Maria Teresa MERCALDO | GENERAL PHYSICS II

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GENERAL PHYSICS II

	0512600006
	DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS "E. R. CAIANIELLO"
	EQF6
	PHYSICS
	2024/2025

PERCORSO SHARED STUDY PATHWAY

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
	FULL ACADEMIC YEAR

TEACHING UNITS

SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
FIS/01	10	80	LESSONS	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS
FIS/01	2	24	EXERCISES	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

PROFESSORS

	ADOLFO AVELLA T Curriculum
	MARIA TERESA MERCALDO Curriculum

EXAMS

	Exam	Date	Session
	APPELLO DI GENNAIO 2025	17/01/2025 - 15:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
	APPELLO DI FEBBRAIO 2025	19/02/2025 - 15:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO

	Objectives
	THE COURSE PROVIDES THE BASIC FORMATION IN THE FIELD OF CLASSICAL ELECTROMAGNETISM AND OPTICS. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL KNOW: -THE MOST IMPORTANT PHENOMENA CONNECTED WITH THE EXISTENCE OF ELECTRICAL CHARGES AND THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS, BOTH IN VACUUM AND IN MATERIAL MEDIA, AND THEIR INTERPRETATION IN TERMS OF THE MODERN ATOMIC PHYSICS; - THE ELECTRIC AND THE MAGNETIC FIELD PRODUCED BY TYPICAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF CHARGES AND CURRENTS, RESPECTIVELY; HE WILL HAVE AN ADEQUATE INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MECHANICS WAVES AND OF THE MOST RELEVANT RELATED PHENOMENA; HE WILL HAVE AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAXWELL EQUATIONS, THE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND UNDULATORY OPTICS; ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDESTANDING -AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: CALCULATE THE ELECTIC FIELD PRODUCED BY TYPICAL CHARGES DISTRIBUTION; ANALYZE THE FUNDAMENTAL ELECTRIC CIRCUITS; CALCULATE THE MAGNETIC FIELD PRODUCED BY TYPICAL CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; CALCULATE THE MOST RELEVANT EFFECTS PRODUCED BY THE ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; CALCULATE, IN SIMPLE CASES THE EFFECTS OF WAVES INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION AND OF THE DOPPLER EFFECT; -MORE IN GENERAL, HE WILL BE ABLE TO SOLVE EXERCISES AN PROBLEMS OF ELECTROMAGNETISM AND OPTICS, AT INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

THE COURSE PROVIDES THE BASIC FORMATION IN THE FIELD OF CLASSICAL ELECTROMAGNETISM AND OPTICS.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL KNOW:
-THE MOST IMPORTANT PHENOMENA CONNECTED WITH THE EXISTENCE OF ELECTRICAL CHARGES AND THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS, BOTH IN VACUUM AND IN MATERIAL MEDIA, AND THEIR INTERPRETATION IN TERMS OF THE MODERN ATOMIC PHYSICS;
- THE ELECTRIC AND THE MAGNETIC FIELD PRODUCED BY TYPICAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF CHARGES AND CURRENTS, RESPECTIVELY;
HE WILL HAVE AN ADEQUATE INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MECHANICS WAVES AND OF THE MOST RELEVANT RELATED PHENOMENA;
HE WILL HAVE AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAXWELL EQUATIONS, THE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND UNDULATORY OPTICS;

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDESTANDING
-AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: CALCULATE THE ELECTIC FIELD PRODUCED BY TYPICAL CHARGES DISTRIBUTION;
ANALYZE THE FUNDAMENTAL ELECTRIC CIRCUITS;
CALCULATE THE MAGNETIC FIELD PRODUCED BY TYPICAL CURRENT DISTRIBUTION;
CALCULATE THE MOST RELEVANT EFFECTS PRODUCED BY THE ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION;
CALCULATE, IN SIMPLE CASES THE EFFECTS OF WAVES INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION AND OF THE DOPPLER EFFECT;
-MORE IN GENERAL, HE WILL BE ABLE TO SOLVE EXERCISES AN PROBLEMS OF ELECTROMAGNETISM AND OPTICS, AT INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

	Prerequisites
	BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF TRIGONOMETRY, ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY, CALCULUS. BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE ARGUMENTS STUDIED IN THE COURSE OF GENERAL PHYSICS I

