Resources for Physics 442

Dr John S. Colton

Downloads for HW problems

Here are some files you will need for some HW problems.

• n-of-air.txt
• besselprimezeroes.nb - Mathematica code to generate zeroes of the Bessel derivative functions (open, then copy and paste into your own notebook)
• graphical-velocity-transformation.pdf - Graph paper you will need for the "graphical Lorentz transformation" HW problem

Handouts

Here are some handouts I have prepared to help clarify or add information on several selected topics.

From Physics 441:

• Griffiths-front-and-back-covers.pdf
• Parallel-Equations-for-the-Electric-and-Magnetic-Fields.pdf - List of most of the important equations in Phys 441, organized according to electric and magnetic field versions of similar equations

From Physics 442:

• Ohm-s-law.pdf (approx. lecture 1)
• Poynting-s-theorem.pdf (approx lecture 3)
• Complex-wave-number-index-of-refraction-and-relative-permittivity.pdf (approx lecture 10)
• Lorentz-oscillator-model.pdf - Lorentz oscillator model (approximately lecture 11)
• lecture 13 - TE modes of rectangular waveguide.pdf
• lecture 13 - Bessel functions.pdf
• lecture 14 - cylindrical waveguides.pdf
• lecture 14 - TM Modes of a Cylindrical Waveguide.pdf
• lecture 33 - Lorentz transformations Mathematica program: spacetime plots.nb
• lecture 34 - Skew Lines for Relativity.nb (Mathematica)
• lecture 39 - magnetic field via relativity.pdf
• lecture 41 - proof of field tensor transformation.nb