Classical Electrodynamics

Classical Electrodynamics

A Modern Perspective

Lechner, Kurt

Springer International Publishing AG

09/2018

688

Dura

Inglês

9783319918082

15 a 20 dias

This book addresses the theoretical foundations and the main physical consequences of electromagnetic interaction, generally considered to be one of the four fundamental interactions in nature, in a mathematically rigorous yet straightforward way.
Part I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS.- 1 Foundations of special relativity.- 2 Fundamental equations of electrodynamics.- 3 Variational methods in field theory.- 4 The variational principle in electrodynamics.- Part II: APPLICATIONS.- 5 Electromagnetic waves.- 6 Generation of electromagnetic fields.- 7 Lienard-Wiechert fields.- 8 Radiation.- 9 Gravitational radiation.- 10 Radiation in the ultrarelativistic limit.- 11 Spectral analysis.- 12 Synchrotron radiation.- 13 The Cerenkov effect.- Part III: SELECTED TOPICS.- 14 Radiation reaction.- 15 A distribution-valued energy-momentum tensor.- 16 Charged particles traveling at the speed of light.- 17 Massive vector fields.- 18 Electrodynamics of p-branes.- 19 Magnetic monopoles in classical electrodynamics.- 20 Magnetic monopoles in quantum mechanics.- References.- INDEX.
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