Classical Relativistic Electrodynamics

Classical Relativistic Electrodynamics
Author: Toshiyuki Shiozawa
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3662062615

An advanced course of classical electrodynamics with application to the generation of high-power coherent radiation in the microwave to optical-wave regions. Specifically, it provides readers with the basics of advanced electromagnetic theory and relativistic electrodynamics, guiding them step by step through the theory of free-electron lasers. The theoretical treatment throughout this book is fully developed by means of the usual three-dimensional vector calculus.

Relativistic Electrodynamics and Differential Geometry

Relativistic Electrodynamics and Differential Geometry
Author: Stephen Parrott
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1461246849

The aim of this book is to provide a short but complete exposition of the logical structure of classical relativistic electrodynamics written in the language and spirit of coordinate-free differential geometry. The intended audience is primarily mathematicians who want a bare-bones account of the foundations of electrodynamics written in language with which they are familiar and secondarily physicists who may be curious how their old friend looks in the new clothes of the differential-geometric viewpoint which in recent years has become an important language and tool for theoretical physics. This work is not intended to be a textbook in electrodynamics in the usual sense; in particular no applications are treated, and the focus is exclusively the equations of motion of charged particles. Rather, it is hoped that it may serve as a bridge between mathemat ics and physics. Many non-physicists are surprised to learn that the correct equation to describe the motion of a classical charged particle is still a matter of some controversy. The most mentioned candidate is the Lorentz-Dirac equation t . However, it is experimentally unverified, is known to have no physically reasonable solutions in certain circumstances, and its usual derivations raise serious foundational issues. Such difficulties are not extensively discussed in most electrodynamics texts, which quite naturally are oriented toward applying the well-verified part of the subject to con crete problems.

Relativistic Electrodynamics

Relativistic Electrodynamics
Author: Peeter Joot
Publisher: Peeter Joot
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2019-03-04
Genre: Science
ISBN:

These are my personal lecture notes for the Spring 2011, University of Toronto, Relativistic Electrodynamics course (PHY450H1S). This class was taught by Prof. Erich Poppitz, with Simon Freedman handling tutorials (which were excellent lecture style lessons). Official course description: Special Relativity, four-vector calculus and relativistic notation, the relativistic Maxwell's Equations, electromagnetic waves in vacuum and conducting and non-conducting materials, electromagnetic radiation from point charges and systems of charges. This document contains a few things * My lecture notes. Typos and errors are probably mine (Peeter), and no claim nor attempt of spelling or grammar correctness will be made. These notes track along with the Professor's hand written notes very closely, since his lectures follow his notes very closely. While I used the note taking exercise as a way to verify that I understood all the materials of the day, Professor Poppitz's notes are in many instances a much better study resource, since there are details in his notes that were left for us to read, and not necessarily covered in the lectures. On the other hand, there are details in these notes that I have added when I did not find his approach simplistic enough for me to grasp, or I failed to follow the details in class. * Some notes from reading of the text. * Some assigned problems.

Problems And Solutions In Special Relativity And Electromagnetism

Problems And Solutions In Special Relativity And Electromagnetism
Author: Sergei Kruchinin
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2017-07-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 981322729X

Field theory is an important topic in theoretical physics, which is studied in the physical and physico-mathematical departments of universities. Therefore, lecturers are faced with the urgent task of not only providing students with information about the subject, but also to help them master the material at a deep qualitative level, by presenting the specific features of general approaches to the statement and the solution of problems in theoretical physics. One of the ways to study field theory is the practical one, where the students can deepen their knowledge of the theoretical material and develop problem-solving skills. This book includes a concise theoretical summary of the main branches of field theory and electrodynamics, worked examples, and some problems for the student to solve.The book is written for students of theoretical and applied physics, and corresponds to the curricula of the theoretical courses 'Field theory' and 'Electrodynamics' for physics undergraduates. It can also be useful for students of other disciplines, in particular, those in which physics is one of the base subjects.

