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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... classical description in terms of the Maxwell equations is permitted and is appropriate . How is one to decide a priori when a classical description of the electromag- netic fields is adequate ? Some sophistication is occasionally ...
... classical description in terms of the Maxwell equations is permitted and is appropriate . How is one to decide a priori when a classical description of the electromag- netic fields is adequate ? Some sophistication is occasionally ...
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... classical result . The important quantum effects are ( 1 ) discreteness of the possible energy transfers , and ( 2 ) limitations due to the wave nature of the particles and the uncertainty principle . The problem of the discrete nature ...
... classical result . The important quantum effects are ( 1 ) discreteness of the possible energy transfers , and ( 2 ) limitations due to the wave nature of the particles and the uncertainty principle . The problem of the discrete nature ...
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... classical spectrum is shown in Fig . 15.3 , with λ = 2 ( chosen so that for n = 1 and w = 0 the classical and quantum - mechanical cross sections agree ) . ( b ) Nonrelativistic Bremsstrahlung In the classical limit the energy and the ...
... classical spectrum is shown in Fig . 15.3 , with λ = 2 ( chosen so that for n = 1 and w = 0 the classical and quantum - mechanical cross sections agree ) . ( b ) Nonrelativistic Bremsstrahlung In the classical limit the energy and the ...
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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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