FYSS7420 Advanced Electrodynamics (10 cr)

Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Department of Physics
Curriculum periods:
2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020

Description

Content

The concepts of special relativity and coordinate invariance; tensor calculus in geometric language; Maxwell’s equations in terms of differential forms; energy-momentum tensor and radiation reaction; Maxwell theory as a gauge theory

Completion methods

Discussions, assignments, project work

Assessment details

Active participation to the course is expected. The final grade is based on a final project (50 %), and problem set (50 %).To pass the course students need to have a final score of 50 %.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to to derive the basic equations of electrodynamics in relativistically invariant language. They have acquired a broad conceptual understanding of the basic ideas behind the Maxwell equations, Lorentz force laws and its description in terms of differential geometry as well as knowledge of electrodynamics in a modern conceptual context (gauge theory and gravity) and learned new mathematical tools for its description.

Description of prerequisites

Before enrolling for the course, students are expected to have a good knowledge of vector calculus and a standard knowledge on electromagnetism.

Completion methods

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