Reversed Cherenkov radiation in left-handed medium. (Image by Prof. Min Chen.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Alan Guth
Prof. Min Chen
MIT Course Number
8.07
As Taught In
Fall 2012
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course is the second in a series on Electromagnetism beginning with Electromagnetism I (8.02 or 8.022). It is a survey of basic electromagnetic phenomena: electrostatics; magnetostatics; electromagnetic properties of matter; time-dependent electromagnetic fields; Maxwell's equations; electromagnetic waves; emission, absorption, and scattering of radiation; and relativistic electrodynamics and mechanics.