Lectures on Electromagnetism
  A Das
478 pages 10x6.5 inches
Aug 2004 Hardcover (Hindustan)
ISBN 1-58949-044-4
US$60
Published by Hindustan Books;
Exclusively distributed by Rinton Press in North America

 
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These lecture notes on electromagnetism have evolved from graduate and undergraduate EM Theory courses given by Professor Ashok Das at the University of Rochester. The basics of the subject are taught with the clarity and attention to detail that are characteristic of all of Ashok DasĄŻ books.

The 13 chapters cover, in considerable detail, topics ranging from electrostatics and magnetostatics, to plasmas and radiation. Boundary value problems are treated extensively, as are wave guides, electromagnetic interactions, and fields.

All in all, this set of lecture notes, written in a simple and lucid style, and in a manner, which is complementary to other texts on electromagnetism, will be a valuable addition to the physicist's bookshelf.

Ashok Das is a remarkable teacher. He is precise and exceptionally clear. His arguments are logical and impeccable, which is why all his students love him. AshokĄ's lecture notes on Electromagnetism contain the essence of the subject, and reflect his care for clarity of content and simplicity in style.

Thomas Ferbel (University of Rochester)

Professor Das has done a superb job of explaining electricity and magnetism in his new book which is bound to become a classic. Clear, readable, and accuate, DasĄ's book takes the reader through all the important developments in electrodynamics.

Michio Kaku (City University of New York).



1 Electrostatics
1.1 Coulomb's Law
1.2 Electric Field
1.3 Gauss' Law
1.4 Potential
1.5 Electrostatic Energy

2 Potential for Simple Systems
2.1 Potential for a Thin Spherical Shell
2.2 Potential for an Infinitely Long Wire
2.3 Potential for a Charged Disc
2.4 Potential for a Charge Displaced along the z-axis
2.5 Dipole
2.6 Continuous Distribution of Dipoles
2.7 Quadrupole
2.8 Potential due to a Double Layer of Charges
2.9 Conductors and Insulators
2.10 Capacitor

3 Boundary Value Problems
3.1 Method of Images
3.2 Boundary Conditions for Differential Equations
3.2.1 Partial Differential Equations
3.2.2 Uniqueness Theorem
3.3 Solution of the Laplace Equation
3.3.1 General Properties of Harmonic Functions
3.3.2 Solution in Cartesian Coordinates
3.3.3 Solution in Spherical Coordinates
3.3.4 Circular Harmonics
3.4 Solution of the Poisson Equation
3.4.1 Green's Function
3.4.2 Dirichlet Boundary Condition
3.4.3 Neumann Boundary Condition

4 Dielectrics
4.1 Electric Displacement Field
4.2 Boundary Conditions in Dielectric

5 Magnetostatics
5.1 Lorentz Force
5.2 Current
5.3 Force on a Current due to a Magnetic Field
5.4 Nature of the Magnetic Field
5.5 Vector Potential
5.6 Multipole Expansion
5.7 Magnetization
5.8 Magnetic Field Intensity
5.9 Boundary Condition
5.10 Faraday's Law
5.11 Inductance

6 Maxwell's equations
6.1 Generalization of Ampere's Law
6.2 Plane Wave Solution
6.2.1 Polarization
6.3 Boundary Conditions
6.4 Energy and the Poynting Vector
6.5 Gauge Invariance of Maxwell's Equations
6.6 Lorentz Transformation
6.7 Covariance of Maxwell's Equations
6.8 Retarded Green's Function
6.9 Kirchhoff's Representation

7 Wave Guides
7.1 Boundary Conditions
7.2 Rectangular Wave Guide
7.2.1 TM Waves
7.2.2 TE Waves
7.3 Cylindrical Wave Guide
7.3.1 TM Waves
7.3.2 TE Waves
7.4 TEM Waves
7.5 Wave Impedance
7.6 Attenuation Factor in Wave Guides
7.7 Cavity Resonators
7.8 Q Factor of a Cavity
7.9 Dielectric Wave Guides (Optical Fibers)

8 Propagation through a Conducting Medium
8.1 Boundary Conditions
8.2 Reflection at Normal Incidence
8.3 Reflection at Oblique Incidence
8.4 Reflection from a Good Conducting Surface
8.5 Radiation Pressure

9 Radiation
9.1 Electric Dipole Radiation
9.1.1 Power Radiated by an Electric Dipole
9.2 Magnetic Dipole Radiation
9.3 Center-fed Antennas
9.3.1 Properties of Antennas
9.4 Multipole Expansion
9.5 Behavior of Multipole Fields

10 Electromagnetic Fields of Currents
10.1 Lienard-Wiechert Potential
10.2 Uniform Linear Motion
10.3 Method of Virtual Photons
10.4 Asymptotic Values of the Fields
10.4.1 Dipole Approximation
10.4.2 Linear Acceleration
10.4.3 Uniform Circular Motion
10.5 Cerenkov Effect
10.6 Self-force

11 Plasma
11.1 General Features of a Plasma
11.2 Plasma Oscillation
11.3 Motion of the Positive Ions
11.4 Effect of a Background Magnetic Field
11.5 Faraday Rotation
11.6 Alfven Waves
11.7 Collisions

12 Electromagnetic Interactions
12.1 Relativistic Lagrangian Description
12.2 Motion in a Uniform Electric Field
12.3 Motion in a Uniform Magnetic Field
12.4 Motion in Crossed Fields
12.5 Motion in a Slowly Varying Magnetic Field
12.6 Anomalous Magnetic Moment

13 Scattering and Diffraction
13.1 Scattering from a Perfectly Conducting Sphere
13.2 Kirchhoff's Approximation