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1 Electromagnetic “Discontinuities” Must Propagate at a speed

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3 Our wavefront satisfies both “Gauss’s laws” because there is no enclosed charge or current, and fields on opposite sides of the box are the same.

4 There is a changing B flux as the wavefront moves by. This changing flux must be equal to the line integral of the E field. Only the back edge (gh) contributes to this line integral.

5 There is a changing E flux also. This gives another reqd relation between E and B.

6 Accelerating Charges Radiate http://www.its.caltech.edu/~phys1/java/phys1/MovingCharge/MovingCharge.html# http://www.its.caltech.edu/~phys1/java/phys1/MovingCharge/MovingCharge.html#

7 Accelerating Charges Radiate

8 Coulomb’s law can’t describe the “kinked” E field. We got it from connecting field lines + geometry. However, we do get the kinked field if we consider the “potential”. “Potential” depends only on where the charge was and how fast it was moving a time r/c ago. (In other words, we have to account for the light travel time.) (we will need to do better than just the scalar electric potential, though)

9 But what’s it good for? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qil3iFpgWdM Demos

10 Quiz: What are you doing this summer (3 pts for any answer): A] Maybe a physics problem a week or so, just to stay in top mental condition B] I won’t pick up a physics book C] I will use my expertise from Physics 161 to re- animate dead tissue.


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