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Classical Electrodynamics captures Schwinger's inimitable lecturing style, in which everything flows inexorably from what has gone before. This anniversary edition offers a refreshing update while still maintaining Schwinger's voice.
Classical Electrodynamics captures Schwinger's inimitable lecturing style, in which everything flows inexorably from what has gone before. This anniversary edition offers a refreshing update while still maintaining Schwinger's voice.
Über den Autor

The late Julian Schwinger shared the 1965 Nobel Prize for Physics with Richard Feynman and Shin'ichir¿ Tomonaga for their work on the theory of quantum electrodynamics. Kimball A. Milton is George Lynn Cross Research Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at the University of Oklahoma, currently residing in Memphis, Tennessee.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to Second Edition xv
Preface to First Edition xvii
Reader's Guide (Updated from first edition) xix
I Formulation of Electrodynamics 1
1. Maxwell's Equations......
2. Magnetic Charge I ......
3. Conservation Laws .......
4. Macroscopic Electrodynamics .....
5. Simple Model for Constitutive Relations ........
6. Dispersion Relations for the Susceptibility ......
7. Magnetic Properties of Matter ........
8. Macroscopic Energy and Momentum ......
9. Review of Action Principles ......
10. Action Principle for Electrodynamics ......
11. Einsteinian Relativity ........
12. Relativistic formulation ......
II Electrostatics .....
13. Stationary Principles for Electrostatics .....
14. Introduction to Green's Functions .......
15. Electrostatics in Free Space .......
16. Semi-Infinite Dielectric .......
17. Application of Green's Function .....
18. Bessel Functions .....
19. Parallel Conducting Plates .....
20. Modified Bessel Functions ......
21. Cylindrical Conductors .......
23. Coulomb's Potential ......
24. Multipoles ......
25. Conducting Sphere and Dielectric Ball .....
26. Dielectrics and Conductors .......
27. Modes and Variations ........
III Magnetostatics .....
28. Magnetostatics ......
29. Macroscopic Current Distributions .....
30. Magnetic Multipoles .......
31. Magnetic Scalar Potential ......
32. Steady Currents and Dissipation .......
33. Magnetic Charge II ......
IV Electromagnetic Radiation .....
34. Retarded Green's Function .....
35. Radiation-Field Point of View ........
36. Radiation-Source Point of View .....
37. Models of Antennas .....
38. Spectral Distribution of Radiation .....
Information Classification: General
39. Power Spectrum and ¿Cerenkov Radiation ....
40. Constant Acceleration and Impulse ....
41. Synchrotron Radiation I .....
42. Synchrotron Radiation II-Polarization .....
43. Synchrotron Radiation III-High Energies ......
44. Propagation in a Dielectric Medium ......
45. Reflection by an Imperfect Conductor .......
46. Cylindrical Coordinates ......
47. Waveguides ......
48. Scattering by Small Obstacles ........
49. Partial-Wave Analysis of Scattering .......
50. Diffraction I .......
51. Diffraction II ......
52. Babinet's Principle ......
53. General Scattering .......
54. Charged Particle Energy Loss .....
A Units ......
Bibliography .......
Index .......

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Importe, Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780367522988
ISBN-10: 0367522985
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Schwinger, Julian
Redaktion: Milton, Kimball
Auflage: 2. Auflage
Hersteller: CRC Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstr. 24, D-80331 München, gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com
Maße: 254 x 178 x 31 mm
Von/Mit: Julian Schwinger
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.08.2025
Gewicht: 1,061 kg
Artikel-ID: 133786856