Classical electrodynamics : a modern perspective /: a modern perspective. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kurt Lechner.
• Authors: Lechner, Kurt
• Contents: Part I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS.- 1 Foundations of special relativity.- 2 Fundamental equations of electrodynamics.- 3 Variational methods in field theory.- 4 The variational principle in electrodynamics.- Part II: APPLICATIONS.- 5 Electromagnetic waves.- 6 Generation of electromagnetic fields.- 7 Lienard-Wiechert fields.- 8 Radiation.- 9 Gravitational radiation.- 10 Radiation in the ultrarelativistic limit.- 11 Spectral analysis.- 12 Synchrotron radiation.- 13 The Cerenkov effect.- Part III: SELECTED TOPICS.- 14 Radiation reaction.- 15 A distribution-valued energy-momentum tensor.- 16 Charged particles traveling at the speed of light.- 17 Massive vector fields.- 18 Electrodynamics of p-branes.- 19 Magnetic monopoles in classical electrodynamics.- 20 Magnetic monopoles in quantum mechanics.- References.- INDEX.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 688 pages)
• Subjects: 537.6; Physics; Electrodynamics; Science -- Electricity; Science -- Nuclear Physics; Optical physics; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory); Mathematical physics; Quantum theory; Science -- Mathematical Physics; Mathematical physics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319918099; 3319918095
• Related ISBNs: 9783319918082; 3319918087
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 30, 2018).
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