Lagrangian Interaction

Lagrangian Interaction
Author: Noel Doughty
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2018-03-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0429973160

This book is an introduction to Lagrangian mechanics, starting with Newtonian physics and proceeding to topics such as relativistic Lagrangian fields and Lagrangians in General Relativity, electrodynamics, Gauge theory, and relativistic gravitation. The mathematical notation used is introduced and explained as the book progresses, so it can be understood by students at the undergraduate level in physics or applied mathmatics, yet it is rigorous enough to serve as an introduction to the mathematics and concepts required for courses in relativistic quantum field theory and general relativity.

Principles of Electrodynamics

Principles of Electrodynamics
Author: Melvin Schwartz
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2012-04-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486134679

The 1988 Nobel Prize winner establishes the subject's mathematical background, reviews the principles of electrostatics, then introduces Einstein's special theory of relativity and applies it to topics throughout the book.

Relativistic Nonlinear Electrodynamics

Relativistic Nonlinear Electrodynamics
Author: Hamlet Karo Avetissian
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2007-11-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0387300708

This is the first book on the subject matter of relativistic nonlinear electrodynamics The book presents new results on various nonlinear electromagnetic phenomena The topics discussed in the book will be the center of fundamental research in the next decade

Relativistic Classical Mechanics and Electrodynamics

Relativistic Classical Mechanics and Electrodynamics
Author: Martin Land
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2022-05-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3031020790

This book presents classical relativistic mechanics and electrodynamics in the Feynman-Stueckelberg event-oriented framework formalized by Horwitz and Piron. The full apparatus of classical analytical mechanics is generalized to relativistic form by replacing Galilean covariance with manifest Lorentz covariance and introducing a coordinate-independent parameter to play the role of Newton's universal and monotonically advancing time. Fundamental physics is described by the -evolution of a system point through an unconstrained 8D phase space, with mass a dynamical quantity conserved under particular interactions. Classical gauge invariance leads to an electrodynamics derived from five -dependent potentials described by 5D pre-Maxwell field equations. Events trace out worldlines as advances monotonically, inducing pre-Maxwell fields by their motions, and moving under the influence of these fields. The dynamics are governed canonically by a scalar Hamiltonian that generates evolution of a 4D block universe defined at to an infinitesimally close 4D block universe defined at +. This electrodynamics, and its extension to curved space and non-Abelian gauge symmetry, is well-posed and integrable, providing a clear resolution to grandfather paradoxes. Examples include classical Coulomb scattering, electrostatics, plane waves, radiation from a simple antenna, classical pair production, classical CPT, and dynamical solutions in weak field gravitation. This classical framework will be of interest to workers in quantum theory and general relativity, as well as those interested in the classical foundations of gauge theory.

Quantum Electrodynamics of Strong Fields

Quantum Electrodynamics of Strong Fields
Author: Greiner W. Hold
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 896
Release: 2013-06-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1489921397

The NATO Advanced Study Institute on Quantum Electrodynamics of Strong Fields was held at Lahnstein on the Rhine from 15-26 June, 1981. The school was devoted to the advances, theoretical and exper imental, in the physics of strong fields made during the past decade. The topic of the first week was almost exclusively quantum electrodynamics, with discussions of symmetry breaking in the ground state, of the physics of heavy ion collisions and of precision tests of perturbative quantum electrodynamics. This was followed in the second week by the presentation of a broad range of other areas where strong fields occur, reaching from nuclear physics over quantum chromodynamics to gravitation theory and astrophysics. We were fortunate to be able to call on a body of lecturers who not only have made considerable personal contributions to these advances but who are also noted for their lecturing skills. Their dedication for their subject was readily transmitted to the stu dents resulting in a very successful school. This enthusiasm is also reflected in their contributions to these Proceedings which, as I believe, will in time become a standard source of reference for future work on the physics of strong fields and will help to spread the benefits of the school to a larger audience than those who were able to attend. I regret that the Soviet colleagues Ya. B. Zeldovich and V. S. Popov were unable to participate.