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.

• 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