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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Page 568
... photons that have traveled an appreciable distance since their creation . Photon - photon collisions can result in the creation of a charged particle and its antiparticle ( " pair creation " ) if there is sufficient energy in the center ...
... photons that have traveled an appreciable distance since their creation . Photon - photon collisions can result in the creation of a charged particle and its antiparticle ( " pair creation " ) if there is sufficient energy in the center ...
Page 704
... photon emission ( top ) and with the emission of a photon ( bottom ) . lower three diagrams have scattering and also photon emission . Their contribu- tions add coherently . The two diagrams on the left have the photon emitted by the ...
... photon emission ( top ) and with the emission of a photon ( bottom ) . lower three diagrams have scattering and also photon emission . Their contribu- tions add coherently . The two diagrams on the left have the photon emitted by the ...
Page 711
... photon were not considered . A posteriori such neglect was justified because ( 15.26 ) shows that the spectrum is confined to very low energy photons . But for fast , though still nonrelativistic , particles with n < 1 , it is necessary ...
... photon were not considered . A posteriori such neglect was justified because ( 15.26 ) shows that the spectrum is confined to very low energy photons . But for fast , though still nonrelativistic , particles with n < 1 , it is necessary ...
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L2 The Inverse Square Law or the Mass of the Photon | 1 |
BoundaryValue Problems | 54 |
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