Classical and quantum electrodynamics and the B(3) field /
It is well known that classical electrodynamics is riddled with internal inconsistencies springing from the fact that it is a linear, Abelian theory in which the potentials are unphysical. This volume offers a self-consistent hypothesis which removes some of these problems, as well as builds a frame...
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World Scientific Pub. Co.,
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Publisher Address: | Singapore : |
Publication Dates: | 2001. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Series in contemporary chemical physics ;
vol. 18 |
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http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/4287#t=toc |
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It is well known that classical electrodynamics is riddled with internal inconsistencies springing from the fact that it is a linear, Abelian theory in which the potentials are unphysical. This volume offers a self-consistent hypothesis which removes some of these problems, as well as builds a framework on which linear and nonlinear optics are treated as a non-Abelian gauge field theory based on the emergence of the fundamental magnetizing field of radiation, the B(3) field. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiv,457pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789812811905 |
CLC: | O413.2 |
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ch. 1. Interaction of electromagnetic radiation with one fermion. 1.1. Lorentz electron. 1.2. Radiation induced electron and proton spin resonance. 1.3. The [symbol] field. 1.4. Electrodynamics as a nonAbelian gauge field theory. 1.5. Limitations of the U(1) theory. 1.6. Classical relativistic nonAbelian electrodynamics. 1.7. Relativistic quantum description. 1.8. Nonrelativistic quantum description. 1.9. Schrodinger equation with intrinsic spin. 1.10. Resonance conditions in RFR. 1.11. Chemical shifts in NMR. 1.12. Classical derivation of the inverse Faraday effect. References -- ch. 2. The ch. 6. Quantum electrodynamics and the [symbol] field. 6.1. Introduction to quantum electrodynamics. 6.2. A brief introduction to differential forms. 6.3. The physical basis for nonAbelian electrodynamics. 6.4. The quantized U(1) and [symbol] electrodynamic field. 6.5. Quantum electrodynamics of elementary scattering. 6.6. Physics of quantum electrodynamics of electrons and photons with the [symbol] field. 6.7. Nonrelativistic estimate of the [symbol] contribution to the lamb shift. 6.8. Derivation of the [symbol] spectrum from nonAbelian electrodynamics. 6.9. Analogy from classical field to |