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Fundamentals of Radiative Transfer | |
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The Electromagnetic Spectrum; Elementary Properties of Radiation | |
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Radiative Flux | |
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The Specific Intensity and Its Moments | |
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Radiative Transfer | |
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Thermal Radiation | |
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The Einstein Coefficients | |
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Scattering Effects; Random Walks | |
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Radiative Diffusion | |
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Basic Theory of Radiation Fields | |
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Review of Maxwell's Equations | |
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Plane Electromagnetic Waves | |
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The Radiation Spectrum | |
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Polarization and Stokes Parameters 62 | |
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Electromagnetic Potentials | |
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Applicability of Transfer Theory and the Geometrical Optics Limit | |
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Radiation from Moving Charges | |
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Retarded Potentials of Single Moving Charges: The LiTnard-Wiechart Potentials | |
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The Velocity and Radiation Fields | |
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Radiation from Nonrelativistic Systems of Particles | |
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Thomson Scattering (Electron Scattering) | |
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Radiation Reaction | |
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Radiation from Harmonically Bound Particles | |
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Relativistic Covariance and Kinematics | |
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Review of Lorentz Transformations | |
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Four-Vectors | |
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Tensor Analysis | |
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Covariance of Electromagnetic Phenomena | |
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A Physical Understanding of Field Transformations 129 | |
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Fields of a Uniformly Moving Charge | |
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Relativistic Mechanics and the Lorentz Four-Force | |
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Emission from Relativistic Particles | |
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Invariant Phase Volumes and Specific Intensity | |
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Bremsstrahlung | |
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Emission from Single-Speed Electrons | |
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Thermal Bremsstrahlung Emission | |
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Thermal Bremsstrahlung (Free-Free) Absorption | |
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Relativistic Bremsstrahlung | |
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Synchrotron Radiation | |
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Total Emitted Power | |
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Spectrum of Synchrotron Radiation: A Qualitative Discussion | |
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Spectral Index for Power-Law Electron Distribution | |
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Spectrum and Polarization of Synchrotron Radiation: A Detailed Discussion | |
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Polarization of Synchrotron Radiation | |
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Transition from Cyclotron to Synchrotron Emission | |
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Distinction between Received and Emitted Power | |
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Synchrotron Self-Absorption | |
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The Impossibility of a Synchrotron Maser in Vacuum | |
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Compton Scattering | |
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Cross Section and Energy Transfer for the Fundamental Process | |
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Inverse Compton Power for Single Scattering | |
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Inverse Compton Spectra for Single Scattering | |
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Energy Transfer for Repeated Scatterings in a Finite, Thermal Medium: The Compton Y Parameter | |
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Inverse Compton Spectra and Power for Repeated Scatterings by Relativistic Electrons of Small Optical Depth | |
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Repeated Scatterings by Nonrelativistic Electrons: The Kompaneets Equation | |
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Spectral Regimes for Repeated Scattering by Nonrelativistic Electrons | |
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Plasma Effects | |
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Dispersion in Cold, Isotropic Plasma | |
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Propagation Along a Magnetic Field; Faraday Rotation | |
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Plasma Effects in High-Energy Emission Processes | |
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Atomic Structure | |
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A Review of the Schr�dinger Equation | |
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One Electron in a Central Field | |
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Many-Electron Systems | |
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Perturbations, Level Splittings, and Term Diagrams | |
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Thermal Distribution of Energy Levels and Ionization | |
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Radiative Transitions | |
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Semi-Classical Theory of Radiative Transitions | |
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The Dipole Approximation | |
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Einstein Coeffic | |