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Electromagnetism (Advanced) - PHYS3030
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Physics
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: PHYS2011 or PHYS2939 or PHYS2050 and MATH2011 or MATH2111 and MATH2120 or MATH2130 and MATH2520 or MATH2620
 
 
Excluded: PHYS3230
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Electromagnetic fields; Maxwell's equations, Poynting theorem, potential formulation. Plane waves, reflection and transmission. Emission of radiation from accelerating charges, scattering and propagation of radiation in material media. Extended review of special relativity and its relations to electromagnetism.

Note/s: Not available without a mark of 65 or greater in PHYS2050.

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