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Schäfer, Björn Malte: Electrodynamics: Charges, Fields, Relativity and Geometry, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2025 (Lecture Notes). https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.1055

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03/20/2025

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Björn Malte Schäfer

Electrodynamics

Charges, Fields, Relativity and Geometry

Lecture Notes

Electrodynamics is a cornerstone of every modern education in theoretical physics, as it introduces a geometric picture of the laws of Nature, and is permeated by relativity. Starting from the fundamental phenomenology of Maxwell’s equations, the script treats the construction of Green-functions for solving potential problems, before moving to the dynamics of the electromagnetic field and the Poynting-theorems. Retardation bridges to the notion of light cones and the emergence of relativity, leading to a covariant formulation of Maxwell’s equations. Gauge transformations are treated in detail, as well as the behaviour of Maxwell’s equation under discrete symmetries.

Björn Malte Schäfer works at Heidelberg University on problems in modern cosmology, relativity, statistics, and on theoretical physics in general.

Chapters

Table of Contents
Pages
PDF
Front matter
I-IV
Contents
V-VII
A Maxwell-equations
1-16
B Potential theory
17-33
C Dynamics of the electromagnetic field
35-57
D Special relativity
59-79
E Covariant electrodynamics
81-114
X Fourier-transforms and orthonormal systems
115-135
Y Complex calculus
137-146
Z Index notation
147-153
Acknowledgements
155
Index
157-158

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