LEADER 05385nam 2200685z 450 001 996203216203316 005 20240209050117.0 010 $a1-281-76439-6 010 $a9786611764395 010 $a3-527-61745-0 010 $a3-527-61746-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000377425 035 $a(EBL)482156 035 $a(OCoLC)262833844 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000123040 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11157706 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000123040 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10132338 035 $a(PQKB)10445330 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC482156 035 $a(JP-MeL)3000110974 035 $a(NjHacI)991000000000377425 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000377425 100 $a20220817d ||| || 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aClassical field theory $eelectromagnetism and gravitation /$fFrancis E. Low 210 $aWeinheim$cWiley-VCH$dc2004 210 1$aWeinheim: :$cWiley-VCH,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (441 p.) 225 0 $6880-03$aPhysics textbook 300 $aIncludes index 311 $a0-471-59551-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCLASSICAL FIELD THEORY ELECTROMAGNETISM AND GRAVITATION; Contents; Preface; 1. Electrostatics; 1.1. Coulomb's Law; 1.2. Multipoles and Multipole Fields; 1.3. Energy and Stress in the Electrostatic Field; 1.4. Electrostatics in the Presence of Conductors: Solving for Electrostatic Configurations; 1.5. Systems of Conductors; 1.6. Electrostatic Fields in Matter; 1.7. Energy in a Dielectric Medium; Problems; 2. Steady Currents and Magnetostatics; 2.1. Steady Currents; 2.2. Magnetic Fields; 2.3. Magnetic Multipoles; 2.4. Magnetic Fields in Matter 327 $a2.5. Motional Electromotive Force and Electromagnetic Induction2.6. Magnetic Energy and Force; 2.7. Diamagnetism; Problems; 3. Time-Dependent Fields and Currents; 3.1. Maxwell's Equations; 3.2. Electromagnetic Fields in Matter; 3.3. Momentum and Energy; 3.4. Polarizability and Absorption by Atomic Systems; 3.5. Free Fields in Isotropic Materials; 3.6. Reflection and Refraction; 3.7. Propagation in Anisotropic Media; 3.8. Helicity and Angular Momentum; Problems; 4. Radiation by Prescribed Sources; 4.1. Vector and Scalar Potentials; 4.2. Green's Functions for the Radiation Equation 327 $a4.3. Radiation from a Fixed Frequency Source4.4. Radiation by a Slowly Moving Point Particle; 4.5. Electric and Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Radiation; 4.6. Fields of a Point Charge Moving at Constant High Velocity v: Equivalent Photons; 4.7. A Point Charge Moving with Arbitrary Velocity Less Than c: The Lie?nard-Wiechert Potentials; 4.8. Low-Frequency Bremsstrahlung; 4.9. Lie?nard-Wiechert Fields; 4.10. Cerenkov Radiation; Problems; 5. Scattering; 5.1. Scalar Field; 5.2. Green's Function for Massive Scalar Field; 5.3. Formulation of the Scattering Problem; 5.4. The Optical Theorem 327 $a5.5. Digression on Radial Wave Functions5.6. Partial Waves and Phase Shifts; 5.7. Electromagnetic Field Scattering; 5.8. The Optical Theorem for Light; 5.9. Perturbation Theory of Scattering; 5.10. Vector Multipoles; 5.11. Energy and Angular Momentum; 5.12. Multipole Scattering by a Dielectric; Problems; 6. Invariance and Special Relativity; 6.1. Invariance; 6.2. The Lorentz Transformation; 6.3. Lorentz Tensors; 6.4. Tensor Fields: Covariant Electrodynamics; 6.5. Equations of Motion for a Point Charge in an Electromagnetic Field; 6.6. Relativistic Conservation Laws; Problems 327 $a7. Lagrangian Field Theory7.1. Review of Lagrangians in Mechanics; 7.2. Relativistic Lagrangian for Particles in a Field; 7.3. Lagrangian for Fields; 7.4. Interacting Fields and Particles; 7.5. Vector Fields; 7.6. General Covariance; 7.7. Local Transformation to a Pseudo-Euclidean System; 7.8. Alternative Construction of a Covariantly Conserved, Symmetric Stress-Energy Tensor; Problems; 8. Gravity; 8.1. The Nature of the Gravitational Field; 8.2. The Tensor Field; 8.3. Lagrangian for the Gravitational Field; 8.4. Particles in a Gravitational Field; 8.5. Interaction of the Gravitational Field 327 $a8.6. Curvature 330 $aThe author uses a unique approach which emphasizes the field theoretic aspects of gravitation and the strong analogies between gravitation and the other areas that are studied in physics. The theory-centered text begins with the simplest experimental facts then proceeds to the corresponding differential equations, theoretical constructs such as energy, momentum and stress and several applications. End-of-chapter problems provide students with an opportunity to test their understanding, serve as an introduction to and a review of material not included in the book and can be used to develop exam 606 $6880-04/$1$aElectromagnetic fields 606 $6880-05/$1$aGravitational fields 615 0$aElectromagnetic fields 615 0$aGravitational fields 676 $a530.1 676 $a530.1/41 676 $a530.14 676 $a530.141 686 $a421.3$2njb/09 686 $a427$2njb/09 686 $a530.1/41$2njb/09 700 $aLow$b Francis E.$f1921-2007,$01430833 801 1$bJP-MeL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996203216203316 996 $aClassical field theory$93570846 997 $aUNISA