Description
High-Field Electrodynamics
Pure and Applied Physics Series
Author: Hartemann Frederic V.
Language: EnglishSubjects for High-Field Electrodynamics:
Keywords
Lorentz Force Equation; gauge; Lorentz Gauge Condition; condition; Electromagnetic Field Tensor; maxwell's; Lorentz Transform; equations; Electron Bunch; vector; Plane Wave; potential; Dispersion Relation; dispersion; Lagrangian Density; relation; Laser Pulse; wave; Maxwell Stress Tensor; equation; Rest Energy; Normalized Vector Potential; Dirac Equation; Mass Shell Condition; Coherent Synchrotron Radiation; Field Tensor; Gauge Condition; Electromagnetic Field Distribution; Minkowski Formalism; Energy Conservation; Dp Dt; Drive Laser Pulse; Gauge Invariance; Beam Wave Interaction; D Dt
688 p. · 15.6x23.4 cm · Hardback
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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 detailed introduction to high-field electrodynamics, from its fundamentals to some of its important modern applications. The author describes a broad collection of theoretical techniques, and where possible, approaches derivations by at least two different routes to yield deeper physical insight and a wider range of mathematical and physical techniques. He also discusses some of the outstanding ramifications of electrodynamics in areas ranging from quantum optics, squeezed states, and the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox to rotating black holes, non-Abelian gauge field theories, and the Bohm-Aharanov effect.
High-Field Electrodynamics gives a comprehensive description of the theoretical tools needed to approach this novel discipline. It highlights important modern applications and serves as a starting point for more advanced and specialized research at the frontiers of modern physics.