	Contents
	VACUUM ELECTROSTATICS: ELECTRIC CHARGE (LESS. H4, EXERC. H2), ELECTRIC FIELD, POTENTIAL, ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY (LESS. H6, EXERC. H2), MULTIPOLES EXPANSION, CAPACITORS (LESS. H6, EXERC. H2). ELECTROSTATIC OF DIELECTRICS, MICROSCOPIC INTERPRETATION, DISPLACEMENT VECTOR AND POLARIZATION VECTOR (LESS. H4, EXERC. H2), ELECTRIC CURRENTS, INTENSITY AND CURRENT DENSITY, CONTINUITY EQUATION (LESS. H6, EXERC. H2), STEADY CURRENTS, ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE, ELECTRIC RESISTANCE, OHM AND KIRKHHOFF LAWS (LESS. H6, EXERC. H2), THERMAL EFFECTS OF CURRENTS, ELECTRIC POWER, STEADY AND QUASI-STEADY ELECTRIC CIRCUITS (LESS. H6, EXERC. H2). MAGNETIC FIELD IN THE VACUUM AND RELATED EFFECTS, MAGNETIC INDUCTION FIELD (LESS. H6, EXERC. H2), I AND II LAPLACE LAWS, FORCES ON CONDUCTORS DUE TO MAGNETIC FIELDS, MAGNETIC FIELD PRODUCED BY CURRENTS (LESS. H6, EXERC. H2), MAGNETIC MOMENT, FUNDAMENTAL LAWS OF MAGNETOSTATIC, VECTOR POTENTIAL (LESS. H4, EXERC. H2). MAGNETIC FIELDS IN THE MATTER (LESS. H4, EXERC. H2). ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION, FARADAY LAW, INDUCTION (LESS. H4, EXERC. H2), SELF INDUCTION AND MUTUAL INDUCTION (LESS. H4, EXERC. H0), LR, LC, LRC CIRCUITS, ALTERNATING CURRENTS (LESS. H2, EXERC. H0). MAXWELL EQUATIONS(LESS. H4, EXERC. H0). WAVE PHENOMENA IN MECHANICS. D'ALEMBERT EQUATION, INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION, DOPPLER EFFECT, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES (LESS. H4, EXERC. H0). PHYSICAL OPTICS.LIGHT INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION, YOUNG EXPERIMENT, FRAUNHOFER DIFFRACTION (LESS. H4, EXERC. H0).

Contents

VACUUM ELECTROSTATICS: ELECTRIC CHARGE (LESS. H4, EXERC. H2), ELECTRIC FIELD, POTENTIAL, ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY (LESS. H6, EXERC. H2), MULTIPOLES EXPANSION, CAPACITORS (LESS. H6, EXERC. H2). ELECTROSTATIC OF DIELECTRICS, MICROSCOPIC INTERPRETATION, DISPLACEMENT VECTOR AND POLARIZATION VECTOR (LESS. H4, EXERC. H2), ELECTRIC CURRENTS, INTENSITY AND CURRENT DENSITY, CONTINUITY EQUATION (LESS. H6, EXERC. H2), STEADY CURRENTS, ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE, ELECTRIC RESISTANCE, OHM AND KIRKHHOFF LAWS (LESS. H6, EXERC. H2), THERMAL EFFECTS OF CURRENTS, ELECTRIC POWER, STEADY AND QUASI-STEADY ELECTRIC CIRCUITS (LESS. H6, EXERC. H2). MAGNETIC FIELD IN THE VACUUM AND RELATED EFFECTS, MAGNETIC INDUCTION FIELD (LESS. H6, EXERC. H2), I AND II LAPLACE LAWS, FORCES ON CONDUCTORS DUE TO MAGNETIC FIELDS, MAGNETIC FIELD PRODUCED BY CURRENTS (LESS. H6, EXERC. H2), MAGNETIC MOMENT, FUNDAMENTAL LAWS OF MAGNETOSTATIC, VECTOR POTENTIAL (LESS. H4, EXERC. H2). MAGNETIC FIELDS IN THE MATTER (LESS. H4, EXERC. H2). ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION, FARADAY LAW, INDUCTION (LESS. H4, EXERC. H2), SELF INDUCTION AND MUTUAL INDUCTION (LESS. H4, EXERC. H0), LR, LC, LRC CIRCUITS, ALTERNATING CURRENTS (LESS. H2, EXERC. H0). MAXWELL EQUATIONS(LESS. H4, EXERC. H0). WAVE PHENOMENA IN MECHANICS. D'ALEMBERT EQUATION, INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION, DOPPLER EFFECT, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES (LESS. H4, EXERC. H0). PHYSICAL OPTICS.LIGHT INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION, YOUNG EXPERIMENT, FRAUNHOFER DIFFRACTION (LESS. H4, EXERC. H0).

