PHY 121 - Electromagnetics
Union College Fall
2005
Instructor:
Rebecca Surman
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Office: Science and Engineering N320
Phone: x6649
Email: surmanr@union.edu
Class times and Location:
Science and Engineering N328
10:50am-11:55am MWF
10:50am-12:30pm Tu
Announcements:
The final exam will be on Thursday, November 17 from 9-11am IN THE OLIN
AUDITORIUM. Please note the time and unusual location!!
Office hours
Physics Help Center:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:00-10:00pm in S&E N300
Quizzes and Exams:
Quizzes:
Quizzes are normally given every Friday at the beginning of class.
Exams:
Hour exams were given during class on Friday, September 30 and on
Friday, October 28.
Final Exam:
The Final Exam will be on Thursday, November 17 from 9:00-11:00 AM. It
will be held in the Olin Auditorium. No exceptions to the scheduled date
or time will be allowed.
List of topics for the final:
Coulomb's Law
Electric fields and electric field lines
Calculating electric fields for distributions of point charges
Electric potential energy
Electrostatic potential
Calculating the potential for distributions of point charges
Finding electric fields from electric potential
Electric current
Resistance and Ohm's Law
Electric energy and power
Simple circuits (resistors in series and parallel, RC circuits)
Magnetic fields and magnetic field lines
Motion of a charged particle in a magnetic field
Magnetic force on a current-carrying conductor
Torque on a current loop
Magnetic force between two parallel conductors
Ampere's Law
Magnetic field of a solenoid
Faraday's Law of induction
Lenz's Law
Induced emfs and electric fields
Induced magnetic fields and Maxwell's equations
Electromagnetic waves
Reflection and refraction of light
Dispersion, total internal reflection
Double-slit interference
Interference in thin films
Single-slit diffraction
Resolution of circular apertures
Diffraction gratings
X-Ray diffraction
Polarization
Photoelectric effect
Hydrogen spectrum and the Bohr model of the atom
Wave properties of particles
Double-slit interference of electrons
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Wavefunctions and expectation values
Particle in a box
Tunneling through a potential barrier
The equation sheet for the final can be found here.
Links:
Department of
Physics
Union College Engineering
Department of Mathematics
November 14, 2005