Kursinformation
Contents:
The course contains the following parts:
- Basic electromagnetics. Repetion of Maxwell's equations.
-Waveguide theory: The theory for wave propagation of electromagnetic fields in different types of waveguides. Comsol Multiphysics is used for numerical simulations.
-Microwave cavities: The basic theory for cavities. Analytic methods for determination of resonance frequencies, eigenfields and Q-values for microwave cavities with simple geometries. Determination of the same quantities for cavities with more complicated geometries using Comsol Multiphysics.
- Radiation from accelerating charged particles. Liénard-Wiechert potentials.
-Special relativity. Lorentz transformation. Transformation of electromagnetic fields between inertial systems.
-Motion of charged particles in electromagnetic fields.
Examination:
Home exam. Details will be given during the course.
ESS and MaxIV
The research field of particle accelerators has during the last years grown strong in Lund since the two very large research plants MaxIV and ESS will be built here. Microwave technique is extremely important for accelerators and it is vital that Lund university supplies these plants with engineers and physicists that know microwave theory and technique. For this reason the course in Electrodynamics focuses on applications that are relevant for particle accelerators. The aim is that the students that have passed the course will know enough microwave technique in order to do a master thesis project or to become an employee or PhD student at ESS or Maxlab.