1.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00164402

Autore

SALUTATI, Coluccio

Titolo

De laboribus Herculis / Colucii Salutati ; ed. B.L. Ullman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Zurich, : Thesaurus Mundi, stampa 1950-51

Descrizione fisica

2 v. ; 18 cm

Disciplina

870.4

Soggetti

LETTERATURA LATINA UMANISTICA

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910300558203321

Autore

Lechner Kurt

Titolo

Classical Electrodynamics : A Modern Perspective / / by Kurt Lechner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-91809-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 688 p.)

Collana

UNITEXT for Physics, , 2198-7882

Disciplina

537.6

Soggetti

Physics

Optics

Electrodynamics

Particles (Nuclear physics)

Quantum field theory

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Classical Electrodynamics

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.



Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses the theoretical foundations and the main physical consequences of electromagnetic interaction, generally considered to be one of the four fundamental interactions in nature, in a mathematically rigorous yet straightforward way. The major focus is on the unifying features shared by classical electrodynamics and all other fundamental relativistic classical field theories. The book presents a balanced blend of derivations of phenomenological predictions from first principles on the one hand, and concrete applications on the other. Further, it highlights the internal inconsistencies of classical electrodynamics, and addresses and resolves often-ignored critical issues, such as the dynamics of massless charged particles, the infinite energy of the electromagnetic field, and the limits of the Green’s function method. Presenting a rich, multilayered, and critical exposition on the electromagnetic paradigm underlying the whole Universe, the book offers a valuable resource for researchers and graduate students in theoretical physics alike.