Electrodynamics of Continuous MediaCovers the theory of electromagnetic fields in matter, and the theory of the macroscopic electric and magnetic properties of matter. There is a considerable amount of new material particularly on the theory of the magnetic properties of matter and the theory of optical phenomena with new chapters on spatial dispersion and non-linear optics. The chapters on ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism and on magnetohydrodynamics have been substantially enlarged and eight other chapters have additional sections. |
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... averaged value, denoted by E. e = E. (1.1) The fundamental equations of the electrodynamics of continuous media are obtained by averaging the equations for the electromagnetic field in a vacuum. This method of obtaining the macroscopic ...
... averaged value, denoted by E. e = E. (1.1) The fundamental equations of the electrodynamics of continuous media are obtained by averaging the equations for the electromagnetic field in a vacuum. This method of obtaining the macroscopic ...
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... averaging, and we find that the static electric field in the vacuum satisfies the usual equations div E = 0. curl E = 0, (1.4) i.e. it is a potential field with a potential p such that E = – grad b, (1.5) and b satisfies Laplace's ...
... averaging, and we find that the static electric field in the vacuum satisfies the usual equations div E = 0. curl E = 0, (1.4) i.e. it is a potential field with a potential p such that E = – grad b, (1.5) and b satisfies Laplace's ...
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... averaging equation (1.3), and is again curl E = 0. (6.1) A second equation is obtained by averaging the equation div e = 4tp: div E = 4tp. (6.2) Let us suppose that no charges are brought into the dielectric from outside, which is the ...
... averaging equation (1.3), and is again curl E = 0. (6.1) A second equation is obtained by averaging the equation div e = 4tp: div E = 4tp. (6.2) Let us suppose that no charges are brought into the dielectric from outside, which is the ...
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... averaging the density of charges in the dielectric. If, however, charges not belonging to the dielectric are brought in from outside (we shall call these extraneous charges), then their density must be added to the right-hand side of ...
... averaging the density of charges in the dielectric. If, however, charges not belonging to the dielectric are brought in from outside (we shall call these extraneous charges), then their density must be added to the right-hand side of ...
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... averaged over volumes which are large compared with the scale of the inhomogeneities. The mixture is a homogeneous and isotropic medium with respect to such an average field, and so may be characterized by an effective permittivity ...
... averaged over volumes which are large compared with the scale of the inhomogeneities. The mixture is a homogeneous and isotropic medium with respect to such an average field, and so may be characterized by an effective permittivity ...
Contents
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CHAPTER III STEADY CURRENT | 86 |
CHAPTER IV STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD | 105 |
CHAPTER V FERROMAGNETISM AND ANTIFERROMAGNETISM | 130 |
CHAPTER VI SUPERCONDUCTIVITY | 180 |
CHAPTER VII QUASISTATIC ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD | 199 |
CHAPTER VIII MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS | 225 |
CHAPTER XI ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES IN ANISOTROPIC MEDIA | 331 |
CHAPTER XII SPATIAL DISPERSION | 358 |
CHAPTER XIII NONLINEAR OPTICS | 372 |
CHAPTER XIV THE PASSAGE OF FAST PARTICLES THROUGH MATTER | 394 |
CHAPTER XV SCATTERING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES | 413 |
CHAPTER XVI DIFFRACTION OF XRAYS IN CRYSTALS | 439 |
CURVILINEAR COORDINATES | 452 |
INDEX | 455 |
CHAPTER IX THE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EQUATIONS | 257 |
CHAPTER X THE PROPAGATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES | 290 |
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