Classical Electrodynamics

Observers and Splitting Structures in Relativistic Electrodynamics

This PDF covers the following topics related to Observers and Splitting Structures in Relativistic Electrodynamics : Introduction, Pre-Metric Setting, Fiber bundles: world-lines in space-time,, Principal bundles: introducing time-translation, The fundamental field map: populating the principal bundle, Ehresmann connection: families of space platforms, Parametric fields: mapping fields to the observer’s space, Derivatives in the base manifold: Christoffel form, curvature, and variance, The relativistic splitting structure, Equivalent splitting structures: transitions between fiber charts, Electromagnetism in the pre-metric setting, Main concepts in their component representation, Metric Setting, Regular relativistic splittings, Vacuum constitutive relations and energy-momentum balance, Metric in nonregular splittings, Kinematic parameters of observers, Classification of observers and of splitting structures, Proxies for Lie-(co)algebra valued fields, Applications, Ehrenfest paradox, Schiff’s “Question in General Relativity”.

Author(s): Bernhard Auchmann, Stefan Kurz

93 Pages

Electrodynamics byDaniel F. Styer

This PDF covers the following topics related to Electrodynamics : Electrostatics and Magnetostatics, Vector Calculus, Conservation of Charge and the Maxwell Equations, Energy and Momentum, Electromagnetic Waves, Potentials and Gauges, Resultant Potentials and Fields, Relativistic Electrodynamics, Atmospheric Optics, Pictorializing divergence and curl.

Author(s): Daniel F. Styer

105 Pages

Classical Electrodynamics by UOA

This PDF course introduces the classical theory of electrodynamics describing the interactions of charged particles among themselves and with electromagnetic fields and covers the following topics related to Classical Electrodynamics : Historical remarks and motivation, Electrostatics, Boundary value problems in electrostatics, Magnetostatics, Time varying fields and Maxwell’s equations, Radiation.

Author(s): Professor Konstadinos Sfetsos, Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

82 Pages

Electrodynamics by Natalie Holzwarth

This note covers the following topics: Electrostatic energy calculations, Poisson equation and Green's theorm, Green's functions for cartesian coordinates, Method of images, Cylindrical and spherical geometries, Multipole analysis of charge distributions, Dipoles and dielectrics, Magnetostatics, Maxwells equations, Electromagnetic energy and force, Dynamic dielectric media and their effects, Radiation from moving charges and Special Theory of Relativity.

Author(s): Natalie Holzwarth

NA Pages

Maxwells Theory of Electrodynamics

This note explains the following topics: Introduction to the Theory of Distributions, Differentiation of Distributions, Integration of Distributions, The Laplace Operator and Green’s Function, Electrostatics, Boundary value problems of electrostatics, Magnetism, Electromagnetic Waves and Harmonic plane waves.

Author(s): Yaroslav Kurylev

100 Pages

Advanced Electrodynamics

This book covers the following topics: Vector Calculus and Field Theories, Maxwell’s Equations and the Lorentz Force, Scalar and Vector Potentials, Solving Maxwell’s Equations: Electromagnetic Waves, Energy and Momentum of Electromagnetic Fields, Radiation Sources and Antennas, Electrodynamics in Macroscopic Media, Surfaces, Wave Guides and Cavities and Relativistic formulation of electrodynamics.

Author(s): Pieter Kok

86 Pages

Classical Electrodynamics Part II

This set of lecture notes is designed to be used to teach graduate students in classical electrodynamics. It covers the following topics in detail: Mathematical Physics, Non Relativistic Electrodynamics and Relativistic Electrodynamics.

Author(s): Robert G. Brown

357 Pages

Lecture Notes on Electrodynamics

The course note is a one semester advanced note on Electrodynamics at the M.Sc. Level. It will start by revising the behaviour of electric and magnetic fields, in vacuum as well as matter, and casting it in the language of scalar and vector potentials.

Author(s): Prof. Amol Dighe

NA Pages