Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism

Course Description

In addition to the basic concepts of Electromagnetism, a vast variety of interesting topics are covered in this course: Lightning, Pacemakers, Electric Shock Treatment, Electrocardiograms, Metal Detectors, Musical Instruments, Magnetic Levitation, Bullet Trains, Electric Motors, Radios, TV, Car Coils, Superconductivity, Aurora Borealis, Rainbows, Radio Telescopes, Interferometers, Particle Accelerators (a.k.a. Atom Smashers or Colliders), Mass Spectrometers, Red Sunsets, Blue Skies, Haloes around Sun and Moon, Color Perception, Doppler Effect, Big-Bang Cosmology.

Lectures

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   Lecture 1 - Electric Charges, Polarization, and Electric Force

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   Lecture 2 - Electric Fields, Field Lines, Superposition, Inductive Charges, and Dipoles

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   Lecture 3 - Electric Flux and Gauss's Law

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   Lecture 4 - Electrostatic Potential, Electrical Energy, and Equipotential Surfaces

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   Lecture 5 - Equipotential Surfaces, Conductors, and Electrostatic Shielding

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   Lecture 6 - High-Voltage Breakdown, Lightning, and Sparks

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   Lecture 7 - Capacitance and Field Energy

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   Lecture 8 - Polarization, Dielectrics, and Capacitors

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   Lecture 9 - Currents, Resisitivity, and Ohm's Law

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    Lecture 10 - Batteries, EMF, Energy Conservation, Kirchoff's Rules, Circuits, and Power

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    Lecture 11 - Magnetic Fields, Lorentz Force, Torques, Electric Motors (DC), and Oscilloscope

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    Lecture 12 - Review Exam 1

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    Lecture 13 - Moving Charges in B-fields, Cyclotron, Synchrotron, and Mass Spectrometer

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    Lecture 14 - Biot-Savart Law, Gauss' Law for Magnetic Fields, and High Voltage Power Lines

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    Lecture 15 - Ampere's Law and Solenoids

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    Lecture 16 - Electromagnetic Induction, Faraday's Law, and Non-conservative Fields

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    Lecture 17 - Motional EMF, Eddy Currents, and Magnetic Braking

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    Lecture 18 - Diplacement Current, Synchronous Motors, and Induction Motors

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    Lecture 19 - Electric Shock Treatment, Pacemakers, Electroardiograms, and Superconductivity

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    Lecture 20 - RL Cirucits, Inductance, and Magnetic Field Energy

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    Lecture 21 - Magnetic Materials, Dia-, Para-, and Ferromagnetism

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    Lecture 22 - Hysteresis, Electromagnets, and Maxwell's Equations

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    Lecture 23 - Review Exam 2

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    Lecture 24 - Transformers and RC Circuits

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    Lecture 25 - Driven LRC Circuits and Metal Detectors

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    Lecture 26 - Traveling Waves and Standing Waves (Musical Instruments)

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    Lecture 27 - Elecromagnetic Waves (Radio), the Speed of Light, Resonance, and Distance Determination using Lasers

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    Lecture 28 - Index of Refraction, Poynting Vector, Oscillating Charges, and Polarization

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    Lecture 29 - Refraction and Dispersion

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    Lecture 30 - Polarizers, Malus's Law, Brewster Angle, and Polarization by Relection/Scattering

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    Lecture 31 - Rainbows

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    Lecture 32 - Review Exam 3

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    Lecture 33 - Double Slit Interference and Interferometers

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    Lecture 34 - Human Eye and Telescopes: Gratings, Resolving Power, Single-Slit Diffraction, Angular Resolution

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    Lecture 35 - Doppler Effect and the Big Bang Cosmology

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    Lecture 36 - Farewell Special