Electrodynamics Definition and 405 Threads

Homework Statement Two infinitely grounded metal plates at y=0 and y=a are connected at x=b and x=-b by metal strips maintained at a constant potential V. Find the potential inside the rectangular pipe.Homework Equations Laplaces EquationThe Attempt at a Solution I posted a photo of what I've...

Hello, I have already studied Griffith's book, Intro to Electrodynamics. However when I try Jackson's book, I find it a bit hard for me. My question is, what Maths and Physics texts (or specifically, chapters of texts) do you recommend, so that I would be best prepared for a graduate course in...

Hello, I want a book on electromagnetics for my second course on electromagnetism. In my first course we used Griffith's "Introduction to Electrodynamics" with supplements like Morin and Purcell's "Electricity and Magnetism". I borrowed those from the university's library but now I want to step...

I am not sure if this fits under this title, but oh well... I guess it goes for students but also for higher in hierarchy people (they also like some problems which can have an extension) What has been your favourite to talk-about problem in Electrodynamics ? I am looking for something that...

@vanhees71 are you familiar with anyone who teaches electrodynamics starting from Jefimenko's equations? What would you think about such an approach? I haven't thought it through carefully yet, but I wonder if it would be easier for students to grasp. The connection to relativity would be a...

What is the photon's equivalence of the electron's wavefunction? Can I measure qualities of the photon that will collapse into an eigenstate? What properties of the photon aren't fixed?

Hello all. I am currently using Jackson's Electrodynamics book to study the subject and was wondering how different is the 1st edition from the 3rd. So far, I have read the first chapter and have done most of the problems from the first edition. My question is, how much will I miss out on if I...

Need a book to completely revise ED. Book not be of beginner level. Must be of Masters level. Thanks Attaching a list of topics that needs to be there in it. Electrostatics: Gauss’s law and its applications, Laplace and Poisson equations, boundary value problems. Magnetostatics: Biot-Savart...

CASE I - Do magnetic field is felt by observer which is moving and charge is stationary? CASE II- Do magnetic field is felt by observer which is moving with same velocity as that of charge? Does it has some experimental proofs and explanations...

Decided to make this account in order to supplement my studies of QM by Griffiths and Electrodynamics by Jackson. I'm finishing my BS in chemical engineering soon and then it's onto grad school to study materials science :).

I’ve been searching for a proof, using the equation for the electric field due to a moving point charge – given, for example, on page 438 of the Third Edition of David Griffith’s Introduction to Electrodynamics (equation 10.65) – that Gauss’s law holds for a moving point charge. There is no such...

I've a (perhaps somewhat stupid) question. Is there a good source, where one finds the plane-wave solutions (or what comes closest to it) for electrodynamics for the closed and open (non-flat) Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker metric. I try this myself for a while, because to my surprise I...

Well, I am a bit confused. Griffiths himself writes in his book "Introduction to Electrodynamics" at one point in his book that this law is "simply wrong". In a footnote, he writes that it was wrong in principle wheras it is true for non-relativistic speeds, and later on in his book, he goes on...

Homework Statement 1.12 - Prove Thomson's theorem : If a number of conducting surfaces are fixed in position and a given total charge is placed on each surface, then the electrostatic energy in the region bounded by the surfaces is a minimum when the charges are placed so that every surface...

Hey there, I have a quick question, and it can be answered with a reference to a book chapter of article. If I'm given the z component of the electric field inside a resonant cavity, and furthermore, if it's set that Bz = 0, how do I determine the other components for both E and B?

I have studied physics during my undergraduate years but I want to relearn everything as I came to my realization that I'm weak because of the quality of education I got. So far, I want to know if my order of study is good. Classical Mechanics: An Introduction to Mechanics by Kleppner and...

I have been reading ahead in my course from Griffiths textbook and I have a couple of questions. I found this solution online to a question: http://glennrowe.net/physicspages/2013/09/23/balancing-magnetic-force-with-gravity/ It says: A square loop is cut out of a thick sheet of aluminum. It is...

