Department of Physics

10ΥΚΟ32 Electromagnetism I

Course webpage:  https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS125

Course outline

Course content

• Conductors. Capacitors. General properties of the solutions of Laplace’s equation. Uniqueness theorems.
• Solution methods: Boundary-value problems in cartesian, spherical, and cylindrical coordinates.
• Multipole expansion. Dielectrics. Polarization. Bound charges. Polarization mechanisms.
• Electric displacement. Boundary conditions. Linear/non-linear dielectrics and capacitors. Solution of Laplace’s equation in dielectrics. Energy and forces in dielectrics.
• Magnetostatics. Ampère’s law. Vector potential. Boundary conditions. Techniques for determining the vector potential. Magnetostatic fields in matter.
• Paramagnetic and diamagnetic materials. Magnetization. Bound currents. Magnetic field. Boundary conditions. Linear/non-linear magnetic materials. Magnetic scalar potential. Ferromagnetism.
• Induction law. Maxwell’s equations.