Supplementary Notes for
Classical ElectroDynamics

This page has links to the supplemenary notes — my own notes, or interesting web pages on the Internet — for my Classical Electrodynamics (I) class (352 K, Fall 2024, unique 56055).

• 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.
• Separation of variables method.
• Electric dipoles.
• Multipole expansion.
• Bound charges and the displacement field.
• Examples of dielectric boundary problems.
• MKSA v. Gauss units for dielectric equations.
• Magnetic field lines.
• Examples of magnetic field strength.
• Cyclotron (Wikipedia page).
• The continuity equation.
• 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.
• Magnetization, bound currents, and the H field.
• 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 and hysteresis:
  • Wikiperia article;
  • H dependence of domains;
  • hysteresis loop;
  • Hyperphysics article.
• Ohm's Law.
• Magnetic induction: Motional EMF, Faraday's law, Induced electric fields.
• Inductance and magnetic energy.
• Displacement currents, Maxwell equations, and electromagnetic waves.
• Notes for extra lectures:
  • Classical and quantum mechanics of a charged particle.
  • Aharonov–Bohm effect and SQUID magnetometers.
  • Electric–Magnetic duality and Dirac Monopoles.