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Theoretical physics and astrophysics /

The aim of this book is to present, on the one hand various topics in theoretical physics in depth - especially topics related to electrodynamics - and on the other hand to show how these topics find applications in various aspects of astrophysics. The first text on theoretical physics and astrophys...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ginzburg, V. L. (Vitali�i Lazarevich), 1916-2009
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Ruso
Published: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1979.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:International series in natural philosophy ; v. 99.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; OTHER TITLES OF INTEREST; Copyright; PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION; PREFACE TO THE RUSSIAN EDITION; Chapter 1: THE HAMILTONIAN APPROACH TO ELECTRODYNAMICS; Publisher Summary; Chapter 2: RADIATION REACTION; Publisher Summary; Chapter 3: UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED CHARGE; Publisher Summary; Chapter 4: RADIATION OF A MOVING PARTICLE; Publisher Summary; Chapter 5: SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; Publisher Summary; Chapter 6: ELECTRODYNAMICS OF A CONTINUOUS MEDIUM; Publisher Summary; Chapter 7: CHERENKOV EFFECT, DOPPLER EFFECT, TRANSITION RADIATION; Publisher Summary
  • Chapter 8: ON SUPERLUMINAL RADIATION SOURCESPublisher Summary; Chapter 9: REABSORPTION AND RADIATIVE TRANSFER; Publisher Summary; Chapter 10: ELECTRODYNAMICS OF MEDIA WITH SPATIAL DISPERSION; Publisher Summary; Chapter 11: DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY AND WAVE PROPAGATION IN A PLASMA; Publisher Summary; Chapter 12: THE ENERGY-MOMENTUM TENSOR IN MACROSCOPIC ELECTRODYNAMICS; Publisher Summary; Chapter 13: FLUCTUATIONS AND VAN DER WAALS FORCES; Publisher Summary; Chapter 14: SCATTERING OF WAVES IN A MEDIUM; Publisher Summary; Chapter 15: COSMIC RAY ASTROPHYSICS; Publisher Summary
  • Chapter 16: X-RAY ASTRONOMYPublisher Summary; Chapter 17: GAMMA ASTRONOMY; Publisher Summary; REFERENCES; INDEX; OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY