High-Field Electrodynamics
Published on 27. December 2001
688 pages
978-1-4200-3855-2 (ISBN)
Description
Tremendous technological developments and rapid progress in theory have opened a new area of modern physics called high-field electrodynamics: the systematic study of the interaction of relativistic electrons or positrons with ultrahigh-intensity, coherent electromagnetic radiation.
This advanced undergraduate/graduate-level text provides a
This advanced undergraduate/graduate-level text provides a
Reviews / Votes
"This book is a complete guide to the understanding of how current photonics instrumentation works...Undoubtedly useful for biomedical engineers and physicians who need to have an essential reference that encompasses all areas of photonics."- Valentin Grimblatov, Ph.D., Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, in IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1997
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Advanced students and researchers focusing on lasers, electromagnetics, electrodynamics, relativity, gauge theories, and nonlinear physics
Illustrations
65 s/w Abbildungen
65 b/w images
File size
9,67 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4200-3855-2 (9781420038552)
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Frederic V. Hartemann
High-Field Electrodynamics
Book
12/2001
1st Edition
CRC Press
€315.80
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Content
INTRODUCTION:. Lorentz Transform and 4-Vectors. Covariant Electrodynamics. Gauge Condition and Transform. ELECTROMAGNETICS: Green and Delta Functions, Eigenmode Theory of Waveguides. Plane Waves and Photons. Relativistic Transform of the Refractive Index: Cerenkov Radiation. Three-Dimensional Waves in Vacuum, Ponderomotive Scattering. RELATIVISTIC ELECTRONS AND RADIATION: Coherent Synchrotron Radiation, Relativistic Fluid Theory. Compton Scattering, Coherences, and Radiation Reaction. Bibliography. Index.
