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Electromagnetism & Relativity - MAT00007H

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  • Department: Mathematics
  • Module co-ordinator: Dr. Benoit Vicedo
  • Credit value: 10 credits
  • Credit level: H
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
    • See module specification for other years: 2021-22

Related modules

Pre-requisite modules

Co-requisite modules

  • None

Prohibited combinations


Additional information

Pre-requisite modules for Natural Sciences students: Maths for the Sciences 3 (MAT00019I), and Applied Maths Option 2 (MAT00037I).

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Autumn Term 2022-23

Module aims

To introduce the theory of the electromagnetic field, emphasizing its central role in fundamental physics as the precursor of quantum mechanics, quantum field theory and the special and general theories of relativity, and developing the implications of symmetries such as electric-magnetic U(1) duality and relativistic SO(1,3) covariance.

Module learning outcomes

  • Understand Maxwell's equations.

  • Solve simple problems involving static charges, steady currents and electromagnetic waves.

  • Understand the relativistic formulation of electromagnetism.

Module content

 

Syllabus

  • Revision of vector calculus.

  • Electric and magnetic phenomena.

  • Maxwell's equations and some of their implications: duality, energy/power, momentum.

  • Solutions of Maxwell's equations: static charges, steady currents, electromagnetic waves.

  • Elementary relativistic electromagnetism

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled)
Electromagnetism & Relativity		 2 hours 100

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled)
Electromagnetism & Relativity		 2 hours 100

Module feedback

Current Department policy on feedback is available in the undergraduate student handbook. Coursework and examinations will be marked and returned in accordance with this policy.

Indicative reading

J D Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, (3rd edition), J. Wiley.


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