This newly corrected, highly acclaimed text offers intermediate-level juniors and first-year graduate students of physics a rigorous treatment of classical electromagnetics. The authors present a very accessible macroscopic view of classical electromagnetics that emphasizes integrating electromagnetic theory with physical optics. The survey follows the historical development of physics, culminating in the use of four-vector relativity to fully integrate electricity with magnetism.
Starting with a brief review of static electricity and magnetism, the treatment advances to examinations of multipole fields, the equations of Laplace and Poisson, dynamic electromagnetism, electromagnetic waves, reflection and refraction, and waveguides. Subsequent chapters explore retarded potentials and fields and radiation by charged particles; antennas; classical electron theory; interference and coherence; scalar diffraction theory and the Fraunhofer limit; Fresnel diffraction and the transition to geometrical optics; and relativistic electrodynamics. A basic knowledge of vector calculus and Fourier analysis is assumed, and several helpful appendices supplement the text. An extensive Solutions Manual is also available.
By:
Heald Heald, Jerry B. Marion, Jerry B Marion Imprint: Dover Publications Inc. Country of Publication: United States Edition: 3rd edition Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 26mm,
Spine: 154mm
Weight: 733g ISBN:9780486490601 ISBN 10: 0486490602 Series:Dover Books on Physics Pages: 592 Publication Date:19 December 2012 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Unspecified
Preface 1.Fundamentals of Static Electromagnetism 2. Multipole Fields 3. The Equations of Laplace and Poisson 4. Dynamic Electromagnetism 5. Electromagnetic Waves 6. Reflection and Refraction 7. Waveguides 8. Retarded Potentials and Fields and Radiation by Charged Particles 9. Antennas 10. Classical Electron Theory 11. Interference and Coherence 12. Scalar Diffraction Theory and the Fraunhofer Limit 13. Fresnel Diffraction and the Transition to Geometrical Optics 14. Relativistic Electrodynamics Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Bibliography Index
