Electromagnetic Radiation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard R. Freeman ◽  
James A. King ◽  
Gregory P. Lafyatis
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Radiation ◽  
Energy Transport ◽  
Radiation Reaction ◽  
Classical Electrodynamics ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Radio Frequency Radiation ◽  
Relativistic Treatment ◽  
Time Variations ◽  
Radiation Science

Electromagnetic Radiation is a graduate level book on classical electrodynamics with a strong emphasis on radiation. This book is meant to quickly and efficiently introduce students to the electromagnetic radiation science essential to a practicing physicist. While a major focus is on light and its interactions, topics in radio frequency radiation, x-rays, and beyond are also treated. Special emphasis is placed on applications, with many exercises and homework problems. The format of the book is designed to convey the basic concepts of a topic in the main central text in the book in a mathematically rigorous manner, but with detailed derivations routinely relegated to the accompanying side notes or end of chapter “Discussions.” The book is composed of four parts: Part I is a review of basic E&M, and assumes the reader has a had a good upper division undergraduate course, and while it offers a concise review of topics covered in such a course, it does not treat any given topic in detail; specifically electro- and magnetostatics. Part II addresses the origins of radiation in terms of time variations of charge and current densities within the source, and presents Jefimenko’s field equations as derived from retarded potentials. Part III introduces special relativity and its deep connection to Maxwell’s equations, together with an introduction to relativistic field theory, as well as the relativistic treatment of radiation from an arbitrarily accelerating charge. A highlight of this part is a chapter on the still partially unresolved problem of radiation reaction on an accelerating charge. Part IV treats the practical problems of electromagnetic radiation interacting with matter, with chapters on energy transport, scattering, diffraction and finally an illuminating, application-oriented treatment of fields in confined environments.

Elements of Classical Electrodynamics

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-68
Author(s):  
Peter W. Milonni
Keyword(s):  
Rayleigh Scattering ◽  
Radiation Reaction ◽  
Electromagnetic Energy ◽  
Classical Electrodynamics ◽  
Optical Theorem ◽  
Lorentz Transformations ◽  
Photon Momentum ◽  
Dielectric Media ◽  
Earnshaw's Theorem ◽  
Extinction Theorem

This chapter reviews some topics in classical electrodynamics that are fundamental for modern quantum optics and that appear throughout the remaining chapters, includingelectric dipole radiation, electromagnetic energy, Abraham and Minkowski momenta in dielectric media, photon momentum, and Rayleigh scattering. Other foundational topics treatedare Earnshaw’s theorem, gauges and Lorentz transformations of fields, radiation reaction, the Ewald-Oseen extinction theorem, different forms of stress tensors in dielectric media, and the optical theorem.

scholarly journals Optical Short-Time Variations in GK Persei during the 1983 Outburst

1987 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 485-485
Author(s):  
H. Steinle ◽  
W. Pietsck
Keyword(s):  
Accretion Disk ◽  
Time Resolution ◽  
X Rays ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Time Variations ◽  
Short Time ◽  
First Time ◽  
Calar Alto

AbstractDuring the August 1983 outburst of the old nova GK Persei observations with EXOSAT showed for the first time a 351 second periodicity in X-rays.Our fast photometry (U(B)V with 25 sec time resolution) was made at the end of the outburst in the nights of September 29 , and October 1–3 , using the 2.2 meter telescope at Calar Alto (Spain).Optical variations up to 10% in U and 4% in V with periodicities in the range 350 to 360 seconds were found, lasting only for few cycles.A comparison with the extrapolated prediction of the X-ray maxima did not show a coincidence, but rather an anticoincidence in several cases. This supports a model of reprocessed X-rays at the inner edge of an accretion disk.

Classical electrodynamics: the equation of motion

1974 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 359-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. Hogan
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Charged Particle ◽  
Scalar Field ◽  
World Line ◽  
External Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Equation Of Motion ◽  
The Self ◽  
Classical Electrodynamics ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
The World

In this paper we derive the Lorentz-Dirac equation of motion for a charged particle moving in an external electromagnetic field. We use Maxwell's electromagnetic field equations together with the assumptions (1) that all fields are retarded and (2) that the 4-force acting on the charged particle is a Lorentz 4-force. To define the self-field on the world-line of the charge we utilize a contour integral representation for the field due to A. W. Conway. This by-passes the need to define an ‘average field’. In an appendix the case of a scalar field is briefly discussed.

Very high energy y-rays from Cygnus X-3

1981 ◽  
Vol 301 (1462) ◽  
pp. 633-634 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Light Curve ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory ◽  
Sharp Peak ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Very High Energy ◽  
Time Variations ◽  
Comparison Of The Results ◽  
Very High

Very high energy y-rays (above 10 12 eV) from Cyg X-3 have been observed for 7 years at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory by means of the Cherenkov technique. These observations enable us to find the derivative with time of the 4.8 hour periodicity. As is well known, the observations of X -rays have revealed time variations of the Cyg X-3 period (see, for instance, Eisner et al. 1979). The ‘light’ curve for very high energy y-rays has a sharp peak lasting 15 minutes and differs significantly from the ‘light’ curve for X-rays. For this reason the comparison of the results in these two regions is important.

scholarly journals Solar X radiation

1965 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 45-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. de Jager
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Radiation ◽  
Gamma Rays ◽  
Electronic Transitions ◽  
List Type ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Type Number ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Electron Shells

X-ray bursts are defined as electromagnetic radiation originating from electronic transitions involving the lowest electron shells; gamma rays are of nuclear origin. Solar gamma rays have not yet been discovered.According to the origin we have : 1.Quasi thermal X-rays, emitted by (a) the quiet corona, (b) the activity centers without flares, and (c) the X-ray flares.2.Non-thermal X-ray bursts; these are always associated with flares.The following subdivision is suggested for flare-associated bursts :

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