Electric charge and Coulomb's law. Electric field and potential. Electrical current and current density. RC circuits. Magnetic field. RLC circuits. Maxwell's equations.. Electrostatic and magneto-static properties of the matter. Optics.
WOLFSON Richard , PASACHOFF Jay, Fisica, ed Zanichelli
Other textbooks:
WOLFSON Richard, Fisica, ed. Pearson
R. A. Serway, Principi di Fisica, EdiSeS, Napoli
J. Walker Fondamenti di Fisica (Meccanica e Termodinamica) volume 1° ed. Zanichelli
P. TIPLER,Corso di Fisica, ed. Zanichelli
Learning Objectives
Knolewdge acquired:
Basic knowledge of electromagnetism, optics.
Competence acquired:
The students will acquire the fundaments of classical physics and the basic concepts necessary to solve simple problems.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
To schematize and solve problems in the fields of physics and in other fields.
Prerequisites
Courses required: Mathematics; Physics I
Courses recommended: none
Teaching Methods
CFU: 6
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 48
Type of Assessment
Oral: exercise, questions on the lectures programme.
Course program
Electric charge and Coulomb's law. Electric field and potential. Gauss law. Electric dipole moment. Capacitance. Electrostatic energy. Electrical current and current density. Electric resistance and Ohm's law. RC circuits. Magnetic field. Lorentz force and Biot-Savart law. Ampere's law. Faraday's law. RLC circuits. Maxwell's equations and their solutions in terms of plane and spherical waves. Poynting vector. Electrostatic and magneto-static properties of the matter.