Assigment 8 has been cancelled.
This assignment, originally planned for June 7, will
be eliminated. It was to cover relativity -
in particular the material covered in lectures this week,
some of which is covered
in Jackson chapter 11. I STRONGLY urge you to do
the reading assignment, and
to understand the E and B field transformations.
You may turn in your papers June 7 by 5:00 p.m. to MY MAILBOX
Those of you who turn your papers in by June 5 will get
written comments, those who
do not will get a grade, broken down by the guidelines
below, but will not get significant
additional feedback.
Paper Topic Abstracts, Exams and HW can
be picked up from the racks
just outside 203 Downs.
Note that your topic must be approved, so I recommend
you pick up the abstracts to
get the comments.
Schedule for the end!
5/15 - 5/17
Problems in magnetic media, Faraday's law, introduction to radiation
READING: Jackson 5.15 - 5.18, 6.1 - 6.3, 6.6 - 6.7
5/22 - 5/24
Problems in electrodynamics, radiation
READING: Jackson 7.1-7.3, 9.1 - 9.3
5/29
Lecture on relativity by Marc Kamionkowski (I am out of town)
5/31
Problems in Relativity
READING: Jackson Chapter 11
Grading Guidelines for Papers:
The papers will be graded according to the following criteria:
Topic choice: Originality/creativity and relevance to 106
15%
Clarity of presentation: Is the paper understandable and well-presented
- 35%
a good guide: could one of your classmates read it and understand it
Accuracy: 25%
Grammar, spelling, punctuation
15%
Appropriate/complete referencing
10%
A note on referencing: This is not intended
to be an original work, however you should understand
all equations and statements in the paper. You
must cite all work that is not original, and you must
put in quotes any descriptions that are not your own.
The line is often thin between inappropriate
references and plagerism, so when in doubt - reference.
New algorithm for grades:
Homework - 40%,
Midterm 25%, Paper 35%
No class Thursday April 26 - there will be a makeup lecture May 11 (Fri) at 4:00 p.m.
Federico's office has changed. He is now in 445 Lauritsen, x2633
NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO FINAL EXAM, JUST THE PAPERS AND A FINAL HW.
Lecturer
Prof.
Fiona Harrison
fiona@srl.caltech.edu
211 Downs Lab
x 6601
office hours - Wednesday 2-3 p.m. and by appointment
Teaching Assistants
Yanbei
Chen- yanbei@its.caltech.edu
156 W. Bridge
office hours: 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. Wednesday
Yi Li - ylm@its.caltech.edu
355 Lauritsen (for office hours only)
office hours: 8:30 - 10:00 p.m. Tuesday
Federico Spedalieri - federico@its.caltech.edu
445 Lauritsen x2633
office hours: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Monday
Time
- 1 - 2:30 Tues/Thurs
Location - 107
Downs
TEXTBOOKS
Required: Classical Electrodynamics, J. D. Jackson
HANDOUTS
General information and synopsis of topics (PDF file)
Lecture notes on Legendre Polyonmials (presented
end of last term) (PDF file)
Dielectrics (PDF file)
Magnetic Materials (PDF
file)
IMPORTANT DATES
April 3 - NO CLASS
May 3 - Midterm Examination,
1:00 - 2:30 107 Downs
May 8- Paper topic
abstracts due
May 31 - Last lecture
June 5 - papers due
June 7 - last homework due -
CANCELLED
LECTURE NOTES
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
Homework 1 - due April 12 (PDF
file)
Homework 2 - due April 19 (PDF
file)
Homework 3 - due April 26 (PDF
file)
Homework 4 - due May 10 (PDF
file)
Homework 5 - due May 17 (PDF
file)
Homework 6 - due May 24 (PDF
file)
Homework 7 - due May 31 (PDF
file)
MIDTERM RESULTS
Mean: 14.4
Sigma: 5
FINAL EXAM RESULTS
106B Final - Mean: 30.3