By: Julian Schwinger, Lester L. Deraad, Kimball A. Milton, Wu-Yang Tsai, Joyce Norton

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"Classical Electrodynamics" captures Schwinger's inimitable lecturing style, in which everything flows inexorably from what has gone before. Novel elements of the approach include the immediate inference of Maxwell's equations from Coulomb's law and (Galilean) relativity, the use of action and stationary principles, the central role of Green's functions both in statics and dynamics, and, throughout, the integration of mathematics and physics. Thus, physical problems in electrostatics are used to develop the properties of Bessel functions and spherical harmonics. The latter portion of the book is devoted to radiation, with rather complete treatments of synchrotron radiation and diffraction, and the formulation of the mode decomposition for waveguides and scattering. Consequently, the book provides the student with a thorough grounding in electrodynamics in particular, and in classical field theory in general, subjects with enormous practical applications, and which are essential prerequisites for the study of quantum field theory.An essential resource for both physicists and their students, the book includes a "Reader's Guide," which describes the major themes in each chapter, suggests a possible path through the book, and identifies topics for inclusion in, and exclusion from, a given course, depending on the instructor's preference. Carefully constructed problems complement the material of the text, and introduce new topics. The book should be of great value to all physicists, from first-year graduate students to senior researchers, and to all those interested in electrodynamics, field theory, and mathematical physics.The text for the graduate classical electrodynamics course was left unfinished upon Julian Schwinger's death in 1994, but was completed by his coauthors, who have brilliantly recreated the excitement of Schwinger's novel approach.

Preface
Reader's Guide
Maxwell's Equations	p. 1
Magnetic Charge I	p. 17
Conservation Laws	p. 21
Macroscopic Electrodynamics	p. 33
Simple Model for Constitutive Relations	p. 45
Magnetic Properties of Matter	p. 63
Macroscopic Energy and Momentum	p. 75
Review of Action Principles	p. 85
Action Principle for Electrodynamics	p. 97
Einsteinian Relativity	p. 111
Stationary Principles for Electrostatics	p. 125
Introduction to Green's Functions	p. 137
Electrostatics in Free Space	p. 141
Semi-Infinite Dielectric	p. 147
Application of Green's Function	p. 157
Bessel Functions	p. 165
Parallel Conducting Plates	p. 177
Modified Bessel Functions	p. 193
Cylindrical Conductors	p. 205
Spherical Harmonics	p. 231
Coulomb's Potential	p. 243
Multipoles	p. 257
Conducting and Dielectric Spheres	p. 265
Dielectrics and Conductors	p. 283
Modes and Variations	p. 295
Magnetostatics	p. 313
Macroscopic Current Distributions	p. 319
Magnetic Multipoles	p. 325
Magnetic Scalar Potential	p. 331
Magnetic Charge II	p. 337
Retarded Green's Function	p. 341
Radiation - Field Point of View	p. 351
Radiation - Source Point of View	p. 361
Models of Antennas	p. 367
Spectral Distribution of Radiation	p. 375
Power Spectrum and Cerenkov Radiation	p. 385
Constant Acceleration and Impulse	p. 391
Synchrotron Radiation I	p. 401
Synchrotron Radiation II - Polarization	p. 413
Synchrotron Radiation III - High Energies	p. 417
Propagation in a Dielectric Medium	p. 427
Reflection by an Imperfect Conductor	p. 445
Cylindrical Coordinates	p. 449
Waveguides	p. 459
Scattering by Small Obstacles	p. 471
Partial-Wave Analysis of Scattering	p. 479
Diffraction I	p. 491
Diffraction II	p. 509
Babinet's Principle	p. 523
General Scattering	p. 527
Dispersion Relations for the Susceptibility	p. 539
Charged Particle Energy Loss	p. 545
App. A: Units	p. 555
App. B: Bibliography	p. 561
Index	p. 563
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ISBN: 9780738200569
ISBN-10: 0738200565
Series: The advanced book program
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 592
Published: 11th September 1998
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.3  x 3.7
Weight (kg): 1.039