Classical Electrodynamics / Edition 3

by John David Jackson

Overview

The third edition of the defining text for the graduate-level course in Electricity and Magnetism has finally arrived! It has been 37 years since the first edition and 24 since the second. The new edition addresses the changes in emphasis and applications that have occurred in the field, without any significant increase in length.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471309321
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/14/1998
Pages:	832
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

John David Jackson is the author of Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd Edition, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Electrostatics.

Boundary-Value Problems in Electrostatics: I.

Boundary-Value Problems in Electrostatics: II.

Multipoles, Electrostatics of Macroscopic Media, Dielectrics.

Magnetostatics, Faraday's Law, Quasi-Static Fields.

Maxwell Equations, Macroscopic Electromagnetism, Conservation Laws.

Plane Electromagnetic Waves and Wave Propagation.

Waveguides, Resonant Cavities, and Optical Fibers.

Radiating Systems, Multipole Fields and Radiation.

Scattering and Diffraction.

Special Theory of Relativity.

Dynamics of Relativistic Particles and Electromagnetic Fields.

Collisions, Energy Loss, and Scattering of Charged Particles, Cherenkov and Transition Radiation.

Radiation by Moving Charges.

Bremsstrahlung, Method of Virtual Quanta, Radiative Beta Processes.

Radiation Damping, Classical Models of Charged Particles.

Appendices.

Bibliography.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

A textbook for a two-semester beginning graduate course for students who have completed a standard undergraduate program for physics majors. Emphasizes the unity of electric and magnetic phenomena both in their physical basis and the mode of their mathematical description, develops and utilizes a number of tools in mathematical physics, and presents now material on the interaction of relativistic charged particles with electromagnetic fields and other areas. First published in 1962, and again in 1974; the third edition incorporates the slight drifts in emphasis and application the long-established subject has taken over the past couple of decades. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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