Classical Electromagnetism in a Nutshell (eBook)

Anupam Garg (Autor)

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2012
712 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4275-9 (ISBN)

Infos

A comprehensive, modern introduction to electromagnetismThis graduate-level physics textbook provides a comprehensive treatment of the basic principles and phenomena of classical electromagnetism. While many electromagnetism texts use the subject to teach mathematical methods of physics, here the emphasis is on the physical ideas themselves. Anupam Garg distinguishes between electromagnetism in vacuum and that in material media, stressing that the core physical questions are different for each. In vacuum, the focus is on the fundamental content of electromagnetic laws, symmetries, conservation laws, and the implications for phenomena such as radiation and light. In material media, the focus is on understanding the response of the media to imposed fields, the attendant constitutive relations, and the phenomena encountered in different types of media such as dielectrics, ferromagnets, and conductors. The text includes applications to many topical subjects, such as magnetic levitation, plasmas, laser beams, and synchrotrons.Classical Electromagnetism in a Nutshell is ideal for a yearlong graduate course and features more than 300 problems, with solutions to many of the advanced ones. Key formulas are given in both SI and Gaussian units; the book includes a discussion of how to convert between them, making it accessible to adherents of both systems.Offers a complete treatment of classical electromagnetismEmphasizes physical ideasSeparates the treatment of electromagnetism in vacuum and material mediaPresents key formulas in both SI and Gaussian unitsCovers applications to other areas of physicsIncludes more than 300 problems

Autor

Anupam Garg is professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern University.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.4.2012
• Reihe/Serie: In a Nutshell
• Reihe/Serie: In a Nutshell
• Zusatzinfo: 174 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Elektrodynamik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: acceleration • Airy function • Amplitude • Angular momentum • Approximation • Bessel function • Boundary value problem • Calculation • capacitor • Cartesian coordinate system • Charge Density • classical electromagnetism • coefficient • Conductivity (electrolytic) • conservation law • Continuity equation • Coulomb's Law • Cross product • Current density • dielectric • differential equation • Dirac delta function • Divergence Theorem • dot product • Earth's Magnetic Field • Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors • Electrical resistivity and conductivity • electric charge • Electric dipole moment • Electric Field • Electric potential • Electric potential energy • Electromagnetic field • Electromagnetic radiation • electromagnetism • Electrostatics • Energy Density • energy flux • Equation • Equations of motion • Faraday's law of induction • Fourier transform • Four-vector • Gauge Theory • Gauss's Law • Inductance • kinetic energy • Lagrangian (field theory) • Laplace's equation • length scale • Lorentz covariance • Lorentz Force • magnetic dipole • Magnetic field • Magnetic flux • Magnetic moment • magnetization • magnetostatics • Maxwell's equations • Molecule • Momentum • multipole expansion • Notation • Ohm's law • Permittivity • Photon • Physics • plane wave • Poisson's Equation • Polar coordinate system • Poynting vector • Quantity • quantum mechanics • reflectance • Relative permittivity • Scalar Field • Scalar (physics) • Scalar potential • scattering • semiconductor • Special relativity • Spectral density • Spherical Coordinate System • surface charge • Surface integral • synchrotron • Theorem • Three-dimensional space (mathematics) • Transverse Mode • Unit vector • Vacuum • Variable (mathematics) • Vector field • vector potential • Volume element • wave equation • Wavefront • Waveguide • Wavelength • Wave vector
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4275-1 / 1400842751
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4275-9 / 9781400842759