Classical ElectrodynamicsThis edition refines and improves the first edition. It treats the present experimental limits on the mass of photon and the status of linear superposition, and introduces many other innovations. |
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... atoms the vacuum polarization effects are a small part of the total radiative correction , but are still observable . In mu - mesic atoms , the effects are relatively larger because the atomic orbits are mainly inside the region where ...
... atoms the vacuum polarization effects are a small part of the total radiative correction , but are still observable . In mu - mesic atoms , the effects are relatively larger because the atomic orbits are mainly inside the region where ...
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... atomic ( and nuclear spin ) states yield the hyperfine energy shifts . For spherically symmetric s states the second term in ( 5.73 ) gives a zero expectation value . The hyperfine energy comes solely from the first term : AE = - 3 ...
... atomic ( and nuclear spin ) states yield the hyperfine energy shifts . For spherically symmetric s states the second term in ( 5.73 ) gives a zero expectation value . The hyperfine energy comes solely from the first term : AE = - 3 ...
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... atomic or nuclear transition the lowest nonvanishing multipole will generally be the only one of importance . The ratio of transition probabilities for successive orders of either electric or magnetic multipoles of the same frequency is ...
... atomic or nuclear transition the lowest nonvanishing multipole will generally be the only one of importance . The ratio of transition probabilities for successive orders of either electric or magnetic multipoles of the same frequency is ...
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L2 The Inverse Square Law or the Mass of the Photon | 1 |
BoundaryValue Problems | 54 |
Multipoles Electrostatics | 136 |
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