According to Maxwell's equation, the speed of light, ##C_0 = \frac{1}{\sqrt{\epsilon_0\mu_0}}##, is a constant regarding to some form of medium, called luminiferous aether. Shortly after the death of Maxwell, Michelson-Morley Experiment shows that the speed of light is constant regarding to the...

It's well known when if we are working on problems related to particles in presence of an electromanetic field, the way we state the problem can be done using the next Hamiltonian: H=\dfrac{(p-\frac{e}{c}A)^2}{2m} +e \phi where the only condition for A is: \vec{\nabla } \times \vec{A} =\vec{B}...

It's well known when if we are working on problems related to particles in presence of an electromanetic field, the way we state the problem can be done using the next Hamiltonian: H=\dfrac{(p-\frac{e}{c}A)^2}{2m} +e \phi where the only condition for A is: \vec{\nabla } \times \vec{A} =\vec{B}...

>Two wires of the same material are both connected to a 9-V ideal battery. They have the same cross section area but wire 2 is twice longer than wire 1. Compare the following quantities by answering if the quantity for wire 1 is smaller, equal or greater than the same quantity in wire 2. > -...

In the derivation of the boundary conditions we apply the integral form of maxwell's equations, but once we take a very small volume we find that some terms disappear like the displacement current as well as the time derivative of the magnetic field. Why do these terms disappear? For reference...

What is your reason for studying physics and what do you want to do with it. I actually got thrown into my schools physics program by accident. I began at a community college studying nanotechnology and when i transferred schools it was supposed to be a two-plus two program meaning I would get...

Homework Statement A thin linear antenna of length ##d## is excited in such a way that it carries the sinusoidal current ##I(t) = I_0 \sin(2\pi z/d)e^{ i\omega t}##, where ##\omega = 2\pi c/d##. (i) Beginning with the exact solution for the vector potential in Lorenz gauge, calculate the power...

I am trying to understand the proof for Earnshaw's theorem. Though the theorem states > that a collection of point charges cannot be maintained in a stable stationary equilibrium configuration solely by the electrostatic interaction of the charges ([Wikipedia][1]) In the proof, Gauss's Law in...

Homework Statement An expanding sphere, radius ##R(t) = vt## (##t>0##, constant ##v##) carries a charge ##Q##, uniformly distributed over its volume. Evaluate the integral Q_{eff} = \int \rho(\vec{r},t_r) d\tau with respect to the center. (##t_r## is the retarded time and ##d\tau## is an...

hi, i am studing cavity QED - but needs some comprehensive book on that - i will be very grateful if someone guide me in this regard.thanks

Homework Statement The problem states, "Find the electric field a distance z above the center of a square loop (sides of length a) carrying a uniform line charge λ. " The hint says to use the result of example 2.1. Example 2.1 is a similar problem, but instead of a square loop you are asked...

Hi there, I am reading Chapter 9 of Jackson Classic Electrodynamics 3rd edition, and I don't see why this equality is true, it says "integrating by parts", but I still don't know... any help? http://imageshack.com/a/img673/9201/4WYcXs.png

Homework Statement In the XY plane there are two point charges +q at (0, -b, 0) and –q at (0, b, 0) and a ring of radius a centred in the centre of the plane: Find the electric field in all points of the z axis and study the field’s dominant behaviour at distances z >>a,b. Find the electric...

Homework Statement A capacitor consisting of two concentric spheres is arranged so that the outer sphere can be separated and removed without disturbing the charges on either. The radius of the inner sphere is a and that of the outer sphere is b, and the charges are Q and -Q, respectively a)...

Homework Statement There is a charged particle (charge=q) moving on the x-axis such that x(t)=A\,sin(\omega t). Prove that: \int <\rho>\,dV=q Homework Equations We have the following equations: <\rho>=\frac{1}{T} \int_0^T \rho\, dt Where T=\frac{2 \pi}{\omega} The Attempt at a Solution So...

