PHYSICS 2
cod. 1000980

Academic year 2015/16
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisica sperimentale (FIS/01)
Field
Discipline fisiche
Type of training activity
Basic
78 hours
of face-to-face activities
9 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

Providing to second-year students in Physics the understanding of the most important facts and physical laws concerning electromagnetism and optics. The experimental method will give this understanding starting from experimental results and from mathematical methods. The most relevant physical theories will be learned in terms of logical and mathematical structure, experimental evidences and physical phenomena.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Electrostatics and magnetostatics in vacuum and in materials. Electrodynamics. Electromagnetic waves. Wave optics.

Full programme

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Bibliography

- C. Mencuccini e V. Silvestrini: Fisica II (Elettromagnetismo-Ottica). Liguori Ed.
- R. Caciuffo e S. Melone, “Fisica Generale”, Vol. 2, Masson, Milano
- R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton, M. Sands: The Feynman Lectures on Physics,
vol 2
- Halliday, Resnick, Krane, Fisica 2, Casa Ed. Ambrosiana.

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures and exercises

Assessment methods and criteria

The evaluation is based on three partial written tests during the semester, or, alternatively, on a single final written test, and a final oral examination. To be admitted to the oral examination, the average mark of the partial written tests, or the mark of the final written test, must be at least 16/30.

Other information

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