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Toroidal Multipole Moments in Classical Electrodynamics: An Analysis of their Emergence and Physical Significance

By Stefan Nanz (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Spektrum
Year
2016
ISBN
978-3-658-12548-6, 978-3-658-12549-3
DOI
10.1007/978-3-658-12549-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
961 kB (984572 bytes)
Series
BestMasters
Edition
1
Pages
XI, 87\91
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
AtomicMathematical and Computational Physics; Particle aMolecularOptical and Plasma Physics; Theoretical

Description

Stefan Nanz investigates the necessity for three multipole families in classical electrodynamics. He shows that by imposing symmetry and parity constraints, it is sufficient to deal with only two multipole families. This implies that the toroidal multipole moments do not represent an independent multipole family, and they only emerge in the long-wavelength limit.

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