<p><span>Classical Electrodynamics captures Schwinger's inimitable lecturing style, in which everything flows inexorably from what has gone before. This anniversary edition offers a refreshing update while still maintaining Schwinger’s voice.</span></p><p><span>The book provides the student with a t
Classical Electrodynamics (Frontiers in Physics)
✍ Scribed by Julian Schwinger, Lester L. Deraad Jr., Kimball A. Milton, Wu-yang Tsai, Joyce Norton
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 591
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
Classical Electrodynamics captures Schwinger's inimitable lecturing style, in which everything flows inexorably from what has gone before. Novel elements of the approach include the immediate inference of Maxwell's equations from Coulomb's law and (Galilean) relativity, the use of action and stationary principles, the central role of Green's functions both in statics and dynamics, and, throughout, the integration of mathematics and physics. Thus, physical problems in electrostatics are used to develop the properties of Bessel functions and spherical harmonics. The latter portion of the book is devoted to radiation, with rather complete treatments of synchrotron radiation and diffraction, and the formulation of the mode decomposition for waveguides and scattering. Consequently, the book provides the student with a thorough grounding in electrodynamics in particular, and in classical field theory in general, subjects with enormous practical applications, and which are essential prerequisites for the study of quantum field theory.An essential resource for both physicists and their students, the book includes a ?Reader's Guide,? which describes the major themes in each chapter, suggests a possible path through the book, and identifies topics for inclusion in, and exclusion from, a given course, depending on the instructor's preference. Carefully constructed problems complement the material of the text, and introduce new topics. The book should be of great value to all physicists, from first-year graduate students to senior researchers, and to all those interested in electrodynamics, field theory, and mathematical physics.The text for the graduate classical electrodynamics course was left unfinished upon Julian Schwinger's death in 1994, but was completed by his coauthors, who have brilliantly recreated the excitement of Schwinger's novel approach.
✦ Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
Preface
Reader’s Guide
1 Maxwell’s Equations
1.1 Electrostatics
1.2 Inference of Maxwell’s Equations
1.3 Discussion
1.4 Problems for Chapter 1
2 Magnetic Charge I
2.1 A Very Brief History of Magnetic Charge
2.2 Problems for Chapter 2
3 Conservation Laws
3.1 Conservation of Energy
3.2 Conservation of Momentum
3.3 Conservation of Angular Momentum. Virial Theorem
3.4 Conservation Laws and the Speed of Light
3.5 Problems for Chapter 3
4 Macroscopic Electrodynamics
4.1 Force on an Atom
4.2 Force on a Macroscopic Body
4.3 Macroscopic Electrodynamics
4.4 Problems for Chapter 4
5 Simple Model for Constitutive Relations
5.1 Conductivity
5.2 Dielectric Constant
5.3 Plasma
5.4 Polar Molecules
5.5 Clausius-Mossotti Equation
5.6 Problems for Chapter 5
6 Magnetic Properties of Matter
6.1 Canonical Equations of Motion in Electromagnetic Fields
6.2 Diamagnetism
6.3 Paramagnetism
6.4 Ferromagnetism
6.5 Problems for Chapter 6
7 Macroscopic Energy and Momentum
7.1 General Discussion
