PHYS 532 Classical Electrodynamics

 

Classical Electrodynamics

PHYS 532 (Spring 2023)

       
Coil+field configuration of JET torus   Crab Nebula: optical and X-rays   Solar prominence magnetic field loops

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Course Description

Syllabus

Assessment

A full description of the course, including a detailed syllabus, assessment, and classroom and grading policies, is provided in the Official Rice Syllabus for PHYS 532, Spring 2023. Students are expected to have read it in its entirety by the end of the first week of classes.

Lectures: Wednesday & Friday, 2.00pm - 3.15pm. Location: George R. Brown W211 + Zoom (dual delivery)
 
Office Hours: Monday, 4.00pm - 5.30pm (Zoom) & Friday, 12.00pm - 1.30pm (HBH 310).
 
Text: The Classical Theory of Fields, by Lev D. Landau and Evgeny M. Lifshitz.

    Links for the recordings of the Zoom lectures and the lecture notes can be found on the Lecture Notes and Recordings page. 

Dr. Matthew G. Baring
Herman Brown Hall, Room 366
Telephone: (713) 348-2983
Email: baring at rice.edu

Image Credits:

  • Schematic of the current coil and magnetic field configuration at the Joint European Torus (JET) tokamak fusion reactor EUROfusion web pages
  • Montage of Hubble Space Telescope (optical) and Chandra X-ray Observatory images of the magnetohydrodynamic synchrotron nebula surrounding the Crab Pulsar: HubbleSite Image Gallery
  • TRACE (Transition Region and Coronal Explorer) image of EUV emission from coronal magnetic field loops (prominences) above the solar photosphere: TRACE image archive (Stanford)