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Preface | |
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Introduction | |
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The Physical Basis of Maxwell's Equations | |
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Maxwell's Equations in Matter | |
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The Mathematical Structure of Electrodynamics | |
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Electrostatic Phenomena | |
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Magnetostatic Phenomena | |
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Wave Phenomena | |
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The General Case | |
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The Mathematical Apparatus | |
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Time-Independent Fields | |
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Electrostatics | |
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Method 1: Guesses and Symmetries | |
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Method 2: The Green Function | |
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Expansions with Orthonormal Functions | |
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Magnetostatics | |
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Method 1: The Magnetic Scalar Potential | |
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Method 2: The Magnetic Vector Potential | |
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Method 3: Hard Ferromagnets | |
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General Properties of Maxwell's Equations | |
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Time-Varying Fields | |
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The Time-Dependent Green Function | |
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Conservation Laws | |
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Field Energy Density and Poynting's Theorem | |
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Conservation of Linear Momentum | |
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The Maxwell Stress Tensor | |
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Conservation of Angular Momentum | |
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Electromagnetic Waves and Radiation | |
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Electromagnetic Waves | |
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Polarization and Stokes Parameters | |
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Reflection and Refraction | |
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Time Harmonic Fields in Matter | |
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Wave Guides | |
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Radiation | |
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Point Currents and Lienard-Wiechert Potentials | |
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The Radiation Fields | |
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Simple Radiating Systems | |
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A Need For The Special Theory of Relativity | |
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Basic Principles and Transformations | |
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Mathematical Structure of Four-Dimensional Spacetime | |
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Lorentz Transformation Properties of Physical Quantities | |
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Lorentz Transformation of Macroscopic Electrodynamics | |
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Stress-Energy Momentum Tensor and Conservation Laws | |
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The Lagrangian Formulation Of Electrodynamics | |
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Action Principles in Classical Field Theories | |
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Relativistic Lagrangians of Point-Charge Motions | |
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The Field Lagrangian | |
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Invariances and Conservation Laws (Noether's Theorem) | |
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Relativistic Treatment Of Radiation | |
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The Green Function in Four-Dimensional Spacetime | |
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Lienard-Wiechert Potentials and Fields for a Point Charge | |
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Angular Distribution of the Emitted Radiation | |
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Bremsstrahlung Radiation | |
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Radiative Motions of a Point Charge | |
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Radiation Damping and the Relativistic Lorentz-Dirac Equation | |
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Special Topics | |
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Time-Independent Multipole Fields | |
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Multipole Expansion of Time-Dependent Fields | |
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Collisions between Charged Particles | |
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Magnetohydrodynamics | |
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Alfven Waves and Particle Acceleration | |
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Synchrotron Emission | |
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Echoes of the Big Bang | |
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Cosmic Superluminal Sources | |
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Polarized Radiation from the Black Hole at the Galactic Center | |
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References | |
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Index | |