Classical Electromagnetism in a Nutshell
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Classical Electromagnetism in a Nutshell

  1. 712 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Classical Electromagnetism in a Nutshell

About this book

A comprehensive, modern introduction to electromagnetism

This graduate-level physics textbook provides a comprehensive treatment of the basic principles and phenomena of classical electromagnetism. While many electromagnetism texts use the subject to teach mathematical methods of physics, here the emphasis is on the physical ideas themselves. Anupam Garg distinguishes between electromagnetism in vacuum and that in material media, stressing that the core physical questions are different for each. In vacuum, the focus is on the fundamental content of electromagnetic laws, symmetries, conservation laws, and the implications for phenomena such as radiation and light. In material media, the focus is on understanding the response of the media to imposed fields, the attendant constitutive relations, and the phenomena encountered in different types of media such as dielectrics, ferromagnets, and conductors. The text includes applications to many topical subjects, such as magnetic levitation, plasmas, laser beams, and synchrotrons.

Classical Electromagnetism in a Nutshell is ideal for a yearlong graduate course and features more than 300 problems, with solutions to many of the advanced ones. Key formulas are given in both SI and Gaussian units; the book includes a discussion of how to convert between them, making it accessible to adherents of both systems.


  • Offers a complete treatment of classical electromagnetism

  • Emphasizes physical ideas

  • Separates the treatment of electromagnetism in vacuum and material media

  • Presents key formulas in both SI and Gaussian units

  • Covers applications to other areas of physics

  • Includes more than 300 problems


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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. List of symbols
  9. Suggestions for using this book
  10. 1 Introduction
  11. 2 Review of mathematical concepts
  12. 3 Electrostatics in vacuum
  13. 4 Magnetostatics in vacuum
  14. 5 Induced electromagnetic fields
  15. 6 Symmetries and conservation laws
  16. 7 Electromagnetic waves
  17. 8 Interference phenomena
  18. 9 The electromagnetic field of moving charges
  19. 10 Radiation from localized sources
  20. 11 Motion of charges and moments in external fields
  21. 12 Action formulation of electromagnetism
  22. 13 Electromagnetic fields in material media
  23. 14 Electrostatics around conductors
  24. 15 Electrostatics of dielectrics
  25. 16 Magnetostatics in matter
  26. 17 Ohm’s law, emf, and electrical circuits
  27. 18 Frequency-dependent response of materials
  28. 19 Quasistatic phenomena in conductors
  29. 20 Electromagnetic waves in insulators
  30. 21 Electromagnetic waves in and near conductors
  31. 22 Scattering of electromagnetic radiation
  32. 23 Formalism of special relativity
  33. 24 Special relativity and electromagnetism
  34. 25 Radiation from relativistic sources
  35. Appendix A: Spherical harmonics
  36. Appendix B: Bessel functions
  37. Appendix C: Time averages of bilinear quantities in electrodynamics
  38. Appendix D: Caustics
  39. Appendix E: Airy functions
  40. Appendix F: Power spectrum of a random function
  41. Appendix G: Motion in the earth’s magnetic field—the Stormer problem
  42. Appendix H: Alternative proof of Maxwell’s receding image construction
  43. Bibliography
  44. Index