7.2 Nondispersive Medium
7.3 Dispersive Medium
7.4 Problems for Chapter 7
8 Review of Action Principles
8.1 Lagrangian Viewpoint
8.2 Hamiltonian Viewpoint
8.3 A Third Viewpoint
8.4 Invariance and Conservation Laws
8.5 Nonconservation Laws. The Virial Theorem
8.6 Problems for Chapter 8
9 Action Principle for Electrodynamics
9.1 Action of Particle in Field
9.2 Electrodynamic Action
9.3 Energy
9.4 Momentum and Angular Momentum Conservation
9.5 Gauge Invariance and the Conservation of Charge
9.6 Gauge Invariance and Local Conservation Laws
9.7 Problems for Chapter 9
10 Einsteinian Relativity
10.1 Relativistic Modification
10.2 Lorentz Transformations
10.3 Transformation of Fields
10.4 Problems for Chapter 10
11 Stationary Principles for Electrostatics
11.1 Stationary Principles for the Energy
11.1.1 The Scalar Field Form
11.1.2 The Vector Field Form
11.2 Force on Dielectrics
11.3 Boundary Conditions
11.4 Conductors
11.5 Problems for Chapter 11
12 Introduction to Green’s Functions
12.1 Reciprocity Relation
12.2 Problems for Chapter 12
13 Electrostatics in Free Space
13.1 2 + 1 Dimensions
13.2 Problems for Chapter 13
14 Semi-Infinite Dielectric
14.1 Green’s Function for Charge Outside Dielectric
14.2 Derivation in Terms of Bound Charge
14.3 Green’s Function for Charge Within Dielectric
14.4 Full Green’s Function and Image Charge
14.5 Problems for Chapter 14
15 Application of Green’s Function
15.1 Force between Charge and Dielectric
15.2 Infinite Conducting Plate
15.3 Problems for Chapter 15
16 Bessel Functions
16.1 Delta Functions and Completeness
16.2 Problems for Chapter 16
17 Parallel Conducting Plates
17.1 Reduced Green’s Function
17.2 Induced Charge
17.3 Energy
17.4 Force
17.5 Images
17.6 Linear Lattices
17.7 Periodic Green’s Function
17.8 Problems for Chapter 17
18 Modified Bessel Functions
18.1 More Bessel Functions
18.2 Problems for Chapter 18
19 Cylindrical Conductors
19.1 Rectangle
19.2 Isosceles Right Angle Triangle
19.3 Equilateral Triangle
19.4 Circle
19.5 Circle and Septum
19.6 Problems for Chapter 19
20 Spherical Harmonics
20.1 Solutions to Laplace’s Equation
20.2 Spherical Harmonics
20.3 Orthonormality Condition
20.4 Legendre’s Polynomials
20.5 Problems for Chapter 20
21 Coulomb’s Potential
21.1 Legendre’s Polynomials
21.2 Infinitesimal Rotations
21.3 Spherical Bessel Functions
21.4 Problems for Chapter 21
22 Multipoles
22.1 Problems for Chapter 22
23 Conducting and Dielectric Spheres
23.1 Interior of Conducting Spherical Shell
23.1.1 Bessel Function Representation
23.2 Exterior of Conducting Sphere
23.3 Conducting Plate and Hemispherical Boss
23.4 Dielectric Sphere
23.4.1 Interior of sphere
23.5 Problems for Chapter 23
24 Dielectrics and Conductors
24.1 Variational Principle
24.2 Restricted Forms of the Variational Principle
24.3 Introduction of Additional Conductor
24.4 Alternate Variational Principle
24.5 Green’s Function
24.6 Capacitance
24.7 Problems for Chapter 24
25 Modes and Variations
25.1 A Comparison Method
25.2 Iteration
25.3 Example
25.4 Problems for Chapter 25
26 Magnetostatics
26.1 Variational Principle
26.2 Boundary Conditions
26.3 Vector Potential
26.4 Problems for Chapter 26
27 Macroscopic Current Distributions
27.1 Magnetic Energy. Coefficients of Inductance
27.2 Problems for Chapter 27
28 Magnetic Multipoles
28.1 Magnetic Dipole Moment
28.2 Rotating Charged Spherical Shell
28.3 Problems for Chapter 28
29 Magnetic Scalar Potential
29.1 Problems for Chapter 29
30 Magnetic Charge II
