Modified Maxwell equations in quantum electrodynamics /
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| Author / Creator: | Harmuth, Henning F. |
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| Imprint: | Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, c2001. |
| Description: | xii, 299 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | World Scientific series in contemporary chemical physics ; v. 19 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4606652 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Maxwell's Equations
- 1.2. Step Function Excitation of Planar TEM Wave
- 1.3. Solutions for the Electric Field Strength
- 1.4. Associated Magnetic Field Strength
- 1.5. Field Strengths with Continuous Time Variation
- 1.6. Modified Maxwell Equations in Potential Form
- 2. Monopole, Dipole, and Multipole Currents
- 2.1. Electric Monopoles and Dipoles With Constant Mass
- 2.2. Magnetic Monopoles and Dipoles With Constant Mass
- 2.3. Monopoles and Dipoles With Relativistic Variable Mass
- 2.4. Covariance of the Modified Maxwell Equations
- 2.5. Energy and Momentum With Dipole Current Correction
- 3. Hamiltonian Formalism
- 3.1. Undefined Potentials and Divergent Integrals
- 3.2. Charged Particle in an Electromagnetic Field
- 3.3. Variability of the Mass of a Charged Particle
- 3.4. Steady State Solutions of the Modified Maxwell Equations
- 3.5. Steady State Quantization of the Modified Radiation Field
- 4. Quantization of the Pure Radiation Field
- 4.1. Radiation Field in Extended Lorentz Gauge
- 4.2. Simplification of A[subscript ev]([zeta],[theta]) and A[subscript mv]([zeta], [theta])
- 4.3. Hamilton Function for Planar Wave
- 4.4. Quantization of a Planar Wave
- 4.5. Exponential Ramp Function Excitation
- 4.6. Excitation With Rectangular Pulse
- 5. Klein-Gordon Equation and Vacuum Constants
- 5.1. Modified Klein-Gordon Equation
- 5.2. Planar Wave Solution
- 5.3. Hamilton Function for the Planar Klein-Gordon Wave
- 5.4. Quantization of the Planar Klein-Gordon Wave
- 5.5. Dipole Current Conductivities in Vacuum
- 6. Appendix
- 6.1. Electric Field Strength Due to Electric Step Function
- 6.2. Magnetic Field Strength Due to Electric Step Function
- 6.3. Excitation by a Magnetic Step Function
- 6.4. Electric Field Strength Due to Electric Ramp Function
- 6.5. Magnetic Field Strength Due to Electric Ramp Function
- 6.6. Component A[subscript mx] of the Vector Potential
- 6.7. Component A[subscript ex] of the Vector potential
- 6.8. Choice of [rho[subscript 2]] << 1 in Eq. (4.1-85)
- 6.9. Excitation of a Spherical Wave
- 6.10. Better Approximations of Dipole Currents
- 6.11. Evaluation of Eq.(5.3-4)
- 6.12. Calculations for Sections 4.2 and 4.3.