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE INCLUDES THEORETICAL LESSONS AND CLASSROOM EXERCISES. DURING THE EXERCISES, THE STUDENT IS ASKED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS RELATED TO ELECTROMAGNETISM. THE SOLUTION STRATEGY REQUIRES: UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM, PLANNING THE SOLUTION, AND FINALLY SOLVING IT. THIS LAST PHASE PROMOTES THE ABILITY TO EVALUATE THE CORRECTNESS OF THE RESPONSE AND TO VERIFY THE CONSISTENCY WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF ELECTROMAGNETISM.

Teaching Methods

THE COURSE INCLUDES THEORETICAL LESSONS AND CLASSROOM EXERCISES. DURING THE EXERCISES, THE STUDENT IS ASKED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS RELATED TO ELECTROMAGNETISM. THE SOLUTION STRATEGY REQUIRES: UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM, PLANNING THE SOLUTION, AND FINALLY SOLVING IT. THIS LAST PHASE PROMOTES THE ABILITY TO EVALUATE THE CORRECTNESS OF THE RESPONSE AND TO VERIFY THE CONSISTENCY WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF ELECTROMAGNETISM.

	Verification of learning
	THE FINAL EXAM IS CONSTITUTED BY TWO PARTS. ONE WRITTEN PART AIMS TO EVALUATE THE ABILITY OF THE STUDENTS IN SOLVING EXERCISES ABOUT ARGUMENTS PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE. IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDENT CAN BE REQUESTED TO COMPUTE THE ELECTRIC OR THE MAGNETIC FILD PRODUCED BY SOME DISTRIBUTION OF CHARGES OR CURRENTS, RESPECTIVELY. IN SOME OTHER CASE, THE STUDENT CAN BE REQUESTED TO SHOW TO BE ABLE TO APPLY THE LAWS DESCRIBING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ELECTRIC CHARGES, OR BETWEEN CURRENTS, OR BETWEEN MAGNETIC FIELDS AND ELECTRIC CHARGES. THE STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANALYZE SIMPLE ELECTRIC CIRCUITS, AND TO CORRECTLY APPLY THE FARADY INDUCTION LAW. MOREOVER, THE STUDENT CAN BE REQUESTED TO COMPUTE THE EFFECTS OF WAVES INTERFERENCE, OR THOSE OF THE DOPPLER EFFECT. A SECOND ORAL PART, WHERE THE STUDENTS WILL BE INVITED TO PRESENT SOME TOPICS PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE,IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THEIR LEARNING, COMPREHENSION, AND CORRECT EXPOSITION SKILLS. THE WRITTEN PART HAS THE DURATION OF TWO HOURS AND REGARDS THE SOLUTION OF FOUR EXERCISES OR SIMPLE PROBLEMS ON ARGUMENTS PRESENTED IN THE COURSE. THE EVALUATION IS EXPRESSED IN THIRTIETHS. FOR THE ADMISSION TO THE ORAL EXAM THE MINIMUM MARK IS 18/30. DURING THE WRITTEN PART THE CONSULTATION OF BOOKS OR NOTES AND THE USE OF COMPUTER ARE NOT ALLOWED. ONLY LITTLE CALCULATING MACHINES CAN BE USED. THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF EVALUATION (18) IS ASSIGNED WHEN THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES A BARELY SUFFICIENT ABILITY TO COMPUTE THE ELECTRIC OR THE MAGNETIC FILD PRODUCED BY SOME DISTRIBUTION OF CHARGES OR CURRENTS, AND/OR TO APPLY THE LAWS DESCRIBING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ELECTRIC CHARGES, OR BETWEEN CURRENTS, OR BETWEEN MAGNETIC FIELDS AND ELECTRIC CHARGES. THE MAXIMUM LEVEL (30) IS ASSIGNED WHEN THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES A COMPLETE AND IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAWS DESCRIBING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ELECTRIC CHARGES, OR BETWEEN CURRENTS, OR BETWEEN MAGNETIC FIELDS AND ELECTRIC CHARGE AND TO COMPUTE THE ELECTRIC OR THE MAGNETIC FILD PRODUCED BY SOME DISTRIBUTION OF CHARGES OR CURRENTS, AS WELL AS TO ANALYZE SIMPLE ELECTRIC CIRCUITS, AND TO CORRECTLY APPLY THE FARADY INDUCTION LAW. PRAISE IS GIVEN WHEN THE CANDIDATE DEMONSTRATES SIGNIFICANT MASTERY OF THE THEORETICAL AND OPERATIONAL CONTENT AND SHOWS HOW TO PRESENT THE TOPICS WITH CONSIDERABLE MASTERY OF THE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL LANGUAGE AND AUTONOMOUS PROCESSING SKILLS EVEN IN CONTEXTS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PROPOSED BY THE TEACHER.

