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020 _a9780511535178 (ebook)
020 _z9780521836975 (hardback)
020 _z9780521037075 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aQC670
_b.S65 2004
082 0 0 _a530.14/1
_222
100 1 _aSpohn, Herbert,
_d1946-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDynamics of charged particles and their radiation field /
_cHerbert Spohn.
246 3 _aDynamics of Charged Particles & their Radiation Field
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2004.
300 _a1 online resource (xvi, 360 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 0 _g1.
_tScope, motivation, and orientation --
_gpt. I.
_tClassical theory --
_g2.
_tA charge coupled to its electromagnetic field --
_g3.
_tHistorical notes --
_g4.
_tThe energy-momentum relation --
_g5.
_tLong-time asymptotics --
_g6.
_tAdiabatic limit --
_g7.
_tSelf-force --
_g8.
_tComparison dynamics --
_g9.
_tThe Lorentz-Dirac equation --
_g10.
_tSpinning charges --
_g11.
_tMany charges --
_g12.
_tSummary and preamble to the quantum theory --
_gpt. II.
_tQuantum theory --
_g13.
_tQuantizing the Abraham model --
_g14.
_tThe statistical mechanics connection --
_g15.
_tStates of lowest energy : states --
_g16.
_tStates of lowest energy : dynamics --
_g17.
_tRadiation --
_g18.
_tRelaxation at finite temperatures --
_g19.
_tBehavior at very large and very small distances.
520 _aThis book provides a self-contained and systematic introduction to classical electron theory and its quantization, non-relativistic quantum electrodynamics. The first half of the book covers the classical theory. It discusses the well-defined Abraham model of extended charges in interaction with the electromagnetic field, and gives a study of the effective dynamics of charges under the condition that, on the scale given by the size of the charge distribution, they are far apart and the applied potentials vary slowly. The second half covers the quantum theory, leading to a coherent presentation of non-relativistic quantum electrodynamics. Topics discussed include non-perturbative properties of the basic Hamiltonian, the structure of resonances, the relaxation to the ground state through emission of photons, the non-perturbative derivation of the g-factor of the electron and the stability of matter.
650 0 _aElectromagnetic theory.
650 0 _aQuantum electrodynamics.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521836975
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511535178
999 _c522648
_d522646