CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS.. With 284 figures

The series of texts Classical Theoretical Physics is based on the highly successful series of courses given by Walter Greiner and his colleagues at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Intended for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, the volumes in this series will provide not only a complete survey of classical theoretical physics but also an enormous number of worked examples and problems to show students clearly how to apply the underlying principles to realistic problems. Classical Electrodynamics covers : Electrostatics : • Fundamental concepts, fields, potentials, delta function • Gauss's law, fields from various configurations, electrostatic energies • Greens theorems, uniqueness of solutions, Greens functions • Multipole expansions and orthogonal polynomials Macroscopic Electrostatics : • Dielectric media, electrostatic forces and energy Magnetostatics : • Fundamental concepts, vector potential, magnetic moments • Magnetic materials Electrodynamics : • Faraday's law, Maxwell equations • Electric currents and induction • Electromagnetic waves in vacuo and in matter • Reflection, refraction, cavity resonators and waveguides • Radiation from accelerated charges, Hertzs dipole radiation • Covariant formulation of electrodynamics • Relativistic and covariant Lagrange formalism Supplements : • Systems of units in electrodynamics • About the history of electrodynamics