Physics 2415: General Physics II

Michael Fowler, UVa

Lecture Notes:

Note! Here is a single pdf of the first 24 lectures

Lecture 1: Introducing Electrostatics

Lecture 2: Coulomb’s Law, Superposition

Lecture 3: Dipole Field, Infinite Line and Plane, Conductors

Lecture 4: Gauss’ Law

Lecture 5: Using Gauss’ Law: Spheres, Lines, Planes

Lecture 6: Gravitational and Electrostatic Potentials, Point Charges

Lecture 7: Field Lines, Equipotentials, the Dipole

Lecture 8: Capacitance

Lecture 9: Energy in Capacitors

Lecture 10: Electric Charge and Current

Lecture 11: Drude's Derivation of Ohm's Law

Lecture 12: EMF, Series, Parallel, Kirchhoff's Laws

Lecture 13: Wheatstone bridge, RC Circuits,Flashing light.

Lecture 14: History, Earth's field, Seabed stripes, Force on current in field.

Lecture 15: Force on moving charge in magnetic field, Cyclotron, Van Allen belts.

Lecture 16: Torque on Current Loop, Meters, Motors, e/m, Hall Effect, Mass Spectrometer.

Lecture 17: Forces between Parallel Wires, Ampere's Law.

Lecture 18: Biot Savart, Field on Axis of Loop, Diamagnetism, Paramagnetism, Ferromagnetism.

Lecture 19:Faraday Induction, Formula, Lenz' Law.

Lecture 20: Square Loop in Field, Generators, Eddy Currents.

Lecture 21: Electric Motors, Transformers, Betatron.

Lecture 22: Mutual Inductance

Lecture 23: LC, LR and LRC Circuits

Lecture 24: Circuits with AC Source