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This is a comprehensive text on electrodynamics with detailed explanations and calculations. One hundred worked examples have been incorporated, making this book also suitable for self-instruction. Apart from all traditional topics of the Maxwell's theory, this book includes the special theory of relativity and the Lagrangian formalism and applications; the text also contains introductions to quantum effects related to electrodynamics, such as the Aharonov-Bohm and the Casimir effects. Numerous modern applications in diverse directions are treated in the examples.
List of contents
Electrostatics -- Basic Aspects Applications of Electrostatics Macroscopic Electrostatics Magnetostatics Macroscopic Magnetostatics The Maxwell Equations Applications to Coils and Circuits Electromagnetic Waves Moving Charges in Vacuum The Laws of Reflection and Refraction Metals Propagation of Radio Waves in the Ionosphere Wave Guides and Resonators Propagation of Waves in Media Causality and Dispersion Relations Covariant Formulation of Electrodynamics The Lagrange Formalism for the Electromagnetic Field The Guage Covariant Schrodinger Equation and Aharonov-Bohm Effect Quantisation of the Electromagnetic Field and the Casimir Effect Duality and Magnetic Monopoles
