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ELECTRODYNAMICS: AN INTRODUCTION INCLUDING QUANTUM EFFECTS
by Harald J W Müller-Kirsten (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)
An extensive text on electrodynamics with detailed explanations and calculations. One hundred worked examples have been incorporated, making the book suitable also for self-instruction. Apart from all traditional topics of Maxwell theory, the book includes the special theory of relativity and the Lagrangian formalism and applications; the text also contains introductions to quantum effects related to electrodynamics, such as the Aharonov–Bohm and the Casimir effects. Numerous modern applications in diverse directions are treated in the examples.
Contents:
- Electrostatics — Basic Aspects
- Applications of
Electrostatics
- Macroscopic Electrostatics
- Magnetostatics
- Macroscopic Magnetostatics
- The Maxwell Equations
- Applications to Coils and Circuits
- Electromagnetic Waves
- Moving Charges in Vacuum
- The Laws of Optics
- Metals
- Propagation of Radio Waves in the Ionosphere
- Wave Guides and Resonators
- Propagation of Waves in Media
- Causality and Dispersion Relations
- Covariant Formulation of Electrodynamics
- The Lagrange Formalism for the Electromagnetic Field
- The Guage Covariant Schrödinger Equation and the Aharonov–Bohm Effect
- Quantisation of the Electromagnetic Field and the Casimir Effect
- Duality and Magnetic Monopoles
Readership: Graduate students and academics in classical
mechanics/electrodynamics, theoretical physics, applied physics, quantum physics, and electrical and electronic engineering.
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Pub. date: Sept 2004 |
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