Author:
Müller-Kirsten, H. J. W.
Edition Statement:2nd ed.
Imprint:New Jersey : World Scientific, c2011.
Descriptionxvi, 614 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note:Introduction -- Electrostatics: basic aspects -- Applications of electrostatics -- Macroscopic electrostatics -- Magnetostatics -- Macroscopic magnetostatics -- The Maxwell equations -- Application to coils, circuits and transmission lines -- Electromagnetic waves -- Moving charges in vacuum -- Optic laws and diffraction -- Metals -- Propagation of radio waves in the ionosphere -- Wave guides and resonators -- Propagation of waves in homogeneous media -- Causality and dispersion relations -- Covariant formulation of electrodynamics -- The Lagrange formalism for the electromagnetic field -- The gauge covariant Schrödinger equation and the Aharonov-Bohm effect -- Quantization of the electromagnetic field and the Casimir effect -- Duality and magnetic monopoles.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 595-604) and index.
