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  title info:
    title: Classical Field Theory
    sub title: On Electrodynamics, Non-Abelian Gauge Theories and Gravitation
  name:
    name part: Scheck, Florian.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
    role:
      role term: aut
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      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2018
    edition: 2nd ed. 2018.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XV, 464 p. 63 illus., 1 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: Scheck's successful textbook presents a comprehensive treatment, ideally suited for a one-semester course. The textbook describes Maxwell's equations first in their integral, directly testable form, then moves on to their local formulation. The first two chapters cover all essential properties of Maxwell's equations, including their symmetries and their covariance in a modern notation. Chapter 3 is devoted to Maxwell's theory as a classical field theory and to solutions of the wave equation. Chapter 4 deals with important applications of Maxwell's theory. It includes topical subjects such as metamaterials with negative refraction index and solutions of Helmholtz' equation in paraxial approximation relevant for the description of laser beams. Chapter 5 describes non-Abelian gauge theories from a classical, geometric point of view, in analogy to Maxwell's theory as a prototype, and culminates in an application to the U(2) theory relevant for electroweak interactions. The last chapter 6 gives a concise summary of semi-Riemannian geometry as the framework for the classical field theory of gravitation. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the Schwarzschild solution of Einstein's equations and the classical tests of general relativity. The new concept of this edition presents the content divided into two tracks: the fast track for master's students, providing the essentials, and the intensive track for all wanting to get in depth knowledge of the field. Cleary labeled material and sections guide students through the preferred level of treatment. Numerous problems and worked examples will provide successful access to Classical Field Theory.
  table of contents: Maxwell's Equations -- Symmetries and Covariance of the Maxwell Equations -- Maxwell Theory as a Classical Field Theory -- Simple Applications of Maxwell Theory -- Local Gauge Theories -- Classical Field Theory of Gravitation -- Bibliography -- Some Historical Remarks -- Exercises -- Selected Solutions of the Exercises.
  note: by Florian Scheck.
  subject:
    topic: Optics
  subject:
    topic: Electrodynamics
  subject:
    topic: Gravitation
  subject:
    topic: Classical Electrodynamics
  subject:
    topic: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
  classification: QC350-467
  classification: QC630-648
  classification: 535.2
  classification: 537.6
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Graduate Texts in Physics
  identifier: 9783662555798
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55579-8
  record info:
    record creation date: 180309
    record change date: 20191022032223.0
    record identifier: 978-3-662-55579-8