Modified Maxwell equations in quantum electrodynamics
By: Henning F. Harmuth, Terence W. Barrett, Beate Meffert.
Contributors: Barrett, T. W. 1939-; Meffert, Beate.
Series: World Scientific series in contemporary chemical physics ;; v. 19
Publisher: World Scientific; World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Maxwell equations.; Quantum electrodynamics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-295) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PREFACE VII; title: LIST OF FREQUENTLY USED SYMBOLS XI; title: 1 Introduction; title: 1.1 Maxwell's Equations 1; title: 1.2 Step Function Excitation of Planar TEM Wave 6; title: 1.3 Solutions for the Electric Field Strength 9; title: 1.4 Associated Magnetic Field Strength 13; title: 1.5 Field Strengths with Continuous Time Variation 20; title: 1.6 Modified Maxwell Equations in Potential Form 22; title: 2 Monopole, Dipole, and Multipole Currents; title: 2.1 Electric Monopoles and Dipoles With Constant Mass 27; title: 2.2 Magnetic Monopoles and Dipoles With Constant Mass 37; title: 2.3 Monopoles and Dipoles With Relativistic Variable Mass 44; title: 2.4 Covariance of the Modified Maxwell Equations 53; title: 2.5 Energy and Momentum With Dipole Current Correction 61; title: 3 Hamiltonian Formalism; title: 3.1 Undefined Potentials and Divergent Integrals 68; title: 3.2 Charged Particle in an Electromagnetic Field 78; title: 3.3 Variability of the Mass of a Charged Particle 88; title: 3.4 Steady State Solutions of the Modified Maxwell Equations 98; title: 3.5 Steady State Quantization of the Modified Radiation Field 108; title: 4 Quantization of the Pure Radiation Field; title: 4.1 Radiation Field in Extended Lorentz Gauge 113; title: 4.2 Simplification of Aev((,0) and Amv((, 9) 135; title: 4.3 Hamilton Function for Planar Wave 140; title: 4.4 Quantization of a Planar Wave 147; title: 4.5 Exponential Ramp Function Excitation 150; title: 4.6 Excitation With Rectangular Pulse 158; title: 5 Klein-Gordon Equation and Vacuum Constants; title: 5.1 Modified Klein-Gordon Equation 160; title: 5.2 Planar Wave Solution 168; title: 5.3 Hamilton Function for the Planar Klein-Gordon Wave 179; title: 5.4 Quantization of the Planar Klein-Gordon Wave 184; title: 5.5 Dipole Current Conductivities in Vacuum 187; title: 6 Appendix; title: 6.1 Electric Field Strength Due to Electric Step Function 192; title: 6.2 Magnetic Field Strength Due to Electric Step Function 199; title: 6.3 Excitation by a Magnetic Step Function 210; title: 6.4 Electric Field Strength Due to Electric Ramp Function 216; title: 6.5 Magnetic Field Strength Due to Electric Ramp Function 220; title: 6.6 Component Amz of the Vector Potential 224; title: 6.7 Component Ae of the Vector potential 231; title: 6.8 Choice of p2 1 in Eq.(4.1-85) 238; title: 6.9 Excitation of a Spherical Wave 240; title: 6.10 Better Approximations of Dipole Currents 245; title: 6.11 Evaluation of Eq.(5.3-4) 259; title: 6.12 Calculations for Sections 4.2 and 4.3 271; title: REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 291; title: INDEX 297.