Electrostatics & Magnetostatics

This course is the first step in teaching electromagnetism at university. It covers electrostatics, steady currents, and magnetostatics.

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L1 mathematics

First-year physics (concepts of conservative force and potential energy)

Vector operators

Recommended prerequisites:

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30% CC 70% CT

Part 1: Electrostatics

Electric charges and charge distributions. Point charge model.

Coulomb's law, electrostatic field, and Gauss's theorem (integral and local forms).

Potential energy and electrostatic potential. Circulation of the electrostatic field. Electrostatic energy specific to a system of charges.

Symmetries of charge distributions and field symmetries.

Conductive media. Bound charges, free charges. Volume current vector. Algebraic intensity of a current. Ohm's law, electrical conductivity.

Electrostatic equilibrium conductors. Ionizing power of points. Electrostatic influence conductors. Capacitors.

Part 2: Magnetostatics

The Lorentz force and the electromagnetic field.

Biot-Savart law (field created by a moving charge, field created by a stationary current, field created by wire loops)

Symmetries of current distributions and field symmetries.

Relationships between the magnetic field and its sources—Ampère's theorem (integral and local forms).