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University of Alberta Calendar 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHYS 481 - Electromagnetic Theory II


★ 3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0) Electromotive force; Faraday’s law; inductance; Maxwell’s equations in free space and in matter; electromagnetic potentials; gauges; energy and momentum conservation laws; plane waves in vacuum, in nonconducting and in conducting media; reflection and refraction of electromagnetic waves; dispersion, wave guides; dipole radiation; radiation due to moving charge; radiation reaction. Prerequisite: PHYS 381, MATH 337 or ECE 341 or equivalent.