Classical ElectrodynamicsThis 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. Classical Electrodynamics captures Schwinger’s inimitable lecturing style, in which everything flows inexorably from what has gone before. 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 will 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. |
Contents
1 Maxwells Equations | 1 |
2 Magnetic Charge I | 17 |
3 Conservation Laws | 21 |
4 Macroscopic Electrodynamics | 33 |
5 Simple Model for Constitutive Relations | 45 |
6 Magnetic Properties of Matter | 63 |
7 Macroscopic Energy and Momentum | 75 |
8 Review of Action Principles | 85 |
29 Magnetic Scalar Potential | 331 |
30 Magnetic Charge II | 337 |
31 Retarded Greens Function | 341 |
32 RadiationField Point of View | 351 |
33 RadiationSource Point of View | 361 |
34 Models of Antennas | 367 |
35 Spectral Distribution of Radiation | 375 |
36 Power Spectrum and Cerenkov Radiation | 385 |
9 Action Principle for Electrodynamics | 97 |
10 Einsteinian Relativity | 111 |
11 Stationary Principles for Electrostatics | 125 |
12 Introduction to Greens Functions | 137 |
13 Electrostatics in Free Space | 141 |
14 SemiInfinite Dielectric | 147 |
15 Application of Greens Function | 157 |
16 Bessel Functions | 165 |
17 Parallel Conducting Plates | 177 |
18 Modified Bessel Functions | 193 |
19 Cylindrical Conductors | 205 |
20 Spherical Harmonics | 231 |
21 Coulombs Potential | 243 |
22 Multipoles | 257 |
23 Conducting and Dielectric Spheres | 265 |
24 Dielectrics and COnductors | 283 |
25 Modes and Variations | 295 |
26 Magnetostatics | 313 |
27 Macroscopic Current Distributions | 319 |
28 Magnetic Multipoles | 325 |
37 Constant Acceleration and Impulsive Scattering | 391 |
38 Synchrotron Radiation I | 401 |
39 Synchrotron Radiation IIPolarization | 413 |
40 Syncrotron Radiation IIIHigh Energies | 417 |
41 Propagation in a Dielectric Medium | 427 |
42 Reflection by an Imperfect Conductor | 445 |
43 Cylindrical Coordinates | 449 |
44 Waveguides | 459 |
45 Scattering by Small Obstacles | 471 |
46 PartialWave Analysis of Scattering | 479 |
47 Diffraction I | 491 |
48 Diffraction II | 509 |
Babinets Principle | 523 |
50 General Scattering | 527 |
51 Dispersion Relations for the Susceptibility | 539 |
52 Charged Particle Energy Loss | 545 |
Appendix A Units | 555 |
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Classical Electrodynamics Julian Schwinger,Lester L. Deraad Jr.,Kimball Milton,Wu-Yang Tsai Limited preview - 2019 |
Classical Electrodynamics Julian Schwinger,Lester L. Deraad,Kimball Milton,Wu-yang Tsai,Joyce Norton No preview available - 1998 |
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