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Beschreibung
"This is a concise, beginning graduate-level textbook on classical electromagnetism, the branch of physics that describes the interaction of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields. Electromagnetism (also called electrodynamics) is one of the pillars of modern physics and, as such, of the modern physics curriculum, with courses on electromagnetism required at the undergraduate and graduate levels. These courses traditionally proceed in a quasi-historical fashion, starting from equations and laws that were first formulated in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and still form the foundations of our understanding of electromagnetism. However, as Robert Wald argues, teaching in this way can be imprecise and tends to promote outdated ways of thinking about the subject. This book rethinks how electromagnetism is presented at the graduate level, offering a corrective that aims to bring teaching up to date with our more modern understanding of the topic. The book begins by debunking four common misconceptions, or "myths," that can hinder a deep conceptual understanding of electromagnetism. Wald then proceeds through the major topics first-year grad courses (and textbooks) in electromagnetism typically cover, including electrostatics, dielectrics, magnetostatics, electrodynamics, geometric optics, special relativity, gauge theory, and point charge. Wald's aim throughout is to explain to students how to think about electromagnetism from a modern and mathematically precise perspective, formulating all the key conceptual ideas and results in the field clearly and concisely, while forgoing extensive collections of examples and applications. The book could be used as the basis for or as a supplement to a course, or for self-study by students seeking a deeper understanding than traditional courses and books offer"--
"This is a concise, beginning graduate-level textbook on classical electromagnetism, the branch of physics that describes the interaction of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields. Electromagnetism (also called electrodynamics) is one of the pillars of modern physics and, as such, of the modern physics curriculum, with courses on electromagnetism required at the undergraduate and graduate levels. These courses traditionally proceed in a quasi-historical fashion, starting from equations and laws that were first formulated in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and still form the foundations of our understanding of electromagnetism. However, as Robert Wald argues, teaching in this way can be imprecise and tends to promote outdated ways of thinking about the subject. This book rethinks how electromagnetism is presented at the graduate level, offering a corrective that aims to bring teaching up to date with our more modern understanding of the topic. The book begins by debunking four common misconceptions, or "myths," that can hinder a deep conceptual understanding of electromagnetism. Wald then proceeds through the major topics first-year grad courses (and textbooks) in electromagnetism typically cover, including electrostatics, dielectrics, magnetostatics, electrodynamics, geometric optics, special relativity, gauge theory, and point charge. Wald's aim throughout is to explain to students how to think about electromagnetism from a modern and mathematically precise perspective, formulating all the key conceptual ideas and results in the field clearly and concisely, while forgoing extensive collections of examples and applications. The book could be used as the basis for or as a supplement to a course, or for self-study by students seeking a deeper understanding than traditional courses and books offer"--
Über den Autor
Robert M. Wald is the Charles H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Physics and the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago. His books include General Relativity, Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime and Black Hole Thermodynamics, and Space, Time, and Gravity: The Theory of the Big Bang and Black Holes.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface
  • CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Electromagnetic Theory without Myths
    • 1.1 The Fundamental Electromagnetic Variables Are the Potentials, Not the Field Strengths
    • 1.2 Electromagnetic Energy, Momentum, and Stress Are an Integral Part of the Theory
    • 1.3 Electromagnetic Fields Should Not Be Viewed as Being Produced by Charged Matter
    • 1.4 At a Fundamental Level, Classical Charged Matter Must Be Viewed as Continuous Rather Than Point-Like
  • CHAPTER 2 Electrostatics
    • 2.1 Uniqueness of Solutions in Electrostatics
    • 2.2 Point Charges and Green’s Functions
    • 2.3 Interaction Energy and Force
    • 2.4 Multipole Expansion of the Green’s Function
    • 2.5 Conducting Cavities; Dirichlet and Neumann Green’s Functions
      • Problems
    • CHAPTER 3 Dielectrics
      • 3.1 Macroscopic Description of Dielectrics
      • 3.2 Force and Interaction Energy
        • Problems
      • CHAPTER 4 Magnetostatics
        • 4.1 The Equations of Magnetostatics
        • 4.2 Multipole Expansion
        • 4.3 Interaction Energy and Force
        • 4.4 Magnetic Materials
          • Problems
        • CHAPTER 5 Electrodynamics
          • 5.1 The Equations of Electrodynamics
          • 5.2 Retarded Green’s Function
          • 5.3 Multipole Expansion
            • 5.3.1 Cartesian Multipole Expansion of the Radiation Field for a Nonrelativistic Source
            • 5.3.2 General Multipole Expansion for a Relativistic Source
          • 5.4 The Initial Value Formulation for Maxwell’s Equations
          • 5.5 Plane Waves
          • 5.6 Conducting Cavities and Waveguides
            • 5.6.1 Conducting Cavities
            • 5.6.2 Waveguides
            • Problems
          • CHAPTER 6 Electrodynamics in Media
            • 6.1 Linear, Homogeneous, Isotropic Medium with an Instantaneous Response
            • 6.2 Linear, Homogeneous, Isotropic Medium with a Delayed Response
            • 6.3 The Lorentz Model for ϵ(ω)
              • 6.3.1 Nonconducting Medium
              • 6.3.2 Plasma or Conducting Medium
            • 6.4 Magnetohydrodynamics
              • Problems
            • CHAPTER 7 Geometric Optics, Interference, and Diffraction
              • 7.1 Geometric Optics
              • 7.2 Interference and Coherence
              • 7.3 Diffraction
                • 7.3.1 Scattering by a Dielectric Ball
                • 7.3.2 Propagation of Waves through an Aperture
                • Problems
              • CHAPTER 8 Special Relativity
                • 8.1 The Framework of Special Relativity
                • 8.2 The Formulation of Electromagnetic Theory in the Framework of Special Relativity
                • 8.3 Charged Particle Motion and Radiation
                  • 8.3.1 Charged Particle Motion
                  • 8.3.2 Radiation from a Point Charge in Arbitrary Motion
                  • Problems
                • CHAPTER 9 Electromagnetism as a Gauge Theory
                  • 9.1 Lagrangian for the Electromagnetic Field and Its Interactions
                  • 9.2 Gauge Invariance and the Reinterpretation of the Electromagnetic Field as a Connection
                  • 9.3 Dirac Magnetic Monopoles
                • CHAPTER 10 Point Charges and Self-Force
                  • 10.1 The Point Particle Limit
                  • 10.2 Lorentz Force
                  • 10.3 Corrections to Lorentz Force Motion
                    • 10.3.1 Self-force Corrections
                    • 10.3.2 Spin and Dipole Effects
                  • 10.4 Self-Consistent Motion
                  • Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Elektrizität/Magnetismus/Optik
Genre: Importe, Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780691220390
ISBN-10: 0691220395
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Wald, Robert
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 261 x 186 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Robert Wald
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.05.2022
Gewicht: 0,676 kg
Artikel-ID: 120456045