Written with the advanced undergraduate or graduate student in mind, Electromagnetic Field Theory is a textbook on the theory of electrodynamics, at roughly the same level as the well-known textbooks by Jackson and Panofsky&Phillips. Description The book is written mainly from a classical field theoretical point of view, emphasising fundamental and subtle properties of the EM field and includes a comprehensive appendix on the mathematical methods used. It treats relativistic covariance and the Lagrangian/Hamiltionan formulation of electromagnetic field theory, with an eye on modern ideas of symmetries, duality and unification of theories, and includes a rigorous, comprehensive and detailed treatment of EM radiation phenomena and some elements of semiclassical quantum electrodynamics. Table of Contents.
Foundations of Classical Electrodynamics. Electromagnetic Fields and Waves. Electromagnetic Potentials and Gauges. Fundamental Properties of the Electromagnetic Field. Fields from Arbitrary Charge and Current Distributions. Radiation and Radiating Systems.
Relativistic Electrodynamics. Electromagnetic Fields and Particles.
Electromagnetic Fields and Matter Book Details.
Book description: This is a companion volume to the book Electromagnetic Field Theory by Bo Thide. The problems and their solutions were created by the co-authors who all have taught this course or its predecessor.