Applications of electrodynamics in theoretical physics and astrophysics

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Applications of electrodynamics in theoretical physics and astrophysics

V.L. Ginzburg ; translated from the revised third Russian edition by Oleg Glebov

Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, c1989

2nd rev. English ed

Other Title

Teoreticheskai︠a︡ fizika i astrofizika

Теоретическая физика и астрофизика

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Note

Previous ed. published in 1979 as: Theretical physics and astrophysics

Bibliography: p. 459-471

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book is intended as a supplementary text to the standard course books on theoretical physics and astrophysics, addressing applications and selected problems in theoretical physics and astrophysics, most of which are to a greater or lesser extent associated with electrodynamics.

Table of Contents

1. The Hamiltonian Approach to Electrodynamics 2. Radiation Reaction 3. Uniformly Accelerated Charges 4. Radiation Emitted by Relativistic and Non-relativistic Moving Particles 5. Synchrotron Radiation 6. Electrodynamics of a Continuous Medium 7. The AEOEerenkov and Doppler Effects 8. Transition Radiation and Transition Scattering 9. Superluminal Sources of Radiation 10. Reabsorption and Transfer of Radiation 11. Electrodynamics of Media with Spatial Dispersion 12. Permittivity and Wave Propagation in Plasmas 13. The Energy-Momentum Tensor and Forces in Macroscopic Electrodynamics. Energy and Heat Liberated in a Dispersive Absorbing Medium 14. Fluctuations and van der Waals Forces 15. Wave Scattering in a Medium 16. Astrophysics of Cosmic Rays 17. X-Ray Astronomy 18. Gamma-Ray Astronomy

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Details

  • NCID
    BA11459313
  • ISBN
    • 2881247199
  • LCCN
    89016909
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    rus
  • Place of Publication
    New York ; Tokyo
  • Pages/Volumes
    vii, 475 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Classification
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