Jackson J. Classical Electrodynamics

3rd edition. — Wiley, 1998. — 833 p. — ISBN-10 047130932X.Classical Electrodynamics is a textbook about that subject written by theoretical particle and nuclear physicist John David Jackson. The book originated as lecture notes that Jackson prepared for teaching graduate-level electromagnetism first at McGill University and then at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Intended for graduate students, and often known as Jackson for short, it has been a standard reference on its subject since its first publication in 1962The book is notorious for the difficulty of its problems, and its tendency to treat non-obvious conclusions as self-evident. A 2006 survey by the American Physical Society (APS) revealed that 76 out of the 80 U.S. physics departments surveyed require all first-year graduate students to complete a course using the third edition of this bookA revision of the defining book covering the physics and classical mathematics necessary to understand electromagnetic fields in materials and at surfaces and interfaces. The third edition has been revised to address the changes in emphasis and applications that have occurred in the past twenty years.New to This Edition:
SI units used in the first 10 chapters. Gaussian units are retained in the later chapters.
Over 110 new problems.
New sections on the principles of numerical techniques for electrostatics and magnetostatics, as well as some elementary problems.
Faraday’s Law and quasi-static fields are now in Chapter 5 with magnetostatics, permitting a more logical discussion of energy and inductances. Discussion of radiation by charge-current sources, in both elementary and exact multipole forms, has been consolidated in Chapter 9.
Applications to scattering and diffraction are now in Chapter 10.
Two new sections in Chapter 8 discuss the principles of optical fibers and dielectric waveguides.
The treatment of energy loss (Chapter 13) has been shortened and strengthened.
The discussion of synchrotron radiation as a research tool in Chapter 14 has been augmented by a detailed section on the physics of wigglers and undulators for synchrotron light sources.
New material in Chapter 16 on radiation reaction and models of classical charged particles.Introduction and Survey
Introduction to Electrostatics
Boundary-value Problems in Electrostatics I
Boundary-value Problems in Electrostatics II
Multipoles, Electrostatics of Macroscopic Media, Dielectrics
Magnetostatics, Faraday's Law, Quasi-static Fields
Maxwell Equations, Macroscopic Electromagnetism, Conservation Laws
Plane Electromagnetic Waves and Wave Propagation
Waveguides, Resonant Cavities, and Optical Fibers
Radiating Systems, Multipole Fields and Radiation
Scattering and Diffraction
Special Theory of Relativity
Dynamics of Relativistic Particles and Electromagnetic Fields
Collisions, Energy Loss, and Scattering of Charged Particles, Cherenkov and Transition Radiation
Radiation by Moving Charges
Bremsstrahlung, Method of Virtual Quanta, Radiative Beta Processes
Radiation Damping, Classical Models of Charged Particles
Appendix on Units and DimensionsJackson J. Classical Electrodynamics. Solutions