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Wave PhysicsPHYS 2023
Tim Freegarde
02 Principles of wave propagation2020-21
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Coming up in Wave Physics...
• local and macroscopic definitions of a wave
• transverse waves on a string: • wave equation
• travelling wave solutions
• other wave systems: • electromagnetic waves in coaxial cables
• shallow-water gravity waves
• sinusoidal and complex exponential waveforms
• this lecture:
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Wave Physics
• a collective bulk disturbance in which what happens at any given position is a delayed response to the disturbance at adjacent points
Local/microscopic definition:
• speed of propagation is derived
static
dynamic
particles (Lagrange) fields (Euler)
equilibrium
SHM
eg Poisson’s equation
WAVES
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Electromagnetic waves
• vertical component of force
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Electromagnetic waves
• delay may be due to propagation speed of force (retarded potentials)
• electric field = force per unit charge (q2)
• vertical component of force
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Gravitational waves
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• vertical component of force
• delay due to propagation speed of force
• gravitational field = force per unit mass (m2)
• centre of mass motion quadrupole radiation
• delay may be due to propagation speed of force (retarded potentials)
• electric field = force per unit charge (q2)
• vertical component of force
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Gravitational waves
• vertical component of force
• delay due to propagation speed of force
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• gravitational field = force per unit mass (m2)
• centre of mass motion quadrupole radiation
• coalescing binary stars: • neutron stars, ~1.4 solar mass
• separation few tens of km
• several rotations per second
• stars coalesce after minutes
• detector is laser interferometer several km in size
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Wave Physics
• a collective bulk disturbance in which what happens at any given position is a delayed response to the disturbance at adjacent points
Local/microscopic definition:
• a time-dependent feature in the field of an interacting body, due to the finite speed of propagation of a causal effect
Macroscopic definition:
• speed of propagation is derived
• speed of propagation is assumed
static
dynamic
particles (Lagrange) fields (Euler)
equilibrium
SHM
eg Poisson’s equation
WAVES
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Wave Physics
• a collective bulk disturbance in which what happens at any given position is a delayed response to the disturbance at adjacent points
Local/microscopic definition:
• speed of propagation is derived
• What is the net force on the penguin?
• For an elastic penguin, Hooke’s law gives
• If the penguin has mass , Newton’s law gives
• rest position
• displacement
• pressure
• elasticity
• density
• separation
• where
• area
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Penguin waves
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Wave equations
use physics/mechanics to write partial differential wave
equation for system
insert generic trial form of solution
find parameter values for which trial form is a solution
• waves are collective bulk disturbances, whereby the motion at one position is a delayed response to the motion at neighbouring points
• propagation is defined by differential equations, determined by the physics of the system, relating derivatives with respect to time and position
• but note that not all wave equations are of the same form
e.g.
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Coming up in Wave Physics...
• local and macroscopic definitions of a wave
• transverse waves on a string: • wave equation
• travelling wave solutions
• other wave systems: • electromagnetic waves in coaxial cables
• shallow-water gravity waves
• sinusoidal and complex exponential waveforms
• today’s lecture:
Wave PhysicsPHYS 2023
Tim Freegarde
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