PHY4324 Paper topics--suggestions

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• Eddy current braking (see e.g. Am. J. Phys. 66, 1076 (1998)).
• Electrical induction ovens
• Stress-energy tensor in Einstein equations
• Search for magnetic monopoles
• Microwave spectroscopy of solids
• History of development of microwave oven
• Any aspect of historical development of electromagnetic theory
• Optical fibers
• Electrical resistivity of solids
• Radiometer
• Maxwell's equations from principle of least action
• Maxwell's equations in differential geometry
• Measuring the magnetism of light
• Dispersion of Pulsar Signals in interstellar medium (see PH)
• Cloaking
• Metamaterials
• Electrodynamics of Superconductors
• Levitation by Diamagnetism
• Maglev trains
• Radiation pressure and light-driven space flight
• Electric field sails for spacecraft
• Magnetic resonance imaging
• Synchrotron radiation; wigglers and undulators
• Solar energy collection by microwave transmission from satellites
• Corrective lens coatings
• Light art (technical aspects!)
• Magnetars
• How batteries work (see D. Roberts, Am. J. Phys. 51, 829 (1983))
• Perfect lensing using metasurfaces

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