Applications of Maxwell’s Equation

by John F. Cochran and Bretislav Heinrich

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This book was developed for an upper-level physics course. Along with a careful exposition of electricity and magnetism, it devotes a chapter to ferromagnets. According to the course description, the topics covered were “electromagnetics, magnetostatics, waves, transmission lines, waveguides, antennas, and radiating systems.”

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Simon Fraser University
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Physics, Electricity and Magnetism
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CC BY 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
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Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. About the Authors
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Licensing
  7. 1: Maxwell’s Equations
  8. 1.1: Fundamental Postulates
  9. 1.2: Maxwell’s Equations
  10. 1.3: Return to Maxwell’s Equations
  11. 1.4: The Auxiliary Fields D and H
  12. 1.5: The Force Density and Torque Density in Matter
  13. 1.6: The CGS System of Units
  14. 2: Electrostatic Field I
  15. 2.1: Introduction
  16. 2.2: The Scalar Potential Function
  17. 2.3: General Theorems
  18. 2.4: The Tangential Components of E
  19. 2.5: A Conducting Body
  20. 2.6: Continuity of the Potential Function
  21. 2.7: Example Problems
  22. 2.8: Appendix 2A
  23. 3: Electrostatic Field II
  24. 3.1: Introduction
  25. 3.2: Soluble Problems
  26. 3.3: Electrostatic Field Energy
  27. 3.4: The Field Energy as Minimum
  28. 3.5: Appendix(A) - The Onsager Problem
  29. 4: The Magnetostatic Field I
  30. 4.1: Introduction
  31. 4.2: The Law of Biot-Savart
  32. 4.3: Standard Problems
  33. 4.4: A Second Approach to Magnetostatics
  34. 5: The Magnetostatic Field II
  35. 5.1: Introduction- Sources in a Uniform Permeable Material
  36. 5.2: Calculation of off-axis Fields
  37. 5.3: A Discontinuity in the Permeability
  38. 5.4: The Magnetostatic Field Energy
  39. 5.5: Inductance Coefficients
  40. 5.6: Forces on Magnetic Circuits
  41. 5.7: The Maxwell Stress Tensor
  42. 6: Ferromagnetism
  43. 6.1: Introduction to Ferromagnetism
  44. 6.2: B-H Curves
  45. 6.3: Digital Magnetic Recording
  46. 6.4: Electromagnets
  47. 7: Time Dependent Electromagnetic Fields.
  48. 7.2: Time Dependent Maxwell’s Equations
  49. 7.3: A Simple Radio Antenna
  50. 7.4: An Electric Dipole Radiator
  51. 7.5: A Point Magnetic Dipole
  52. 7.6: A Moving Point Charge in Vacuum
  53. 8: Electromagnetic Fields and Energy Flow
  54. 8.2: Poynting’s Theorem
  55. 8.3: Power Radiated by a Simple Antenna
  56. 8.4: A Non-Sinusoidal Time Dependence
  57. 8.5: Scattering from a Stationary Atom
  58. 9: Plane Waves I
  59. 9.1: Introduction to Plane Waves
  60. 9.2: Phasors
  61. 9.3: Elliptically Polarized Plane Waves
  62. 9.4: Gaussian Light Beams
  63. 10: Plane Waves II
  64. 10.1: Normal Incidence
  65. 10.2: Boundary Conditions
  66. 10.3: Application of the Boundary Conditions to a Plane Interface
  67. 10.4: Reflection from a Metal at Radio Frequencies
  68. 10.5: Oblique Incidence
  69. 10.6: Example- Copper
  70. 10.7: Example- Crown Glass
  71. 10.8: Metals at Radio Frequencies
  72. 11: Transmission Lines
  73. 11.1: Introduction
  74. 11.2: Strip-lines
  75. 11.3: Co-axial Cables
  76. 11.4: Transmission Lines in General
  77. 11.5: A Terminated Line
  78. 11.6: Sinusoidal Signals on a Terminated Line
  79. 11.7: The Slotted Line
  80. 11.8: Transmission Line with Losses
  81. 12: Waveguides
  82. 12.1: Simple Transverse Electric Modes
  83. 12.2: Higher Order Modes
  84. 12.3: Waveguide Discontinuities
  85. 12.4: Energy Losses in the Waveguide Walls
  86. 12.5: Circular Waveguides
  87. 13: Problem and Answers
  88. 13.1: Chapter 1
  89. 13.2: Chapter 2
  90. 13.3: Chapter 3
  91. 13.4: Chapter 4
  92. 13.5: Chapter 5
  93. 13.6: Chapter 6
  94. 13.7: Chapter 7
  95. 13.8: Chapter 8
  96. 13.9: Chapter 9
  97. 13.10: Chapter- 10
  98. 13.11: Chapter- 11
  99. 13.12: Chapter- 12
  100. Back Matter
  101. Index
  102. Glossary
  103. Detailed Licensing