Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour
Catalog page 549
Prerequisites: PHYS 210B or consent of instructor
Description: Covers electromagnetic radiation and scattering; propagation of electromagnetic fields in non-uniform media (geometrical optics, interference, and diffraction); special theory of relativity; Lagrangian formalism; and dynamics of relativistic particles in external fields. Also examines Cherenkov radiation and magnetic monopoles.