Trinity College Dublin

Classical Electrodynamics Course MA3432

• Solving Maxwell's equations; Green functions for Laplacian, d'Alembertian
• Liénard-Wiechert potential; velocity, acceleration fields for moving charge
• Radiation theory; velocity and acceleration fields in terms of E & B and π
• Non-relativistic Larmor formulæ and relativistic Liénard radiation formula
• Linear & circular accelerated motion; radiation in constant magnetic field
• Angular distribution of relativistic radiation; electric & magnetic elements
• Introduction to radiation damping; decay of the radius for a circular orbit
• Envoi: quantum chromodynamics and the unified electroweak interaction

Recommended material

1. Classical Electrodynamics, J. David Jackson, John Wiley (3rd edition) 1998
2. Introduction to Electrodynamics, David J. Griffiths, Prentice-Hall, 1999
3. Electrodynamics courses at Stanford University: EM fields & EM radiation

PDF items of Course &CED& and c3e3d

•     Course description
•     Deriving electromagnetic fields from a potential
•     Study week exercises 1 and 2 of February 2012
•     Solution to Q3 and a bound on the photon mass
•     Music of the spheres    Contents of the Universe

Preceding Course

     Classical Field Theory Course MA3431

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