| Syllabus for PHYS 544U, Spring Quarter, 2005 | ||
| R. J. Wilkes | ||
| last update: | ||
| Preliminary: subject to change | 5/13/2005 | |
| Feynman Lectures, Vol. II (see also D. Griffiths, Intro. to Electrodynamics) | ||
| Taylor and Wheeler, Spacetime Physics | ||
| Optional: | ||
| R. Feynman, "QED: the strange theory of light and matter" | ||
| D. Griffiths, "Introduction to electrodynamics" (or any other standard E&M textbook) | ||
| T. A. Moore, "A Traveler's Guide to Spacetime" | ||
| NOTE: Read assignments in both Feynman Lectures and T&W before first class each week. | ||
| DATE | TOPIC | TEXT CHAPTER Feynman / T&W |
| 29-Mar | Maxwell's Equations | 18 |
| 31-Mar | Spacetime | 1 |
| 5-Apr | 4-vector E&M | 25 |
| 7-Apr | Floating free | 2 |
| 12-Apr | Lorentz transformations of the fields | 26 |
| 14-Apr | Same laws for all | 3 |
| 19-Apr | Field energy and momentum | 27 |
| 21-Apr | Lorentz transformations *** Project proposals due *** | Special Topic L |
| 26-Apr | Electromagnetic mass | 28 |
| 28-Apr | Trip to Canopus | 4 |
| 3-May | Tensors and groups *** Project #1 due *** | 31 |
| 5-May | Trekking through spacetime | 5 |
| 10-May | Free space solutions, and with charges and currents | 20,21 |
| 12-May | Regions of spacetime | 6 |
| 17-May | Momenergy; Collision kinematics | 7 |
| 19-May | Forces in relativity | Notes |
| 24-May | Collide/create/annihilate | 8 |
| 26-May | Quantum electrodynamics | Notes; Feynman, "QED..." |
| 31-May | Quantum electrodynamics | Notes; Feynman, "QED..." |
| 2-Jun | *** Project #2 due *** Gravity: curved spacetime in action; Student project presentations. (Reports in the form of papers or websites also due) |
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| NOTE: NO FINAL EXAM during exam week. Class is over after 2-Jun-2005. | ||
| Last updated: | 5/13/2005 | |