The late Julian Schwinger shared the 1965 Nobel Prize for Physics with Richard Feynman and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga for their work on the theory of quantum electrodynamics. Kimball A. Milton is George Lynn Cross Research Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at the University of Oklahoma, currently residing in Memphis, Tennessee.

• Preface to Second Edition xvPreface to First Edition xviiReader’s Guide (Updated from first edition) xixI Formulation of Electrodynamics 11. Maxwell’s Equations…… 2. Magnetic Charge I ……3. Conservation Laws …….4. Macroscopic Electrodynamics …..5. Simple Model for Constitutive Relations ……..6. Dispersion Relations for the Susceptibility ……7. Magnetic Properties of Matter ……..8. Macroscopic Energy and Momentum ……9. Review of Action Principles ……10. Action Principle for Electrodynamics ……11. Einsteinian Relativity ……..12. Relativistic formulation ……II Electrostatics …..13. Stationary Principles for Electrostatics …..14. Introduction to Green’s Functions …….15. Electrostatics in Free Space …….16. Semi-Infinite Dielectric …….17. Application of Green’s Function …..18. Bessel Functions …..19. Parallel Conducting Plates …..20. Modified Bessel Functions ……21. Cylindrical Conductors …….23. Coulomb’s Potential ……24. Multipoles ……25. Conducting Sphere and Dielectric Ball …..26. Dielectrics and Conductors …….27. Modes and Variations ……..III Magnetostatics …..28. Magnetostatics ……29. Macroscopic Current Distributions …..30. Magnetic Multipoles …….31. Magnetic Scalar Potential ……32. Steady Currents and Dissipation …….33. Magnetic Charge II ……IV Electromagnetic Radiation …..34. Retarded Green’s Function …..35. Radiation—Field Point of View ……..36. Radiation—Source Point of View …..37. Models of Antennas …..38. Spectral Distribution of Radiation …..Information Classification: General39. Power Spectrum and ˇCerenkov Radiation ….40. Constant Acceleration and Impulse ….41. Synchrotron Radiation I …..42. Synchrotron Radiation II—Polarization …..43. Synchrotron Radiation III—High Energies ……44. Propagation in a Dielectric Medium ……45. Reflection by an Imperfect Conductor …….46. Cylindrical Coordinates ……47. Waveguides ……48. Scattering by Small Obstacles ……..49. Partial-Wave Analysis of Scattering …….50. Diffraction I …….51. Diffraction II ……52. Babinet’s Principle ……53. General Scattering …….54. Charged Particle Energy Loss …..A Units ……Bibliography …….Index …….

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