Course Information

Course Information

In this web page we provide the syllabus of the course General Physics II, offered by the Department of Physics.

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Code Φ-102
Title General Physics II
Category A
ECTS 8
Hours 7
Level Undergraduate
Semester Spring
Teacher I. Kominis, D. Antypas
Program

Monday 11:00-13:00, Amphitheater ST 
Wednesday 11:00-13:00, Amphitheater ST 
Thursday 11:00-13:00, Amphitheater ST
Course Webpage https://eclass.physics.uoc.gr/courses/PH102/
Goal of the Course

This course is a continuation of General Physics I and it covers intensively the material of General Electromagnetism and Optics for First-year Students. The fundamental laws of Gauss, Ampere-Maxwell and Faraday are introduced in a simple way. Emphasis is placed on the calculation of electric field and electric potential of various charge distributions, on the calculation of magnetic field from moving charges and currents in simple geometry conductors. Regarding Optics, the course covers the necessary knowledge for the Optics Laboratory, including Geometric and Wave Optics.
Syllabus

Coulomb's law, electric field and potential. Electric field flow and Gauss law, conductors in electrostatic equilibrium. 
Capacitors and dielectrics, energy stored in the Electric field.
Current and resistance. Simple electric conductivity model. DC circuits, Kirchhoff rules. Capacitor charging.
Magnetic field properties and charge motion in magnetic fields. Laplace force. Strength in a wire which is cMagnetic field sources. Biot-Savart relationship. Law of Ampere, Gauss's Law in Magnetism. Inductance and Faraday's Law.
Self-Inductance, Magnetic Field Energy, RL Circuits, Oscillations in LC Circuits. 
AC Circuits, RLC Circuits, Tuning, Transformers.
Displacement current, Maxwell equations, electromagnetic waves.
Nature of Light, Principle of Huygens. Law of Reflection, Refraction, Snell's Law. 
Geometric optics, image formation, mirrors, lenses and their applications.
Interference, Young's double slit experiment, interference in thin films.
Narrow slit diffraction pattern, optical diffraction grating. Polarization of light.
Bibliography

"Fundamentals of Physics" D. Halliday, R. Resnick & J. Walker (Chapters 21 - 35). 
"Physics for Scientists & Engineers" R. Serway & J.W. Jewett (part 4 and 5).