ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Applied Physics
Areas: Electromagnetism
Center Faculty of Physics
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
This subject complements the studies of Classical Electrodynamics carried out in the degree in Physics. It tries to give a more unified and general vision of the problem of electromagnetic radiation. We will focus on the study of the radiation produced by individual charges in arbitrary motion. The specific objective of this course will be:
Train the student to analyze and solve problems in which electromagnetic radiation is produced, evaluating the limits of validity of the
classic description.
I. Formulation of the general problem of electrodynamics.
II. Foundations of radiation by charged particles in arbitrary movement.
Potential and fields created by a particle in arbitrary movement: Lienard-Wiechert potentials and fields. Angular distribution of the radiation. Multipolar expansion. Total power radiated by an accelerated charge: Larmor and Lienard formulae. Spectral decomposition of the energy radiated. Reaction by radiation.
III. Applications. Radiation and radiation dispersion: i) by free particles, Thomson formula, ii) by bound particles. Detailed study of the characteristics some types of radiation: bremsstrahlung radiation, synchrotron radiation, transition radiation, Cherenkov radiation.
Basic bibliography:
A. Zangwill, Modern Electrodynamics, Cambridge, 2013.
J. D Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, 3º Edición, Wiley 1988.
Complementary bibliography:
J. Schwinger, Lester L. DeRaad, K. A. Milton, Wu-yang Tsai, Classical Electrodynamics, Perseus Books, 1998.
Charles A. Brau, Modern Problems in Classical Electrodynamics, Oxford, 2004.
Glenn S. Smith, Classical Electromagnetic Radiation, Cambridge, 1977.
Interacción Electromagnética: Teoría Clásica. Reverté, 2007.
G. B. Rybicky, Alan P. Lightman, Radiative Processes in Astrophysics, John Wiley, 1979.
D. B. Melrosa, R. C. McPhedran, Electromagnetic Processes in Dispersive Media, Cambridge, 2005.
A. Zangwill, Modern Electrodynamics, Cambridge, 2013.
D. J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 4ª Edición, Adisson-Wesley, 2012.
J. Schwinger, On radiation by electrons in a betatron, LBNL-39088, CBPNote-179, UC-414, 1945.
BASIC
CB6 - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and / or application of ideas, often in a research context
CB7 - Knowledge about how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study
CB8 - Ability to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments
CB9 - Ability to communicate conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that sustain them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way
CB10 - Learning skills allowing to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
GENERAL
CG01 - Acquire the ability to perform team research work.
CG02 - Be able to analyze and synthesize.
CG03 - Acquire the ability to write texts, articles or scientific reports according to publication standards.
CG04 - Become familiar with the different modalities used to disseminate results and disseminate knowledge in scientific meetings.
CG05 - Apply knowledge to solve complex problems.
TRANSVERSAL
CT01 - Ability to interpret texts, documentation, reports and academic articles in English, scientific language par excellence.
CT02 - Develop the capacity to make responsible decisions in complex and / or responsible situations.
SPECIFIC
CE12 - Provide specialized training in the different fields covered by Fundamental Physics: from environmental physics, fluid physics or acoustics to quantum and radiation phenomena with their technological, medical applications, etc.
CE13 - Master interdisciplinary tools, both theoretical and experimental or computational, to successfully develop any research or professional activity framed in any field of Physics.
Learning outcomes:
At the end of the subject, students will be able to clearly understand and handle the basic principles of Classical Electrodynamics.
They will know how to apply this theoretical knowledge to solve practical problems.
They will be able to solve problems in which electromagnetic radiation is produced.
They will understand the limits of the classical description.
The teaching activities will be of several types: theory classes, seminars and problem solving classes. The participation of the student will be essential in the seminars and problem solving classes. Likewise, students will have office hours at their disposal for the individual discussion of all the doubts that arise on the content of the subject.
The attendance to the classes will be mandatory and the evaluation will be continuous. It will be based on solving exercises and/or the realisation of a monographic work on a subject from the recent bibliography of interest for the course.
Activity Weight in the global note
Problems sets Until 70%
Monographic work Until 30%
There will be also an examination in the date scheduled by the deanship for those students that do not pass the continuous evaluation or want to increase their mark.
The fraudulent performance of any exercise or test required in the
evaluation of a subject will imply the qualification of failure in the
corresponding call, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be
followed against the offending student. It is considered fraudulent,
among others, the performance of plagiarized work or work obtained from
sources accessible to the public without reworking or reinterpretation
and without citation of the authors and sources.
It is a subject of 3 ECTS credits. It corresponds to 31 hours of face-to-face classes, 20 expository and 10 interactive, 1 tutorials and 44 hours of personal work.
To review the subjects of Electromagnetism and Classical Electrodynamics.
Francisco Javier Castro Paredes
Coordinador/a- Department
- Applied Physics
- Area
- Electromagnetism
- Phone
- 881814022
- franciscojavier.castro.paredes [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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