Electromagnetic Processes in Dispersive Media

by D. B. Melrose, R. C. McPhedran

Overview

This text presents a systematic discussion of electromagnetic waves and radiation processes in a wide variety of media. The treatment, taken from the field of plasma physics, is based on the dielectric tensor; the authors unify approaches used in plasma physics and astrophysics on the one hand and in optics on the other. Necessary mathematical tools, such as tensor algebra, Fourier transforms, and distributions, are included in Part One. Parts Two, Three, and Four cover the properties of media, the properties of waves in various media, and the general theory of emission processes, such as multipole emission, bremsstrahlung, and cyclotron emission. Part Five is at a more advanced level and covers specific emission processes in greater detail.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521410250
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/12/1991
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.98(d)

Table of Contents

Part I. Electromagnetic Fields in Vacuo: 1. Electromagnetic fields; 2. Cartesian tensors; 3. The stress tensor and multipole moments; 4. Fourier transforms; 5. Greens functions; Part II. The Electromagnetic Responses of Media: 6. The response of a medium; 7. General properties of response tensors; 8. Analytic properties of response functions; 9. Response tensors for some idealized media; 10. Response tensors for plasmas; Part III. Wave Properties: 11. Dispersion relations and polarization vectors; 12. Waves in dielectrics and anisotropic crystals; 13. Waves in plasmas; 14. The polarization of transverse waves; 15. Energetics and damping of waves; Part IV. Theory of Emission Processes: 16. The emission formula; 17. Emission by multipoles; 18. The Larmor formula; 19. Alternative treatment of emission processes; Part V. Specific Emission Processes: 20. Cerenkov emission; 21. Bremsstrahlung; 22. Formal theory of gyromagnetic emission; 23. Gyroemission by mildly relativistic electrons; 24. Synchrotron emission; 25. Scattering of waves by particles; 26. Nonlinear emission processes; Bibliographic notes; Glossary of symbols; Index.

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