Classical ElectrodynamicsIntroduction to electrostatics. Boudary-value problems in electrostatics: I. Boundary-value problems in electrostatics: II. Multipoles, electrostatics of macroscopic media, dielectrics. Magnetostatics. Time-varying fields, maxwell equations, conservation laws. Plane electromagnetic waves and wave propagation. Wave guides and resonant cavities. Simple radiating systems, scattering, and diffraction. Magnetohydrodynamics and plasma physics. Special theory of relativity. Dynamics of relativistic particles and electromagnetic fields. Collisions between charged particles, energy loss, and scattering. Radiation by moving charges. Bremsstrahlung, method of virtual quanta, radiative beta processes. Multipole fields. Radiation damping, self-fields of a particle, scattering and absorption of radiation by a bound system. Units and dimensions, basic units and derived units. Electromagnetic units and equations. Various systems of electromagnetic units. Conversion of equations and amounts between Gaussian units and MKSA units. |
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... charge acting at a given point . It is a vector function of position , denoted by E. One must be careful in its definition , however . It is not necessarily the force that one would observe by placing one unit of charge on a pith ball ...
... charge acting at a given point . It is a vector function of position , denoted by E. One must be careful in its definition , however . It is not necessarily the force that one would observe by placing one unit of charge on a pith ball ...
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... point charge , the symmetry merely represents the physical interchangeability of the source and the observation ... point charge at the source point x ' . Since the potential at a point x on the surface due to the point charge depends on ...
... point charge , the symmetry merely represents the physical interchangeability of the source and the observation ... point charge at the source point x ' . Since the potential at a point x on the surface due to the point charge depends on ...
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... point charge q is outside the sphere . Actually , the results apply equally for the charge q inside the sphere . The only change necessary is in the surface - charge density ( 2.5 ) , where the normal derivative out of the conductor is ...
... point charge q is outside the sphere . Actually , the results apply equally for the charge q inside the sphere . The only change necessary is in the surface - charge density ( 2.5 ) , where the normal derivative out of the conductor is ...
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