Electromagnetism

Maxwell Equations, Wave Propagation and Emission

• Prologue
• Electrostatics in Vacuum
• Conductors and Currents
• Dielectrics
• Special Techniques and Approximation Methods
• Magnetic Field in Vacuum
• Magnetism in Matter
• Induction
• Maxwell’s Equations
  • Fundamental laws of electromagnetism
    • eqn(9.1) to eqn(9.10)
  • Maxwell’s equations
    • eqn(9.11) to eqn(9.28)
    • A) Maxwell’s equations in any medium
      • eqn(9.11) to eqn(9.19)
    • B) Maxwell’s equations in a homogeneous, isotropic, and linear medium
      • eqn(9.20) to eqn(9.28)
    • C) Equation of propagation of the fields
      • eqn(9.29) to eqn(9.33)
    • Electromagnetic potentials and gauge transformation
      • eqn(9.34) to eqn(9.42)
  • Electromagnetic potentials and gauge transformation
  • Quasi-permanent approximation
  • Discontinuities on the interface of two mediums
  • Electromagnetic energy and Poynting vector
  • Electromagnetic pressure, Maxwell’s tensor
  • Problems
• Electromagnetic Waves
• Reflection, Interference, Diffraction and Diffusion
• Guided Waves
• Special Relativity and Electrodynamics
• Motion of Charged Particles in an Electromagnetic Field
• Emission of Radiation
• Appendix A. Mathematical Review
• Appendix B. Units in Physics
• Appendix C. Some Physical Constants