Theory of Electromagnetic Pulses

by John Lekner

Overview

This short monograph presents the theory of electromagnetic pulses in a simple and physical way. All pulses discussed are exact solutions of the Maxwell equations, and have finite energy, momentum and angular momentum. There are five chapters: on Fundamentals, Solutions of the Wave Equation, Electromagnetic Pulses, Angular Momentum, and Lorentz Transformations. Nine Appendices cover mathematical or associated aspects, such as chiral measures of electromagnetic fields. The subject matter is restricted to free-space classical electrodynamics, but contact is made with quantum theory in proofs that causal pulses are equivalent to superpositions of photons.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781643270234
Publisher:	Morgan and Claypool Publishers
Publication date:	07/01/2018
Series:	Iop Concise Physics
Pages:	100
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

John Lekner is Emeritus Professor of theoretical physics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. After an MSc at the University of Auckland and PhD at the University of Chicago, he taught at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, where he was also Fellow and Tutor in Physics at Emmanuel College. He has worked in statistical physics, electromagnetism, quantum theory and theory of fluids. He is the author of 150 papers and of the book Theory of Reflection (2ed, Springer 2016).

Table of Contents

Table of Contents: Preface / Acknowledgments / Author biography / 1. Fundamentals / 2. Solutions of the wave equation / 3. Electromagnetic pulses / 4. Angular momentum / 5. Lorentz transformation of pulses