Electromagnetic Radiation: Variational Methods, Waveguides and Accelerators [Paperback]

Kimball A. Milton (Author), J. Schwinger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 22, 2006 | ISBN-10: 3540293043 | ISBN-13: 978-3540293040 | Edition: 1

This is a graduate level textbook on the theory of electromagnetic radiation and its application to waveguides, transmission lines, accelerator physics and synchrotron radiation. It has grown out of lectures and manuscripts by Julian Schwinger prepared during the war at MIT's Radiation Laboratory, updated with material developed by Schwinger at UCLA in the 1970s and 1980s, and by Milton at the University of Oklahoma since 1994. The book includes a great number of straightforward and challenging exercises and problems. It is addressed to students in physics, electrical engineering, and applied mathematics seeking a thorough introduction to electromagnetism with emphasis on radiation theory and its applications. A hardcover edition containing additionally the reprints of more than 15 papers by Schwinger on these topics is available separately.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

本書は、故ジュリアン・シュウィンガー博士による電磁放射の理論ならびにその導波管、送電線、加速器物理学およびシンクロトロン放射への応用に関する研究を包括的にまとめている.
教科書の体裁で書かれた第1部は、第二次世界大戦中にMITの放射線研究室においてシュウィンガーによって準備された講義と原稿をもとに、1970年代と1980年代のUCLAにおいてシュウィンガーによって展開された題材と1994年以降オクラホマ大学においてミルトンによって展開された題材で改訂してある.
第2部は、これらのトピックスに関するシュウィンガーによる15編の論文(うち何編かは初出または非常に限られた発行部数であった)のリプリントからなる.本書は、学生・ベテランの専門家を問わず、物理学者、電気エンジニア、応用数学者にとって非常に興味深いものとなるであろう.
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From the reviews: "The series ‘Particle Acceleration and Detection’ is devoted to monograph texts dealing with all aspects of particle acceleration and detection research and advanced teaching. … concise accounts of newly emerging important topics that are embedded in a broader framework in order to provide quick but readable access of very new material to a larger audience. The books forming this collection will be of importance for graduate students and active researchers alike." (Current Engineering Practice, 2007) "Nobel laureate Julian Schwinger (1918-1994) has made seminal contributions not only to quantum field theory, but also to applied electromagnetism. This graduate-level textbook has grown out of his lectures and manuscripts, updated with material by Milton since 1994. It includes a great number of straightforward and challenging exercises and problems, and is targeted to students in physics, electrical engineering and applied mathematics … . the remarkable mix of fundamental and applied treatments lets me recommend the book to the researcher, too." (Peter Enders, Optics and Photonics News, October, 2007) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (May 22, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540293043
• ISBN-13: 978-3540293040
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,934,556 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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