Hey all! I'm taking a higher level electrodynamics course this semester and next. We are using Introduction to Electrodynamics fourth edition by Griffiths. I was just wondering where I could get some practice problems outside of the book to work and boost my skills. Thanks

Hi Guys I have hards time doing a question in electrodynamics, i have uploaded the problem and i can't figure out how to do question a), i have hard time understanding what coordinat system i should use, cartesien og cylendrical. I have tryed to draw the field lines, its a bit messy, but its...

Electrodynamics (Lorentz Force & Voltage) [edited] Two part inquiry PART I Situation: I have a B-field and I'm pulling a straight piece of wire through that B-field You pull the wire perpendicularly through the B-field at velocity v; charges between points a and b will...

There is a book with very briefly theory, showing the essentials for make the exercices of electrodynamics, and also with solved exercices? Similar to Kubo of Statistical Mechanics (but of electrodynamics). Jackson and Griffits are very good books, but i am looking for a book with the...

Homework Statement In the circuit (see attachment) we have 2 sources. If we decrease the EMF of the first source (ε1) by 1.5V, the current changes in every branch of the circuit. How does the EMF of the source ε2 has to be changed, so that the current through the ε1 source would be the same...

Homework Statement A thin copper (resistivity 1.7 x 10-8 Ωm, density 8.9 g/cm3) ring rotates about an axis perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field B0. Its initial frequency of rotation is ω0. Calculate the time it takes the frequency to decrease to 1/e of its initial value, under the...

A Figure in Griffiths' Intro to Electrodynamics I am really loving this book. But I have come across a figure whose purpose I just don't understand. It is shown when Griffiths is introducing the concept of self-inductance. He talks about how a changing current not only induces an electromotive...

In a Wikipedia article about two-photon physics it is stated: "From quantum electrodynamics it can be found that photons cannot couple directly to each other, since they carry no charge, but half wavelength is a positive charge and the next half wavelength is a negative charge." This is the...

I hope I am posting this question in the correct forum. I am in the second course in an upper level Electricity and Magnetism sequence (E&M II). We are using Griffith's Introduction to Electrodynamics as in the first course in the sequence. We covered chapters 1-3, 5, 7, and some of 8 in the...

The full Lagrangian for electrodynamics ##\mathcal{L}## can be expressed as ##\mathcal{L}=\mathcal{L}_\textrm{field}+ \mathcal{L}_\textrm{interaction}+\mathcal{L}_\textrm{matter}##. Practically every textbook on relativity shows that...

Hello. I'd like to know, does anybody know any information about finding boudary conditions for E, H vectors in case of rough interface, if phi(x) function is set. Maybe such kind of case ( 2D or 3D case) has been considered somewhere. Thank you in anvance.

Homework Statement suppose every charged particle carried electric and magnetic charge in the universal ratio Gk/Ek=a. is there another way of looking at this situation in which we would be unaware of magnetic charge?

Dear friends, can some one tell me the method to learn electrodynamics??(iam a postgraduate student). Thank you

> A very long straight wire carries a current I. A plane rectangular coil of high resistance, with sides of length $a$ and $b$, is coplanar with the wire. One of the sides of length $a$ is parallel to the wire and a distance $D$ from it; the opposite side is further from the wire. The coil is...

How did Jackson arrange his set of problems in this famous book Electrodynamics? I mean, does he move according to the course? Or the problems are mixed up?

~Electrodynamics~ Potential from charged sphere. I am lost :/ Homework Statement A sphere of radius R, centered at the origin, carries a charge density ρ(r,θ)=κ/r^2(R-2r)sin^2(θ). κ is constant. Find exact potential. Homework Equations 1/4∏ε∫ρ∂t/r The Attempt at a Solution Question and...

Hi, I am trying to gain a better understanding of the classical model of electrodynamics, so what I mean by this is, using the idea of dipoles and electron movement to understand electrodynamics. More specifically, I'm studying plane waves, and I can't understand why when a plane wave hits a...

Hi I'm trying to get my head round why Maxwell's equations fail for the electron going round the atom. The common sentence I see is along the lines of: "Accelerating charges emit electromagnetic radiation (EMR), and a point electron orbiting a point nucleus would continually accelerate...