30.1 Problems for Chapter 30
31 Retarded Green’s Function
31.1 Potentials and Gauges
31.2 Green’s Function in the Lorentz Gauge
31.3 Problems for Chapter 31
32 Radiation—Field Point of View
32.1 Asymptotic Potentials and Fields
32.2 Angular Distribution of Radiated Power
32.3 Radiation by an Accelerated Charged Particle
32.4 Dipole Radiation
32.5 Potentials in Radiation Gauge
32.6 Problems for Chapter 32
33 Radiation—Source Point of View
33.1 Conservation of Energy
33.2 Dipole Radiation
33.3 Hamiltonian
33.4 Problems for Chapter 33
34 Models of Antennas
34.1 Simplified Model
34.2 Center-fed antenna
34.3 Problems for Chapter 34
35 Spectral Distribution of Radiation
35.1 Spectral and Angular Distribution
35.2 Spectral Distribution for Dipole Radiation
35.3 Damped Harmonic Motion
35.4 Problems for Chapter 35
36 Power Spectrum and Cerenkov Radiation
36.1 Macroscopic Power Spectrum
36.2 Cerenkov Radiation
36.3 Problems for Chapter 36
37 Constant Acceleration and Impulse
37.1 Radiation by a Uniformly Accelerated Particle
37.2 Radiation by Impulsive Scattering
37.3 Problems for Chapter 37
38 Synchrotron Radiation I
38.1 Motion of a Charged Particle in a Homogeneous Magnetic Field
38.2 Spectrum of Synchrotron Radiation
38.3 Total Power Emitted into the mth Harmonic
38.4 Total Radiated Power
38.5 Problems for Chapter 38
39 Synchrotron Radiation II—Polarization
39.1 Problems for Chapter 39
40 Synchrotron Radiation III—High Energies
40.1 Range of Important Harmonics
40.2 Asymptotic Form for J.2m(2m)
40.3 Spectral Distribution
40.4 Angular Distribution
40.5 Qualitative Description
40.6 Problems for Chapter 40
41 Propagation in a Dielectric Medium
41.1 Equations for the Normal Modes
41.2 Reflection and Refraction: | Polarization
41.3 Reflection and Refraction: || Polarization
41.4 Total Internal Reflection
41.5 Energy Conservation
41.6 Problems for Chapter 41
42 Reflection by an Imperfect Conductor
42.1 Problems for Chapter 42
43 Cylindrical Coordinates
43.1 2 + 1 Dimensional Decomposition of Green’s Function
43.2 Three Dimensional Fourier Representation
43.3 Hankel Functions
43.4 Problems for Chapter 43
44 Waveguides
44.1 E and H modes
44.2 Boundary Conditions
44.3 Modes
44.4 Problems for Chapter 44
45 Scattering by Small Obstacles
45.1 Thomson Scattering
45.2 Scattering by a Bound Charge
45.3 Scattering by a Dielectric Sphere
45.4 Radiation Damping
45.5 Problems for Chapter 45
46 Partial-Wave Analysis of Scattering
46.1 Mode Decomposition
46.2 Interior of conducting sphere
46.3 Spherical Hankel Functions
46.4 Scattering
46.5 Problems for Chapter 46
47 Diffraction I
47.1 Diffracted Electric Field
47.2 Diffraction by a Circular Aperture
47.3 Diffraction by a Slit
47.4 Diffraction by a Straight Edge
47.5 Problems for Chapter 47
48 Diffraction II
48.1 Approximate Solution
48.2 Exact Solution for Current
48.3 Exact Diffraction Cross Section
48.4 Field Near Edge
48.5 Problems for Chapter 48
49 Babinet’s Principle
49.1 Problems for Chapter 49
50 General Scattering
50.1 Integral Equation
50.2 Optical Theorem
50.3 Born Approximation for Scattering by Dielectric
50.4 Problems for Chapter 50
51 Dispersion Relations for the Susceptibility
51.1 Problems for Chapter 51
52 Charged Particle Energy Loss
52.1 General Expression
52.2 Evaluation in Terms of Spectral Functions
52.3 High Energy Limit
52.4 Energy Loss by a Magnetic Monopole
52.5 Problems for Chapter 52
A: Units
B: Bibliography
Index
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