Supplementary Notes for
Classical ElectroDynamics

This page has links to the supplemenary notes — my own notes, or interesting web pages on the Internet — I have used (or plan to use soon) in my Classical Electrodynamics (I) class (352 K, Spring 2016, unique 55930).

• Electric field lines.
• Applications of Gauss Law.
• Gradient, divergence, curl, their integrals, and their role in electrostatics.
• Soap films and the Laplace equation.
• Electostatic theorems: Earnshaw, mean-value, and uniqueness.
• Plots for separations of variables in a 3-sided infinite slot: 3D plot, slices.
• Separation of variables in cylindrical and spherical coordinates.
• Math of multipole expansion.
• Electric dipoles.
• Bound charges and the displacement field D.
• Examples of dielectric boundary problems.
• MKSA v. Gauss units for dielectric equations.
• Cyclotron (Wikipedia page).
• Magnetic field lines.
• Examples of magnetic field strength.
• Biot–Savart–Laplace Law and its applications.
• Divergence and curl of the magnetic field.
• Applications of the Ampere's law.
• Equations for the vector potential and the magnetic multipole expansion.
• Classical mechanics of a charged particle in EM fields.
• Aharonov--Bohm effect, magnetic monopoles, and charge quantization.
• Material Physics web pages of Dr. Rudolf Winter (Aberystwyth University):
  • Magnetism in materials (overview)
  • Diamagnetism and paramagnetism
  • Paramagnetism in metals
  • Ferromagnetism
  • Magnetic–electric analogy
• Ferromagnetic domains: Wikiperia article, H dependence, hysteresis loop.
• Magnetic induction: Motional EMF, Faraday's law, Induced electric fields.
• Displacement currents, Maxwell equations, and electromagnetic waves.