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Syllabus

The syllabus for this course contains the outline of topics covered over the duration of the semester.
Outline

Maxwell's Equations and the Lorentz Force
Meaning of E, B, ρ, and j.
Theorems of Gauss and Stokes. Inverse square law.
Static potential representation and equations.
Green function for statics.
Calculations of Electric and Magnetic field configurations.
Dipoles.

Motion of Particles in Static EM Fields
Orbits. Magnetic and Electrostatic spectrometers.
Particle Accelerators.
Particle beam focussing.
[Dipoles and precession?]

Field Dynamics, Energy, and Momentum
Poynting's theorem.
Potentials for time varying fields.
Retarded potential Green function and fields.
Inductance and energy.
Self force of magnets.

Plane Wave Solutions of Maxwell's Equations
Boundary conditions.
Reflection refraction.

Radiation by Moving Charges
Lienard-Wiechert potentials.
Radiation term.
Synchrotron radiation. Thomson scattering.
Quantization and Compton scattering.

Radiation and Atomic Transitions
Photoionization.

Collisions of Charged Particles
Classical Coulomb collisions.
Collisions with classical oscillators.
Classical energy loss due to atomic collisions.
Quantum effects. Bethe-Bloch formula.
Effects of surrounding medium.
Scattering from nuclei.

Bremsstrahlung

Radiation Shielding Applications