conceptual and technical aspects of the theory of electromagnetism.
Course/Module aims:
See learning outcomes
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Understanding of the electromagnetism as a relativistic theory
2. Ability to solve boundary condition problems in electro-magnetism.
3. Understanding the phenomenology of magnetic matter
2. Solve problems of basic radiation configurations.
Attendance requirements(%):
0
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture and recitation.
Course/Module Content:
1. Relativity as a basis of the theory of electromagnetism
2 The principle of least action in the theory of fields
3. Noether's theorem and the energy-momentum tensor
4. Boundary condition problems in electrostatics.
5. Magnetic Matter
6. Multipole expansion
7. Radiation.
Required Reading:
None
Additional Reading Material:
Electrodynamics/J.D.Jackson
Introduction to Electrodynamics/Griffiths
The Classical Theory of Fields/L.D.Landau E.M.Lifshitz
Grading Scheme :
Written / Oral / Practical Exam 90 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 10 %
Additional information:
The test is worth 90 points.
Homework assignments worth 15 points.
The maximum final grade for the course is 100.
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