May 2010

Advances (and Suprises) in Electrodynamics

Selected Bibliography
for Student Presentations

Papers

[1]  B. R. Davis, D. Abbott, J. M. R. Parrondo, "Thermodynamic energy exchange in a moving plate capacitor," CHAOS, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 747-754, Sept. 2001.

[2]  J. R. Cleveland, S. Hirschi, "Discharge time for a capacitor," Am. J. Phys., vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 776-778, Sept. 1979.

[3]  A. Garg, "Two variational variations on a problem in electrostatics," Am. J. Phys., vol. 75, no. 6, pp. 509-512, June 2007.

[4]  T. H. Boyer, "Electric and magnetic forces and energies for a parallel-plate capacitor and a flattened, slip-joint solenoid," Am. J. Phys., vol. 69, no. 12, pp. 1277-1279, Dec. 2001.

[5]  J. J. van Enk, "Paradoxical behavior of an infinite ladder network of inductors and capacitors," Am. J. Phys., vol. 68, no. 9, pp. 854-856, Sept. 2000.

[6]  R. A. Sorensen, "The random walk method for dc circuit analysis," Am. J. Phys., vol. 58, no. 11, pp. 1056-1059, Nov. 1990.

[7]  A. A. P. Gibson, B. M. Dillon, "The variational solution of electric and magnetic circuits," Eng. Sci. Educ. J., pp. 5-10, Feb. 1995.

[8]  J. Homoth, W. Wenderoth, T. Druga, L. Winking, R. G. Ulbrich, C. A. Bobisch, B. Weyers, A. Bannani, E. Zubkov, A. M. Bernhart, M. Kaspers, R. Möller, "Electronic transport on the nanoscale: Ballistic transmission and Ohm’s law," Nano Lett., vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 1588-1592, April 8, 2009.

[9]  F. Herrmann, G. B. Schmid, "The Poynting vector field and the energy flow within a transformer," Am. J. Phys., vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 538-531, June 1986.

[10]  A. Wolf, "Electric field line diagrams don’t work," Am. J. Phys., vol. 64, no. 6, pp. 714-724, June 1996.

[11]  D. Babson, S. P. Reynolds, R. Bjorkquist, D. J. Griffiths, "Hidden momentum, field momentum, and electromagnetic impulse," Am. J. Phys., vol. 77, no. 9, pp. 826-833, Sept. 2009.

[12]  J. S. McLean, "A re-examination of the fundamental limits on the radiation Q of electrically small antennas," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 672-676, May 1996.

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