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Contents
Relativistic Electrodynamics
Subsections
Special Relativity
Einstein's Postulates
The Elementary Lorentz Transformation
4-Vectors
Proper Time and Time Dilation
Addition of Velocities
Relativistic Energy and Momentum
The Lorentz Group
The Geometry of Space-Time
Tensors in 4 Dimensions
The Metric Tensor
Generators of the Lorentz Group
Infinitesimal Transformations
Thomas Precession
Covariant Formulation of Electrodynamics
The Transformation of Electromagnetic Fields
Relativistic Dynamics
Covariant Field Theory
The Brute Force Way
The Elegant Way
Motion of a Point Charge in a Static Magnetic Field
Building a Relativistic Field Theory
The Symmetric Stress Tensor
Covariant Green's Functions
Radiation from Point Charges
Larmor's Formula
Thomson Scattering of Radiation
Radiation Reaction
The Death of Classical Physics
Radiation Reaction and Energy Conservation
Integrodifferential Equations of Motion
Radiation Damping of an Oscillating Charge
Dirac's Derivation of Radiation Reaction
Wheeler and Feynman's Derivation of Radiation Reaction
My Own Field-Free Derivation of Radiation Reaction
Robert G. Brown 2007-12-28
