PHYS 541B Classical Electrodynamics II
PHYS 541. CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS II (Credit, 3 hours). Relativistic electrodynamics; review of the special theory of relativity and applications to Maxwell¿s equations; relativistic Lagrangian and Hamiltonian for a charged particle; collisions of charged particles; emissions of radiation, the Cherenkov radiation; relativistic Bremstrahlung, radiative Beta processes; multipole fields, radiation emission, scattering and radiation damping processes; numerical representations of solutions to selected problems. (Prerequisite: PHYS 540)
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