Brief Introduction

Magnetostatics in free space, Magnetostatics inside matter, Maxwell’s equations, Electromagnetic waves in free space, Electromagnetic waves inside matter

Text Book

David J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 4th Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2017

Pre-requisites

• Electricity and Magnetism-I (PHYS-107)

• Electricity and Magnetism-II (PHYS-201)

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
• Use their conceptual understanding of the electromanetic laws in order to qualitatively and

quantitatively describe the behaviour of the solutions to the problems

  • Use their ability to manage the electromagnetic laws in simple situations

  • Use these concepts to set up a model and perform the necessary calculations; select

    appropriate methods and make appropriate approximations

  • Apply this knowledge in practical situations

    Evaluation  

  • Sessional: 20% (Assignments 10%, Quiz 5%, Class Participation 5%)

  • Midterm: 30%

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    Final Term: 50%

    Lecture Plan

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Lecture No.

Contents

Date

Day/Time

Lecture No. 1

Electric current, Steady current, Time-varying current, Line currents, Surface currents

24-03-2020

Tuesday/13:30

Lecture No. 2

Volume currents, Equation of continuity for dynamic/ static case, Charge conservation, Line charge density vs Line current, Surface charge density vs Surface current density, Volume charge density vs Volume current density, Divergence/flux of volume current density, Example 5.4

27-03-2020

Friday/11:30

Lecture No. 3

Lorentz force law, Work done by magnetic force, Magnetic force on line/surface/volume currents, Magnetic force on a closed current loop in uniform field

30-03-2020

Monday/13:30

Lecture No. 4

Biot-Savart law for magnetic force, Biot-Savart law for magnetic field due to line/surface/volume currents, Magnetic flux, Magnetic monopole doesn’t exist

31-03-2020

Tuesday/13:30

Lecture No. 5

Applications of Biot-Savart law: Magnetic field due to infinitely long straight current-carrying wire, Right- hand rule

03-04-2020

Friday/11:30

Lecture No.

Contents

Date

Day/Time

Lecture No. 6

...continued Magnetic field due to a circular current loop (special cases: at centre/large distance), Tiny current loops are magnetic dipoles, Magnetic field lines of a tiny current loop, Magnetic field at the axis of magnetic dipole, Magnetic dipole vs Electric dipole, Magnetic torque vs Electric torque, Magnetic energy vs Electric energy

06-04-2020

Monday/13:30

Lecture No. 7

Ampere’s law, Ampere’s law vs Gauss’s law, Differential/integral forms of AL, Applications of Ampere’s law: Magnetic field due to infinitely long straight current-carrying wire, Magnetic field due to coaxial cable

07-04-2020

Tuesday/13:30

Lecture No. 8

...continued Magnetic field due to toroid, Magnetic field due to solenoid, Magnetic field lines of a solenoid

10-04-2020

Friday/11:30

Lecture No. 9

Curl of magnetic field, Curl of magnetic field vs Divergence of electric field

13-04-2020

Monday/13:30

Lecture No. 10

Magnetic vector potential, Magnetic vector potential vs Electric scalar potential, SI unit and physical significance of MVP, Uniqueness theorem, Classification of Fields,Class I/II/III/IV fields with examples

14-04-2020

Tuesday/13:30

Lecture No. 11

Solutions of Laplace’s/Poisson’s vector equations, Biot-Savart law for MVP due to line/surface/volume currents, Biot-Savart law for MVP isn’t valid for infinite current distributions, Alternate way of finding MVP due to infinite current distributions

17-04-2020

Friday/11:30

Lecture No. 12

Multipole expansion of MVP, Magnetic monopole/ dipole/quadrupole, Area enclosed by closed current loop

20-04-2020

Monday/13:30

Lecture No. 13

MVP of a magnetic dipole, Magnetic dipole moment for line/surface/volume currents, Magnetic vector potential vs Electric scalar potential, Magnetic field of a magnetic dipole

21-04-2020

Tuesday/13:30

Lecture No. 14

Coordinate-free form for MVP/Magnetic field of a magnetic dipole, MVP/Magnetic field of a magnetic dipole in spherical coordinates

24-04-2020

Friday/11:30

Lecture No. 15

Magnetostaic boundary conditions, BC on the normal component of magnetic field, BC on the tangential components (parallel/perpendicular to the sheet current) of magnetic field

27-04-2020

Monday/13:30

Lecture No. 16

BC on the normal/tangential components of MVP, Magnetization, SI unit/direction, Free current vs Bound current, Magnetization vs Polarization

28-04-2020

Tuesday/13:30

Lecture No. 17

MVP/Magnetic field due to a magnetized object, Bound surface/volume currents, Bound surface/ volume charge density vs Bound surface/volume current density, Field due to magnetized object vs Field due to polarized object

01-05-2020

Friday/11:30

Course Material