Physics

PHYS110A Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics

Examines electrostatics, including the electric field, potential, solutions to Laplace's and Poisson's equations, and work and energy; electricity in matter (conductors, dielectrics); magnetostatics, including the magnetic field and vector potential, Ampere's and Faraday's laws; and magnetism in matter; Maxwell's equations; and conservation laws and gauge invariance.

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PHYS 5C and PHYS 116A PHYS 116B and PHYS 116C.

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Winter

Instructor

M. Hance