UCT Physics PHY1013F 2012
Electromagnetism

17 April 2012 [(0140)/dga]

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CURRENT CONCEPT: Circuits.

GOOD QUESTION(S) TO ASK YOURSELF: In a discharging RC cirucit, why is the time taken by the voltage on the capacitor to decrease to 1/e = 0.37 of its initial value independent of the initial on the capacitor? See PHY1013F Good questions to ask yourself

Course information is given in on the VULA PHY1013F site

This course on electromagnetism (ie electricity and magnetism) consists of 60 lectures, and will probably be divided into three parts:

• EMA: a course of 20 lectures (13 February to 10 March) on the first part of electromagnetism given by Professor David Aschman.
• EMB: a course of 20 lectures (13 March to 14 April) on the second part of electromagnetism given by Associate Professor Roger Fearick
• EMC: a course of 15 lectures (17 April to 19 May) on the last part of electromagnetism given by Jeff Fearon

• Course contents and reading list...|... Electromagnetism textbooks
• UCT PHY1013F Vula website
• The course lab/tut timetable (provisional)
• UCT PHY1013F Electromagnetism lecture notes (slides):
  • EM00 Introduction
  • EM01 Electric charges and forces (Knight2 Ch 26)
  • EM02 Electric fields (Knight2 Ch 27)
  • EM03 Gauss's Law (Knight2 Ch 28}
  • EM04 Electric potential (Knight2 Ch29)
  • EM05 Potential and field (Knight2 Ch30)
  • EMB01 Current and resistance (Knight2 Ch31)
• Worked example(s) .... Self-test seminar .... Good "ask yourself" questions .... Hints on problem-solving
• Afternoon Tutorials
  • Tutorial week of 13 February 2012 .. comments on tutorial ..
  • Tutorial xxx March 2012 .. comments on tutorial ..
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• Problem sets
  • PHY1013F 2012 Problem set 00 ... hints ... solutions ... comments
  • PHY1013F 2012 Problem set 01 ... hints ... solutions ... comments
  • PHY1013F 2012 Problem set 02 ... hints ... solutions ... comments
  • PHY1013F 2012 Problem set 03 ... hints ... solutions ... comments
  • PHY1013F 2012 Problem set 04 ... hints ... solutions ... comments
  • PHY1013F 2012 Problem set 05 ... hints ... solutions ... comments
• Class tutor(s) || Class representatives
• Past PHY1013F electromagnetism examination and class test questions
• On the web: other related courses, and articles:
  • Introductory:
    • Crowell: Electricity and Magnetism
  • At the level of this course
    • Tatum: Electricity and Magnetism, University of Victoria
  • If you want to go a little further at this level...
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  • Intermediate:
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  • Advanced:
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• Python programs and code fragments. Some may have errors that you will have to find.
  • erod02.py needed for 2007 Problem set 17 part 2
  • Electric field from a long rod
• Applets, animations, simulations etc
  • Movie of dipole oscillating in field (thanks to Prof Belcher, MIT Physics)
  • Caltech Electric field applet
• Pedagogical papers
• Links
• Glossary of examination terms ... Glossary of scientific terms
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• Semi-popular physics journals: Physics Today | Physics World | Cern Courier | Scientific American | Physical Review Focus | Computing in Science and Engineering | Physics News Update | Reviews of Modern Physics | Nature | New Scientist | American Scientist | Science...
• Worthwhile sites: Bob Park weekly comment on science matters | the edge