Verification of learning

THE FINAL EXAM IS CONSTITUTED BY TWO PARTS. ONE WRITTEN PART AIMS TO EVALUATE THE ABILITY OF THE STUDENTS IN SOLVING EXERCISES ABOUT ARGUMENTS PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE. IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDENT CAN BE REQUESTED TO COMPUTE THE ELECTRIC OR THE MAGNETIC FILD PRODUCED BY SOME DISTRIBUTION OF CHARGES OR CURRENTS, RESPECTIVELY. IN SOME OTHER CASE, THE STUDENT CAN BE REQUESTED TO SHOW TO BE ABLE TO APPLY THE LAWS DESCRIBING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ELECTRIC CHARGES, OR BETWEEN CURRENTS, OR BETWEEN MAGNETIC FIELDS AND ELECTRIC CHARGES. THE STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANALYZE SIMPLE ELECTRIC CIRCUITS, AND TO CORRECTLY APPLY THE FARADY INDUCTION LAW. MOREOVER, THE STUDENT CAN BE REQUESTED TO COMPUTE THE EFFECTS OF WAVES INTERFERENCE, OR THOSE OF THE DOPPLER EFFECT. A SECOND ORAL PART, WHERE THE STUDENTS WILL BE INVITED TO PRESENT SOME TOPICS PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE,IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THEIR LEARNING, COMPREHENSION, AND CORRECT EXPOSITION SKILLS. THE WRITTEN PART HAS THE DURATION OF TWO HOURS AND REGARDS THE SOLUTION OF FOUR EXERCISES OR SIMPLE PROBLEMS ON ARGUMENTS PRESENTED IN THE COURSE. THE EVALUATION IS EXPRESSED IN THIRTIETHS. FOR THE ADMISSION TO THE ORAL EXAM THE MINIMUM MARK IS 18/30. DURING THE WRITTEN PART THE CONSULTATION OF BOOKS OR NOTES AND THE USE OF COMPUTER ARE NOT ALLOWED. ONLY LITTLE CALCULATING MACHINES CAN BE USED.

THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF EVALUATION (18) IS ASSIGNED WHEN THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES A BARELY SUFFICIENT ABILITY TO COMPUTE THE ELECTRIC OR THE MAGNETIC FILD PRODUCED BY SOME DISTRIBUTION OF CHARGES OR CURRENTS, AND/OR TO APPLY THE LAWS DESCRIBING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ELECTRIC CHARGES, OR BETWEEN CURRENTS, OR BETWEEN MAGNETIC FIELDS AND ELECTRIC CHARGES.

THE MAXIMUM LEVEL (30) IS ASSIGNED WHEN THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES A COMPLETE AND IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAWS DESCRIBING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ELECTRIC CHARGES, OR BETWEEN CURRENTS, OR BETWEEN MAGNETIC FIELDS AND ELECTRIC CHARGE AND TO COMPUTE THE ELECTRIC OR THE MAGNETIC FILD PRODUCED BY SOME DISTRIBUTION OF CHARGES OR CURRENTS, AS WELL AS TO ANALYZE SIMPLE ELECTRIC CIRCUITS, AND TO CORRECTLY APPLY THE FARADY INDUCTION LAW.

PRAISE IS GIVEN WHEN THE CANDIDATE DEMONSTRATES SIGNIFICANT MASTERY OF THE THEORETICAL AND OPERATIONAL CONTENT AND SHOWS HOW TO PRESENT THE TOPICS WITH CONSIDERABLE MASTERY OF THE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL LANGUAGE AND AUTONOMOUS PROCESSING SKILLS EVEN IN CONTEXTS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PROPOSED BY THE TEACHER.

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	MENCUCCINI E SILVESTRINI, FISICA I AND II AS MAIN REFERENCE TEXTS. ALSO USEFUL FOR SOME PARTICULAR ARGUMENT: HALLIDAY - RESNICK, FISICA I AND FISICA II ENRICO PERSICO - INTRODUZIONE ALLA FISICA MATEMATICA

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	THE ATTENDANCE, ALTHOUGH NOT MANDATORY, IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. FOR A SATISFACTORY PREPARATION, IT IS REQUIRED, ON AVERAGE, TWO HOURS OF STUDY FOR EACH HOUR OF CLASS.

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