Classical Electrodynamics From Image Charges to the Photon Mass and Magnetic Monopoles /

• Main Author: Lacava, Francesco (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Electronic circuits.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Electronic Circuits and Devices.

This book proposes intriguing arguments that will enable students to achieve a deeper understanding of electromagnetism, while also presenting a number of classical methods for solving difficult problems. Two chapters are devoted to relativistic electrodynamics, covering all aspects needed for a ful...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Classical Electrodynamics: a short survey
• 2. Orthogonal coordinates
• 3. Multipole expansion
• 4. Method of image charges
• 5. Image charges and dielectrics
• 6. Electrostatics and complex functions
• 7. Relativistic transformations of the electric and magnetic fields
• 8. Relativistic Covariance of the Electrodynamics
• 9. The resonant cavity
• 10. Energy and momentum of the electromagnetic field
• 11. The Feynman paradox
• 12. The test of Coulomb’s Law and the mass of the photon
• 13. Magnetic Monopoles.