Electrodynamics and Radiative Processes I
IUCAA-NCRA Graduate
School
August - September 2018
- Schedule: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 14:30 to 15:30.
- Lectures will start on 6th August Monday 14:30 to 15:30.
- There will be about 14 lectures 1 to 1.5 hours each
- Final Exam - tentatively 27 September, 2018
- Course structure
- Project details
- Mini-test 1 - 9th August, 2018
- Mini-test 2 - 28th August, 2018
- Project report (Due on - 7th September, 2018)
- ASSIGNMENT (Due on - 27th September, 2018)
- Final Exam on - 27th September, 2018 (2:30 PM - 5:30 PM)
Lectures
| No |
Date |
Title |
Slides |
| 1 |
6 August 2018 |
Radiation and radiative transfer |
Lecture 1.pdf |
| 2 |
7 August 2018 |
Radiative transfer |
Lecture 2.pdf |
| 3 |
9 August 2018 |
Radiative transfer |
Lecture 3.pdf |
|
| 4 |
16 August 2018 |
Basic theory of radiation fields, polarization, stokes parameters |
Lecture 4.pdf |
|
| 5 |
21 August 2018 |
Radiation from moving charges |
Lecture 5.pdf |
|
| 6 |
23 August 2018 |
Thomson scattering + Review of Lorentz transformation and four vectors |
Lecture 6.pdf |
|
| 7 |
30 August 2018 |
Relativity in Electrodynamics |
Lecture 7.pdf |
|
| 8 |
4 September 2018 |
Thermal Bremsstrahlung radiation |
Lecture 8.pdf |
|
| 9 |
6 September 2018 |
Free-free absorption and non-thermal Bremsstrahlung radiation |
Lecture 9.pdf |
|
| 10 |
11 September 2018 |
Cylotron to Synchrotron radiation |
Lecture 10.pdf |
|
| 11 |
14 September 2018 |
Synchrotron radiation |
Lecture 11.pdf |
|
| 12 |
18 September 2018 |
Synchrotron self-absorption and Compton/Inverse-Compton scattering |
Lecture 12.pdf |
|
| 13 |
19 September 2018 |
Plasma effects + Radiative processes in astrophysical systems (summary and problem solving) |
Lecture 13.pdf |
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My NCRA office room number is 211, and the telephone extension number is 9253. You can also reach me at bhaswati@ncra.tifr.res.in