Toroidal Multipole Moments in Classical Electrodynamics An Analysis of their Emergence and Physical Significance /

• Main Author: Nanz, Stefan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Spektrum, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: BestMasters
• Subjects: Physics.; Nuclear physics.; Atoms.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.

Stefan Nanz investigates the necessity for three multipole families in classical electrodynamics. He shows that by imposing symmetry and parity constraints, it is sufficient to deal with only two multipole families. This implies that the toroidal multipole moments do not represent an independent mul...

Table of Contents:

• Symmetry Considerations of Charge-Current Distributions
• Multipole Expansion of the Electromagnetic Potentials and Fields
• Conclusions for the Physical Significance of Toroidal Multipole Moments.