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The Classical Theory of Fields

by: Landau; Lifshitz

The Classical Theory of Fields

by: Landau; Lifshitz

ISBN 13:
9780750627689
ISBN 10:
0750627689
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/1980
Publisher: Elsevier Science

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Summary

The fourth edition contains seven new sections with chapters on General Relativity, Gravitational Waves and Relativistic Cosmology. The text has been thoroughly revised and additional problems inserted. the Complete course of Theoretical Physics by Landau and Lifshitz, recognized as two of the world's outstanding physicists, is published in full by Butterworth-Heinemann. It comprises nine volumes, covering all branches of the subject; translations from the Russian are by leading scientists.

Excerpts from the Prefaces to the First and Second Editions

Preface to the Fourth English Edition

Editor's Preface to the Seventh Russian Edition

Notation

xiii

The Principle of Relativity

(23)

Velocity of propagation of interaction

(2)

Intervals

(4)

Proper time

(2)

The Lorentz transformation

(3)

Transformation of velocities

(2)

Four-vectors

(8)

Four-dimensional velocity

(2)

Relativistic Mechanics

(19)

The principle of least action

(1)

Energy and momentum

(4)

Transformation of distribution functions

(2)

Decay of particles

(3)

Invariant cross-section

(2)

Elastic collisions of particles

(4)

Angular momentum

(3)

Charges in Electromagnetic Fields

(23)

Elementary particles in the theory of relativity

(1)

Four-potential of a field

(2)

Equations of motion of a charge in a field

(3)

Gauge invariance

(1)

Constant electromagnetic field

(2)

Motion in a constant uniform electric field

(1)

Motion in a constant uniform magnetic field

(2)

Motion of a charge in constant uniform electric and magnetic fields

(5)

The electromagnetic field tensor

(2)

Lorentz transformation of the field

(1)

Invariants of the field

(3)

The Electromagnetic Field Equations

(23)

The first pair of Maxwell's equations

(1)

The action function of the electromagnetic field

(2)

The four-dimensional current vector

(2)

The equation of continuity

(2)

The second pair of Maxwell equations

(2)

Energy density and energy flux

(2)

The energy-momentum tensor

(3)

Energy-momentum tensor of the electromagnetic field

(4)

The virial theorem

(2)

The energy-momentum tensor for macroscopic bodies

(3)

Constant Electromagnetic Fields

(20)

Coulomb's law

(1)

Electrostatic energy of charges

(2)

The field of a uniformly moving charge

(2)

Motion in the Coulomb field

(3)

The dipole moment

(1)

Multipole moments

(3)

System of charges in an external field

101

(1)

Constant magnetic field

102

(2)

Magnetic moments

104

(2)

Larmor's theorem

106

(3)

Electromagnetic Waves

109

(21)

The wave equation

109

(2)

Plane waves

111

(4)

Monochromatic plane waves

115

(4)

Spectral resolution

119

(1)

Partially polarized light

120

(5)

The Fourier resolution of the electrostatic field

125

(1)

Characteristic vibrations of the field

126

(4)

The Propagation of Light

130

(29)

Geometrical optics

130

(3)

Intensity

133

(2)

The angular eikonal

135

(2)

Narrow bundles of rays

137

(5)

Image formation with broad bundles of rays

142

(2)

The limits of geometrical optics

144

(2)

Diffraction

146

(5)

Fresnel diffraction

151

(3)

Fraunhofer diffraction

154

(5)

The Field of Moving Charges

159

(12)

The retarded potentials

159

(2)

The Lienard-Wiechert potentials

161

(3)

Spectral resolution of the retarded potentials

164

(2)

The Lagrangian to terms of second order

166

(5)

Radiation of Electromagnetic Waves

171

(55)

The field of a system of charges at large distances

171

(3)

Dipole radiation

174

(4)

Dipole radiation during collisions

178

(2)

Radiation of low frequency in collisions

180

(2)

Radiation in the case of Coulomb interaction

182

(7)

Quadrupole and magnetic dipole radiation

189

(2)

The field of the radiation at near distances

191

(4)

Radiation from a rapidly moving charge

195

(4)

Synchrotron radiation (magnetic bremsstrahlung)

199

(6)

Radiation damping

205

(5)

Radiation damping in the relativistic case

210

(3)

Spectral resolution of the radiation in the ultrarelativistic case

213

(4)

Scattering by free charges

217

(4)

Scattering of low-frequency waves

221

(2)

Scattering of high-frequency waves

223

(3)

Particle in a Gravitational Field

226

(33)

Gravitational fields in nonrelativistic mechanics

226

(1)

The gravitational field in relativistic mechanics

227

(3)

Curvilinear coordinates

230

(4)

Distances and time intervals

234

(3)

Covariant differentiation

237

(5)

The relation of the Christoffel symbols to the metric tensor

242

(2)

Motion of a particle in a gravitational field

244

(4)

The constant gravitational field

248

(6)

Rotation

254

(1)

The equations of electrodynamics in the presence of a gravitational field

255

(4)

The Gravitational Field Equations

259

(36)

The curvature tensor

259

(3)

Properties of the curvature tensor

262

(6)

The action function for the gravitational field

268

(2)

The energy-momentum tensor

270

(4)

The Einstein equations

274

(6)

The energy-momentum pseudotensor of the gravitational field

280

(6)

The synchronous reference system

286

(5)

The tetrad representation of the Einstein equations

291

(4)

The Field of Gravitating Bodies

295

(50)

Newton's law

295

(4)

The centrally symmetric gravitational field

299

(7)

Motion in a centrally symmetric gravitational field

306

(3)

Gravitational collapse of a spherical body

309

(7)

Gravitational collapse of a dustlike sphere

316

(5)

Gravitational collapse of nonspherical and rotating bodies

321

(9)

Gravitational fields at large distances from bodies

330

(7)

The equations of motion of a system of bodies in the second approximation

337

(8)

Gravitational Waves

345

(13)

Weak gravitational waves

345

(2)

Gravitational waves in curved space-time

347

(3)

Strong gravitational waves

350

(2)

Radiation of gravitational waves

352

(6)

Relativistic Cosmology

358

(41)

Isotropic space

358

(4)

The closed isotropic model

362

(4)

The open isotropic model

366

(3)

The red shift

369

(7)

Gravitational stability of an isotropic universe

376

(5)

Homogeneous spaces

381

(6)

The flat anisotropic model

387

(3)

Oscillating regime of approach to a singular point

390

(4)

The time singularity in the general cosmological solution of the Einstein equations

394

(5)

Index

399

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The Classical Theory of Fields

The Classical Theory of Fields

9780750627689

0750627689

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