General Physics 2

Electrostatics
Electric charge properties and Coulomb law
Electrostatic induction
Electrostatic force, field and potential
Point-like particles and charge continuum distributions
Electrostatic energy of a charge system
Flux of the electrostatic field - Gauss theorem
Maxwell equations (integral and local form) for the electrostatic field in vacuum
Poisson Equation - Laplace Equation
Conductors and capacitors - Capacity - Electrostatic energy
Electric current and dc circuits
Current intensity and density - Electric current continuity equation - Stationary current regime
Resistors - Electric resistance, resistivity and conductivity
Ohm laws - Joule effect - Electromotive force




Magnetostatics
Lorentz force and magnetic field vector B
Magnetic force and mechanical moments on a conductor with current - Laplace second elementary law - Ampère equivalence principle
Magnetic field due to dc: Biot-Savart law - Laplace first elementary law - Ampère-Laplace law
Ampère circuital law
Magnetic flux
Maxwell equations (integral and local form) for the magnetic field generated by stationary electric currents in vacuum

Time-dependent electric and magnetic fields
Electromagnetic induction - Faraday law - Lenz law
Physical origin of the induced electromotive force
Magnetic field measurements - Felici law
Self induction - self flux - inductance - self induced electromotive force
Examples of time-dependent currents: RC circuits, RL circuits
Magnetic energy
Electric oscillations: ideal LC circuits
Displacement current - Ampère-Maxwell law
Maxwell equations for time-dependent electric and magnetic fields in vacuum (integral and local form)
Electromagnetic energy density - Continuity equation

Waves
Types of waves, transverse/longitudinal waves
Plane wave - d'Alembert equation
Progressive/regressive waves - Principle of superposition
Plane harmonic wave: amplitude, period, wavelength, frequency, angular frequency
Hints on the Fourier analysis
Wave on a elastic and ideal string: propagation velocity, average power carried by the wave, linear density of mechanical energy, wave intensity
Waves in several dimensions: wavefront, plane/spherical/circular/cylindrical harmonic wave, propagation vector, wave-function, average power, amplitude, intensity

Electromagnetic waves (em waves)
From Maxwell equations to the wave equation for E and B fields in vacuum
Plane em wave: properties
Harmonic plane em wave -linear/elliptical/circular polarization
Energy of an em wave - Poynting vector
Intensity carried by an em wave
Continuity equation for the em energy - Poynting theorem
Interaction between em waves and charged matter: energy/linear momentum/angular momentum of an em wave - radiation pressure