Classical Charged Particles
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Classical Charged Particles

  1. 324 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Classical Charged Particles

About this book

Originally written in 1964, this famous text is a study of the classical theory of charged particles. Many applications treat electrons as point particles. At the same time, there is a widespread belief that the theory of point particles is beset with various difficulties such as an infinite electrostatic self-energy, a rather doubtful equation of motion which admits physically meaningless solutions, violation of causality and others. The classical theory of charged particles has been largely ignored and has been left in an incomplete state since the discovery of quantum mechanics. Despite the great efforts of men such as Lorentz, Abraham, Poincaré, and Dirac, it is usually regarded as a “lost cause”. But thanks to progress made just a few years ago, the author is able to resolve the various problems and to complete this unfinished theory successfully.

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Yes, you can access Classical Charged Particles by Fritz Rohrlich in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Mathematical & Computational Physics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
WSPC
Year
2007
eBook ISBN
9789813106789
Edition
3
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Mathematical & Computational Physics

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface to the Third Edition
  3. 1 Philosophy and Logic of Physical Theory
  4. 2 A Short History of the Classical Theory of Charged Particles
  5. 3 Foundations of Classical Mechanics
  6. 4 The Maxwell-Lorentz Field
  7. 5 Electromagnetic Radiation
  8. 6 The Charged Particle
  9. 7 Generalizations
  10. 8 The Relations of the Classical Lorentz-Invariant Charged-ParticleTheory to Other Levels of Theory
  11. 9 The Theory's Structure and Place in Physics
  12. Supplement
  13. Appendices
  14. Indices
  15. Author index
  16. Subject index