Università Roma Tre

Electrostatics in vacuum: electric charge and Coulomb's law.
Electric field.
Electrostatic field generated by charge systems.
Gauss theorem.
Electrical potential.
Electric dipole.

Conductor systems and electrostatic field: electrostatic field and charge distributions in conductors
Electrical capacity
Capacitor systems.
Electrostatic field energy.
The general problem of electrostatics in vacuum and its solution in some notable cases.

Electrostatics in the presence of dielectrics: the dielectric constant.
Microscopic interpretation.
Vector electric polarization P.
The equations and the general problem of electrostatics in the presence of dielectrics.
Electrostatic energy in the presence of dielectrics.

Stationary electrical current: conductors.
Electric current.
Current density and continuity equation.
Electrical resistance and Ohm's law.
Dissipative phenomena.
Electromotive force and electric generators.
Costant current circuits.
Charges on conductors run by current.
Electrical conduction in liquids and gases.

Magnetic stationary phenomena in vacuum: Lorentz force and magnetic induction vector B.
Mechanical actions on circuits driven by stationary current in an external magnetic field.
Bo field generated by stationary currents in vacuum.
Properties of the magnetic induction vector Bo in the stationary case.
Magnetostatic potential.
Interactions between circuits driven by stationary current.
Hall effect.

Magnetism in matter: magnetic polarization and its relations with microscopic currents.
Fundamental equations of magnetostatics in the presence of matter and connection conditions for B and H.
Diamagnetic, paramagnetic, ferromagnetic substances.
Microscopic interpretation of the matter magnetization phenomena.
Magnetic circuits, electromagnets and permanent magnets.

Variable electric and magnetic fields: electromagnetic induction.
Faraday-Neumann's law.
Self-induction and mutual induction.
Magnetic energy and mechanical actions.

Alternating currents: symbolic method.
Resonance phenomenon.
Absorbed power.

Electromagnetic waves: Maxwell equations.
Electromagnetic wave equation.
Electromagnetic waves in dielectrics and conductors.
Spectrum of electromagnetic waves.
Energy conservation and Poynting vector.
Momentum of an electromagnetic wave.
Radiation pressure.
Electromagnetic field motion density. Potentials of the electromagnetic field.

Classical phenomena of radiation and matter interaction: reflection and refraction of electromagnetic waves.
Light scattering.
Polarized radiation.
Huygens-Fresnel principle and Kirchhoff's theorem.
Interference.
Diffraction.

Geometrical optics: rays.
Mirrors.
Diopter.
Lenses.

Photons and matter: classical theory of black body radiation.
Planck's law for the black body spectrum.
Photoelectric effect.
Compton effect.
Particle-wave dualism.
Introduction to the concepts of quantum mechanics.

C. Mencuccini, V. Silvestrini, Fisica - Elettromagnetismo Ottica. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, (2016)