Week 27 EM Class #27.1: Radiation Visualizations

  • If you are on a school computer, make sure you are using the Chrome browser (otherwise Flash and Java plug-ins might not work properly).
  • Go to https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/radiating-charge and click on the play button in the image.
  • Play with the various configurations, and test out what we discuss in class.
  • If time/interest, here’s a more feature-full simulation: go to http://www.falstad.com/mathphysics.html and scroll down to Electrodynamics. Run the 2-D Electrodynamics Applet (TE) and play with the various options in the pull-down menus. See what sense you can make of radiation fields.