Physicsium

Detailed Topics

• Electrostatics: Coulomb’s law, Electric field & potential, Gauss’s law, Electrostatic boundary conditions. [Image of gauss law diagram]
• Laplace's Equation: Solution for simple cases (upto two dimensions).
• Matter & Dielectrics: Conductors, capacitors, Linear dielectrics, dielectric polarization, volume/surface bound charges, electrostatic energy.
• Magnetostatics: Biot-Savart law, Ampere’s law, Lorentz Force, Motion of charged particles in E & B fields.
• Induction & Circuits: Faraday’s law, Self & mutual inductance, Alternating currents, DC/AC circuits (R, L, C components).
• Maxwell's Equations: Displacement current, Maxwell’s equations, Plane electromagnetic waves, Energy of EM fields.
• Poynting Vector: Poynting’s theorem and energy flow.
• Optics/Boundaries: Reflection & refraction at a dielectric interface, transmission & reflection coefficients (normal incidence).