ELECTRODYNAMICS OF CONTINUOUS MEDIA ,9780750626347

ELECTRODYNAMICS OF CONTINUOUS MEDIA

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780750626347
ISBN10: 0750626348
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1984-01-01
Publisher(s): Elsevier Science
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Summary

Covers the theory of electromagnetic fields in matter, and the theory of macroscopic electric and magnetic properties of matter. There is a considerable amount of new material particularly on the theory of the magnetic properties of matter and the theory of optical phenomena with new chapters on spatial dispersion and non-linear optics.

Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition ix
Preface to the first English edition xi
Notation xii
I. ELECTROSTATICS OF CONDUCTORS
The electrostatic field of conductors
1(2)
The energy of the electrostatic field of conductors
3(5)
Methods of solving problems in electrostatics
8(11)
A conducting ellipsoid
19(10)
The forces on a conductor
29(5)
II. ELECTROSTATICS OF DIELECTRICS
The electric field in dielectrics
34(1)
The permittivity
35(4)
A dielectric ellipsoid
39(3)
The permittivity of a mixture
42(2)
Thermodynamic relations for dielectrics in an electric field
44(4)
The total free energy of a dielectric
48(3)
Electrostriction of isotropic dielectrics
51(3)
Dielectric properties of crystals
54(4)
The sign of the dielectric susceptibility
58(1)
Electric forces in a fluid dielectric
59(5)
Electric forces in solids
64(3)
Piezoelectrics
67(7)
Thermodynamic inequalities
74(3)
Ferroelectrics
77(6)
Improper ferroelectrics
83(3)
III. STEADY CURRENT
The current density and the conductivity
86(4)
The Hall effect
90(2)
The contact potential
92(2)
The galvanic cell
94(2)
Electrocapillarity
96(1)
Thermoelectric phenomena
97(4)
Thermogalvanomagnetic phenomena
101(1)
Diffusion phenomena
102(3)
IV. STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD
Static magnetic field
105(2)
The Magnetic field of a steady current
107(6)
Thermodynamic relations in a magnetic field
113(3)
The total free energy of a magnetic substance
116(2)
The energy of a system of currents
118(3)
The self-inductance of linear conductors
121(5)
Forces in a magnetic field
126(3)
Gyromagnetic Phenomena
129(1)
V. FERROMAGNETISM AND ANTIFERROMAGNETISM
Magnetic symmetry of crystals
130(2)
Magnetic classes and space groups
132(3)
Ferromagnets near the Curie point
135(3)
The magnetic anisotropy energy
138(3)
The magnetization curve of ferromagnets
141(3)
Magnetostriction of ferromagnets
144(3)
Surface tension of a domain wall
147(6)
The domain Structure of ferromagnets
153(4)
Single-domain particles
157(2)
Orientational transitions
159(3)
Fluctuations in ferromagnets
162(4)
Antiferromagnets near the Curie point
166(4)
The bicritical point for an antiferromagnet
170(2)
Weak ferromagnetism
172(4)
Piezomagnetism and the magnetoelectric effect
176(2)
Helicoidal magnetic structures
178(2)
VI. SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
The magnetic properties of superconductors
180(2)
The superconductivity current
182(3)
The critical field
185(4)
The intermediate state
189(5)
Structure of the intermediate state
194(5)
VII. QUASI-STATIC ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD
Equations of the quasi-static field
199(2)
Depth of penetration of a magnetic field into a conductor
201(7)
The skin effect
208(2)
The complex resistance
210(4)
Capacitance in a quasi-steady current circuit
214(3)
Motion of a conductor in a magnetic field
217(5)
Excitation of currents by acceleration
222(3)
VIII. MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
The equations of motion for a fluid in a magnetic field
225(3)
Dissipative processes in magnetohydrodynamics
228(2)
Magnetoydrodynamic flow between parallel planes
230(2)
Equilibrium configurations
232(3)
Hydromagnetic waves
235(5)
Conditions at discontinuities
240(1)
Tangential and rotational discontinuities
240(5)
Shock waves
245(1)
Evolutionary shock waves
245(8)
The turbulent dynamo
253(4)
IX. THE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EQUATIONS
The field equations in a dielectric in the absence of dispersion
257(3)
The electrodynamics of moving dielectrics
260(4)
The dispersion of the permittivity
264(3)
The permittivity at very high frequencies
267(1)
The dispersion of the magnetic permeability
268(4)
The field energy in dispersive media
272(4)
The stress tensor in dispersive media
276(3)
The analytical properties of ε(ω)
279(4)
A plane monochromatic wave
283(3)
Transparent media
286(4)
X. THE PROPAGATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
Geometrical optics
290(3)
Reflection and refraction of electromagnetic waves
293(7)
The surface impedance of metals
300(4)
The propagation of waves in an inhomogeneous medium
304(4)
The reciprocity principle
308(2)
Electromagnetic oscillations in hollow resonators
310(3)
The propagation of electromagnetic waves in waveguides
313(6)
The scattering of electromagnetic waves by small particles
319(3)
The absorption of electromagnetic waves by small particles
322(1)
Diffraction by a wedge
323(4)
Diffraction by a plane screen
327(4)
XI. ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES IN ANISOTROPIC MEDIA
The permittivity of crystals
331(8)
A plane wave in an anisotropic medium
339(1)
Optical properties of uniaxial crystals
339(2)
Biaxial crystals
341(6)
Double refraction in an electric field
347(1)
Magnetic--optical effects
347(8)
Mechanical--optical effects
355(3)
XII. SPATIAL DISPERSION
Spatial dispersion
358(4)
Natural optical activity
362(4)
Spatial dispersion in optically inactive media
366(1)
Spatial dispersion near an absorption line
367(5)
XIII. NON-LINEAR OPTICS
Frequency transformation in non-linear media
372(2)
The non-linear permittivity
374(4)
Self-focusing
378(5)
Second-harmonic generation
383(5)
Strong electromagnetic waves
388(3)
Stimulated Raman scattering
391(3)
XIV. THE PASSAGE OF FAST PARTICLES THROUGH MATTER
Ionization losses by fast particles in matter: the non-relativistic case
394(5)
Ionization losses by fast particles in matter: the relativistic case
399(7)
Cherenkov radiation
406(2)
Transition radiation
408(5)
XV. SCATTERING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
The general theory of scattering in isotropic media
413(6)
The principle of detailed balancing applied to scattering
419(3)
Scattering with small change of frequency
422(6)
Rayleigh scattering in gases and liquids
428(5)
Critical opalescence
433(2)
Scattering in liquid crystals
435(1)
Scattering in amorphous solids
436(3)
XVI. DIFFRACTION OF X-RAYS IN CRYSTALS
The general theory of X-ray diffraction
439(6)
The integral intensity
445(2)
Diffuse thermal scattering of X-rays
447(2)
The temperature dependence of the diffraction cross-section
449(3)
Appendix 452(3)
Index 455

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