Waves and Fields

This course will cover the following topics: 1) Review of static solutions of the Maxwell equations. Boundary- value applications. Green function solutions. 2) Covariant electrodynamics: Basic application of special relativity to charged particles and fields. Lienard-Wiechert potentials. Solutions to the wave equation. 3) Space Science applications: Thermal Spectra and Particle Distributions. Cyclotron and synchrotron radiation. Bremsstrahlung and collisions. Compton Scattering.