Introduction to Classical Electrodynamics 1

Boucif Abdesselam is a professor in the Physics Department of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the Université Ain Temouchent Belhadj Bouchaib, Algeria. He is also a member of the Theoretical Physics Laboratory at the University of Oran 1, Algeria.

• Preface ixChapter 1 Electrostatic Field in Vacuum 11.1 Electric charges 11.2 Electrostatic force 21.3 Electric field 121.4 Electric potential 281.5 Equipotential surfaces 351.6 Gauss’ law 391.7 Electric field across a charged sheet 571.8 Model of the hydrogen atom 63Chapter 2 Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium 672.1 Conductors 672.2 Electrostatic equilibrium 682.3 Electrostatic pressure 742.4 Influence between conductors at electrostatic equilibrium 772.5 Capacitors 882.6 Energy stored in a capacitor 1062.7 Forces of attraction between the armatures of a capacitor 109Chapter 3 Electrokinetics 1173.1 Conduction in solids 1173.2 Current density and intensity 1183.3 Conservation of charge 1243.4 Kirchhoff’s first law and approximation of quasi-stationary regimes 1263.5 Conduction model for charged gas 1273.6 Resistance 1363.7 Direct current circuits 1433.8 Relaxation time 1613.9 Earth atmosphere as a spherical capacitor 1703.10 Space charge 172Chapter 4 Magnetic Field in Vacuum 1794.1 Force on a mobile charge 1794.2 Magnetic field, Biot and Savart law 1874.3 Conservation of magnetic flux 2024.4 Laplace force 2044.5 Ampère’s theorem 2124.6 Magnetic field continuity at a sheet interface 2204.7 Potential vector  2224.8 Magnetic scalar potential 235Chapter 5 Electric and Magnetic Moments 2395.1 Electric dipole 2395.2 Electric multipole moments 2455.3 Magnetic dipole moment 261Chapter 6 Boundary Problems for Static Potentials in Vacuum 2756.1 Introduction 2756.2 1D Laplace equation 2776.3 2D Laplace equation 2786.4 3D Laplace equation 351References 371Index 377