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PHYS-F202
Relativité, électromagnétisme et optique ondulatoire
Course teacher(s)
Petr TINIAKOV (Coordinator)ECTS credits
10
Language(s) of instruction
french
Course content
Special Relativity and fundamental Electromagnetism in the relativistic framework. Emphasis on the mathematical physics methods that are common to all fields of Physics: tensors, symmetry groups, conserved quantities, expansions of functions in basis of orthogonal polynomials in functional spaces, solution of partial derivative equations by variables separation.
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
The objective is to give the student a general formation in Special Relativity and Electromagnetism along with an introduction to several mathematical tools that are common to all fields of Physics. After this course, the student should be prepared to start learning Quantum Field Theory, General Relativity, Statistical Physics and more specialized sectors of Physics like Astrophysics or Nuclear Physics.
Prerequisites and Corequisites
Required and corequired courses
Courses requiring this course
Cours ayant celui-ci comme co-requis
Teaching methods and learning activities
Theoretical course with black board derivations of results. Exercise seminars carried on by students with the help of an assistant teacher.
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
Classical Electrodynamics, J.D.Jackson Introduction to Electrodynamics, D.J.Griffith Feynman's Lecture on Physics, volume II
Other information
Contacts
Petr Tiniakov: Petr.Tiniakov@ulb.ac.be Léon Brenig: lbrenig@ulb.ac.be
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
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Other
Written examination followed by oral examination. The latter is essentially based on the failed questions of the written exam.