This book provides a self-contained and systematic introduction to classical electron theory and nonrelativistic quantum electrodynamics. The first half of the book covers the classical theory in much detail, which the second half explores quantum theory, leading to a coherent presentation of non-relativistic quantum electrodynamics. It covers the interaction between charges and the Maxwell field, with particular focus on the derivation of radiative friction. It provides a coherent presentation with emphasis on radiation phenomena and relaxation to the ground state, space-adiabatic limit, effective mass and g-factor, and removal of the ultraviolet cut-off.
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"The authors has taken a fascinating area of physics, whose mathematical basis has in the past been unjustly neglected, and given us a coherent and thorough presentation of it. I recommend that applied mathematicians look into this book and hope that at least a few get sufficiently hooked by the subject that they are motivated to work on it themselves."
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This book provides a self-contained and systematic introduction to classical electron theory and nonrelativistic quantum electrodynamics. It covers the interaction between charges and the Maxwell field, with particular focus on the derivation of radiative friction. It provides a coherent presentation with emphasis on radiation phenomena and relaxation to the ground state, space-adiabatic limit, effective mass and g-factor, and removal of the ultraviolet cut-off. Suitable for graduates and researchers in mathematical physics, particle physics and applied mathematics.
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The authors most referred to here are Spohn and his collaborators. The book is interesting, but gives the impression that the author wrote the first draft, and identified a number of topics that required further explanation. Rather than engaging, he added very brief notes on each of these things that require more attention at the end of each chapter, referring the reader to numerous other papers and books that the reader can sift through and assimilate on their own.
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If one accepts gravitational forces on the Newtonian level of precision and ignores nuclear fission and fusion, then most physical phenomena on the scale of the Earth are accounted for by electrons, nuclei, and photons. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
soft photon bound, negative bare mass, ground state subspace, nonrelativistic quantum electrodynamics, diamagnetic inequality, positivity improving, weak coupling theory, classical electron theory, charge soliton, retarded fields, critical manifold, scalar wave field, fixed total momentum, reference subspace, runaway solutions, scalar field model, transverse vector potential, relevant subspace, quantized radiation field, asymptotic completeness, ground state band, compare with section, radiation reaction, ultraviolet limit, adiabatic limit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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If one accepts gravitational forces on the Newtonian level of precision and ignores nuclear fission and fusion, then most physical phenomena on the scale of the Earth are accounted for by electrons, nuclei, and photons. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
soft photon bound, negative bare mass, ground state subspace, nonrelativistic quantum electrodynamics, diamagnetic inequality, positivity improving, weak coupling theory, classical electron theory, charge soliton, retarded fields, critical manifold, scalar wave field, fixed total momentum, reference subspace, runaway solutions, scalar field model, transverse vector potential, relevant subspace, quantized radiation field, asymptotic completeness, ground state band, compare with section, radiation reaction, ultraviolet limit, adiabatic limit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pauli-Fierz Hamiltonian, Coulomb Hamiltonian, Nelson Hamiltonian New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Principle of Relativity (Dover Books on Physics) by Albert Einstein in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Classical Theory of Fields, Fourth Edition: Volume 2 (Course of Theoretical Physics Series) by L D Landau on page 117, and Back Matter
- Quantum Theory and Its Stochastic Limit by Luigi Accardi in Back Matter
- Techniques and Applications of Path Integration (Dover Books on Physics) by L. S. Schulman in Back Matter
- Large Scale Dynamics of Interacting Particles (Texts and Monographs in Physics) by Herbert Spohn in Back Matter
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