Academic year2016/17
CoursePHYSICS
Code029BB
Credits15
PeriodSemester 1 & 2
LanguageItalian
| Modules | Area | Type | Hours | Teacher(s) |
| FISICA 2 | FIS/01 | LEZIONI | 120 | |
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Knowledge
After completing the course successfully a student will possess a basic knowledge of classical electromagnetism. He/she will be able to solve physics problems of interest and in particular to find the e.m. potentials and the e.m. fields given their sources and the action of the fields on the sources themselves. This includes electromagnetism inside material bodies. He/she will be introduced to the theory of special relativity applied to electrodynamics and to the electromagnetic radiation phenomena.
Assessment criteria of knowledge
The student is required to know and understand the basic principles of electro-magnetism and must prove her/his ability of organizing thought and solving problems in a 3 hours written exam and in an (sometimes 1 hour long) oral exam.
Methods:
- Final oral exam
- Final written exam
- Periodic written tests
Further information:
Final written exam (or 3 written exams during the course) 50%
Final oral exam 50%
Teaching methods
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
- attending lectures
- preparation of oral/written report
- participation in discussions
- individual study
- Bibliography search
Attendance: Advised
Teaching methods:
- Lectures
- Seminar
- Task-based learning/problem-based learning/inquiry-based learning
Syllabus
Differential and integral operators. Electrostatics in vacuum and in media. Maxwell equations of electrostatics. Electric currents and magnetostatics in vacuum and in media and related Maxwell equations. Lorentz force. Time variable electric and magnetic fields and related Maxwell equation. Theory of waves. Retarded potentials, and electromagnetic waves. Near fields and radiation fields. Electric and magnetic dipole radiation. Poynting theorem. Electromagnetism and special relativity: 4-current, 4-potential and the electromagnetic field tensor. Electromagnetism in media: dielectric function, reflection and refraction. Optics: interference and diffraction.
Bibliography
The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol.2
and Internal notes freely distributed
second choice
Mencuccini Silvestrini: Fisica 2
Amaldi Bizzarri Pizzella: Fisica Generale (elettromagnetismo, ottica relativita')
Updated: 14/11/2016 17:27
