Chapter 1 Maxwell's Theory 1 Introduction: Definition of the Fields 2 Maxwell's Equations 3 Solution of the Equations in Free Space 4 Applications to the Skin Effect and Metallic Reflection 5 Energy and Momentum of an Electromagnetic Field 6 Radiation from a Charge and Current Distribution 7 Solution of Maxwell's Equations in Terms of Retarded Potentials 8 Classification of Multipole Radiation 9 Energy of a Nearly Static Distribution of Charge 10 Lienard-Wiechert Point Potential 11 Field of a Uniformly Moving Point Charge 12 Field of an Accelerated Point Charge 13 Rate of Radiation of Energy from an Accelerated Point Charge 14 Application to a Simple Theory of Bremsstrahlung 15 Radiation Reaction 16 Self-energy of the Electron 17 Classical Theory of Scattering and Dispersion 18 Hamiltonian Theory for the Motion of a Charged Particle in an Electromagnetic Field Chapter 2 Special Theory of Relativity 19 Transformation of Newton's Equations 20 Michelson-Morley and Kennedy-Thorndyke Experiments 21 Lorentz Transformation 22 Minkowski Diagram 23 Derivation of the Fresnel Coefficient and the Aberration Formula 24 Covariance 25 Transformation Laws of the Electromagnetic Quantities 26 Application to the Method of Virtual Quanta 27 Application to the Theory of the Cerenkov Effect 28 Transformation of Energy and Momentum 29 Inertia and Energy 30 Considerations Important for the Quantum Theory Appendix J. Robert Oppenheimer: Biographic Memoirs
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