Upon completing the course, students learn the following skills. They are able to
- understand and explain basic concepts and computational methods in classical electrodynamics (k1/k2);
- formulate and interpret theoretical concepts of electrodynamics in a precise and analytical way (k3);
- transfer the theoretical concepts of electrodynamics to other advanced physical problems (k3/k4).
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As a continuation of Theoretical Electrodynamics I, students acquire knowledge in the following areas and concepts of electrodynamics:
- electromagnetic radiation: retarded potentials, radiation of accelerated point charges, radiant power, antennas, dipole approximation, light scattering;
- electrodynamics in matter: derivation of electrodynamics in matter, dielectric response, causality and Kramers-Kronig relations, wave propagation in matter, boundary conditions and laws of refraction, dispersion in matter;
- theory of relativity: inertial systems and the principle of relativity, derivation of the Lorentz transformation, covariant notation, tensors, proper time, Maxwell's equations in covariant formulation.
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