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 302
... velocity of light in vacuum , and n ( k ) is the index of refraction expressed as a function of k . The phase velocity is = Up w ( k ) = k c n ( k ) ( 7.88 ) and is greater or smaller than c depending on whether n ( k ) is smaller or ...
... velocity of light in vacuum , and n ( k ) is the index of refraction expressed as a function of k . The phase velocity is = Up w ( k ) = k c n ( k ) ( 7.88 ) and is greater or smaller than c depending on whether n ( k ) is smaller or ...
Page 319
... velocity of light in vacuum . This initial signal , called the first or Sommerfeld precursor , is very small and ... velocity of the dominant frequency component as the signal velocity and velocity of energy transport . This suffices in ...
... velocity of light in vacuum . This initial signal , called the first or Sommerfeld precursor , is very small and ... velocity of the dominant frequency component as the signal velocity and velocity of energy transport . This suffices in ...
Page 495
... velocity is much larger than , and the group velocity much smaller than , the rms thermal velocity ( u2 ) / 2 . As the wave number increases towards ko , the phase velocity decreases from large values down towards ( u2 ) / 2 ...
... velocity is much larger than , and the group velocity much smaller than , the rms thermal velocity ( u2 ) / 2 . As the wave number increases towards ko , the phase velocity decreases from large values down towards ( u2 ) / 2 ...
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