Subject Code:	Subject Name: Physics II: (Electricity, Magnetism)	L-T-P: 0-0-3	Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s): None
Basics of Electrostatics: Gauss's law. Laplace’s and Poisson's equations. Electric Field and Potential due to a dipole. Force and Torque on a dipole. Electrostatic energy of a system of charges. Conductors in an electrostatic Field. Method of Images and its application to infinite planar sheet and sphere. Electric Field in Matter. Polarization; Electrical Susceptibility and Dielectric Constant; Gauss's law in dielectrics. Basics of magnetostatics: Curl and divergence of the magnetic field; Vector Potential; Magnetic dipole moment of the current loop. Magnetization vector. Magnetic Intensity; Magnetic Susceptibility and permeability. Ferromagnetism. Faraday’s Law. Energy stored in a Magnetic Field. Maxwell’s Equations and Potential Formulation: Introduction to Maxwell’s Equations. Displacement current. Wave equation. Gauge transformation. Retarded potentials. Text/Reference Books: Electricity and Magnetism, Edward M. Purcell, 1986 McGraw-Hill Education Introduction to Electrodynamics, D.J. Griffiths, 3rd Edn., 1998, Benjamin Cummings. Feynman Lectures Vol.2, R.P.Feynman, R.B.Leighton, M. Sands, 2008, Pearson Education Electricity and Magnetism, J.H.Fewkes & J.Yarwood. Vol. I, 1991, Oxford Univ. Press

Subject Code:

Subject Name: Physics II: (Electricity, Magnetism)

L-T-P: 0-0-3

Credit: 3

Pre-requisite(s): None

Basics of Electrostatics: Gauss's law. Laplace’s and Poisson's equations. Electric Field and Potential due to a dipole. Force and Torque on a dipole. Electrostatic energy of a system of charges. Conductors in an electrostatic Field. Method of Images and its application to infinite planar sheet and sphere. Electric Field in Matter. Polarization; Electrical Susceptibility and Dielectric Constant; Gauss's law in dielectrics. Basics of magnetostatics: Curl and divergence of the magnetic field; Vector Potential; Magnetic dipole moment of the current loop. Magnetization vector. Magnetic Intensity; Magnetic Susceptibility and permeability. Ferromagnetism. Faraday’s Law. Energy stored in a Magnetic Field. Maxwell’s Equations and Potential Formulation: Introduction to Maxwell’s Equations. Displacement current. Wave equation. Gauge transformation. Retarded potentials.

Text/Reference Books:

Electricity and Magnetism, Edward M. Purcell, 1986 McGraw-Hill Education
Introduction to Electrodynamics, D.J. Griffiths, 3rd Edn., 1998, Benjamin Cummings.
Feynman Lectures Vol.2, R.P.Feynman, R.B.Leighton, M. Sands, 2008, Pearson Education
Electricity and Magnetism, J.H.Fewkes & J.Yarwood. Vol. I, 1991, Oxford Univ. Press