Electrodynamics

The aim of the course is to form students’ field knowledge of the properties of matter, to present the theory of the electromagnetic field in vacuum and in condensed media from a unified point of view.

Students learn the methods of field theory and electrodynamics of continuous media, solve Maxwell’s equations, and calculate the electromagnetic characteristics of condensed media.

Course content

• Special relativity and relativistic mechanics;
• Charge in an electromagnetic field;
• Equations of the electromagnetic field;
• Constant electromagnetic field in vacuum;
• Electromagnetic waves;
• Fields of moving charges;
• Radiation of electromagnetic waves;
• Equation of the electromagnetic field in a continuous medium;
• A constant electric field in a medium;
• Constant magnetic field in a medium;
• Quasi-stationary electromagnetic field;
• Propagation of electromagnetic waves in a continuous medium.