Uint IV


 Electromagnetic Field Theory lecture notes

Unit 4: Electromagnetic Theory

Electrostatics – Laplace and Poisson equations – Boundary value problems – Magnetostatics
– Ampere’s theorem - Biot- Savart law – Electromagnetic induction – Maxwell’s equations
in free space and in linear isotropic media – Boundary conditions on the fields at interfaces -
Scalar and vector potentials – Gauge invariance – Electromagnetic waves - Reflection,
refraction, dispersion, interference, diffraction and polarization - Electrodynamics of a
charged particle in electric and magnetic fields – Radiation from moving charges and from a
dipole - Retarded potential.