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Informationen zum Autor Professor Attay Kovetz, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel Klappentext This textbook is intended for undergraduate and graduate students taking an intermediate or advanced course in electromagnetism. It presents electromagnetism as a classical theory! based! like mechanics! on principles that are independent of the atomic constitution of matter. This book isunique among electrodynamics texts in its treatment of the precise manner in which electromagnetism is linked to mechanics and thermodynamics. A clear distinction is maintained between such concepts as field and force! or radiation and heat. Applications include radiation from charged particles! electromagnetic wave propagation and guided waves! thermoelectricity! magnetohydrodynamics! piezoelectricity! ferroelectricity! paramagnetic cooling! ferromagnetism and superconductivity. There are 225 worked examples of dynamical and thermal effects of electromagnetic fields! and of effectsresulting from the motion of bodies. The concise! methodological approach of this book will be valuable to students and will make it of special interest to tutors and lecturers. Zusammenfassung This textbook is intended for undergraduate and graduate students taking an intermediate or advanced course in electromagnetism. It methodically develops the theory of electromagnetism, paying special attention to its links with mechanics and thermodynamics, and contains 50 example problems, together with fully solved 225 exercises, on all aspects of electromagnetism and its various applications. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1 Electric charges and currents; 2 The calculus of antisymmetric tensors; 3 The first pair of Maxwell's equations; 4 The second pair of Maxwell's equations; 5 The aether relations and the theory of relativity; 6 Charged particles; 7 Polarization and magnetization; 8 Electrostatics; 9 Linear dielectrics; 10 Steady currents in linearly conducting materials; 11 Linear magnets; 12 Radiation; 13 Electromagnetic wave propagation; 14 A review of continuum mechanics; 15 The fusion of electromagnetism with mechanics and thermodynamics; 16 Magnetohydrodynamics; 17 Electric materials; 18 Magnetic materials; Appendices; Bibliographical Notes; Index ...
