NE (NEEP) 741: Interaction of Radiation with Matter

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NE (NEEP) 741 - Interaction of Radiation with Matter

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741 Interaction of Radiation with Matter. I; 3 cr. Review of topics in electrodynamics and special relativity; ionization and energy loss during scattering of charged particles; radiation from charged particles including Bremstrahlung, Cerenkov, and Synchrotron radiation; Thomson scattering of electromagnetic waves by charged particles. P: Engr Mech 202 or Phys 311; Phys 322.

Course Prerequisite(s)

See catalog description above.

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

Electromagnetic field theory Particle mechanics

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

J.D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, John Wiley, 1975; Chapter 6, 7, 11-16
W. Panofsky and M. Phillips, Classical Electricity and Magnetism, Addison-Wesley, 1962, Chapters 9-11, 15-20, and 22

Course objectives

This course is a quasi-classical treatment of the interactions between charged particles and the interactions of charged particles with electromagnetic radiation. These interactions along with the nuclear interactions discussed in NEEP 742 (the second half of this two-semester sequence) form the physical basis for most of nuclear engineering. (There is about a three-week overlap with Physics 711 and a roughly equal overlap with 721.)

Topics covered

Electromagnetic Theory and Classical Mechanics (8 weeks)

Maxwell's Equations
Scalar and Vector Potentials
Time Varying Fields
Field Energy and Momentum
Plane Waves, Phase and Group Velocities, Dispersive Media
Principle of Relativity
Lorentz Transformations
Covariant Formulation of E and M
Relativistic Mechanics

Collisions Between Charged Particles (3 weeks)

Coulomb Collisions of Free Particles
Energy Transfer to Harmonically Bound Particle
Effect of Density on Energy Transfer
Multiple Scattering, Range-Energy Relations

Radiation by Charged Particles (3 weeks)

Cerenkov Radiation
Bremsstrahlung
Synchrotron Radiation

Scattering of Waves by Charges (1 week)

Thomson Scattering
Scattering by Quasi-Free Charges

Multiple Expansion of Radiation FIelds

Person(s) who prepared this description

James D. Callen
John R. Conrad
Gilbert A. Emmert

Copyright 2007 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Date last modified: 04-Aug-2007
Date created: 29-Oct-1999
Content by: neep@engr.wisc.edu
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