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Autore |
Landau L. D (Lev Davidovich), <1908-1968, > |
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Titolo |
The classical theory of fields / / L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz ; translated from the Russian by Morton Hamermesh |
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Oxford ; ; New York : , : Pergamon Press, , 1975 |
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Edizione |
[4th ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1238 p.) |
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Collana |
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Course of theoretical physics ; ; volume 2 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electromagnetic fields |
Field theory (Physics) |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Translated from the Sixth revised edition of Teorii͡a poli͡a. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Related Elsevier Titles; Copyright; EXCERPTS FROM THE PREFACES TO THE FIRST AND SECOND EDITIONS; PREFACE TO THE FOURTH ENGLISH EDITION; EDITOR'S PREFACE TO THE SEVENTH RUSSIAN EDITION; NOTATION; Chapter 1: THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY; Publisher Summary; 1 Velocity of propagation of interaction; 2 Intervals; 3 Proper time; 4 The Lorentz transformation; 5 Transformation of velocities; 6 Four-vectors; 7 Four-dimensional velocity; Chapter 2: RELATIVISTIC MECHANICS; Publisher Summary; 8 The principle of least action |
9 Energy and momentum 10 Transformation of distribution functions; 11 Decay of particles; 12 Invariant cross-section; 13 Elastic collisions of particles; 14 Angular momentum; Chapter 3: CHARGES IN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; Publisher Summary; 15 Elementary particles in the theory of relativity; 16 Four-potential of a field; 17 Equations of motion of a charge in a field; 18 Gauge invariance; 19 Constant electromagnetic field; 20 Motion in a constant uniform electric field; 21 Motion in a constant uniform magnetic field |
22 Motion of a charge in constant uniform electric and magnetic fields 23 The electromagnetic field tensor; 24 Lorentz transformation of the field; 25 Invariants of the field; Chapter 4: THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EQUATIONS; Publisher Summary; 26 The first pair of Maxwell's equations; 27 The action function of the electromagnetic field; 28 The |
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