Course Description

76-418 Advanced Electromagnetic Theory W(3-0)

Radiation from localized charge-current distributions (atoms, molecules, nuclei, antennae), electromagnetic potentials,gauge transformations, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms, multipole expansions of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields, and a selection of topics from: radiation damping, Lorentz electron theory, wave guides, plasmas, relativistic electrodynamics, radiation scattering. (Offered in the Fall semester beginning 1998-99.)

Prerequisites: 76-247.

Corequisites: 76-340.

Course Profile

1998-99 Undergraduate Calendar