Electrodynamics of Continuous Media: Volume 8 (Course of Theoretical Physics S)

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Covers the theory of electromagnetic fields in matter, and the theory of macroscopic electric and magnetic properties of matter. There is a considerable amount of new material particularly on the theory of the magnetic properties of matter and the theory of optical phenomena with new chapters on spatial dispersion and non-linear optics. Electrodynamics of Continuous Media Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First English Edition Notation CHAPTER I. ELECTROSTATICS OF CONDUCTORS § 1. The electrostatic field of conductors § 2. The energy of the electrostatic field of conductors § 3. Methods of solving problems in electrostatics § 4. A conducting ellipsoid § 5. The forces on a conductor CHAPTER II. ELECTROSTATICS OF DIELECTRICS § 6. The electric field in dielectrics § 7. The permittivity § 8. A dielectric ellipsoid § 9. The permittivity of a mixture § 10. Thermodynamic relations for dielectrics in an electric field § 11. The total free energy of a dielectric § 12. Electrostriction of isotropic dielectrics § 13. Dielectric properties of crystals § 14. The sign of the dielectric susceptibility § 15. Electric forces in a fluid dielectric § 16. Electric forces in solids § 17. Piezoelectrics § 18. Thermodynamic inequalities § 19. Ferroelectrics § 20. Improper ferroelectrics CHAPTER III. STEADY CURRENT § 21. The current density and the conductivity § 22. The Hall effect § 23. The contact potential § 24. The galvanic cell § 25. Electrocapillarity § 26. Thermoelectric phenomena § 27. Thermogalvanomagnetic phenomena § 28. Diffusion phenomena CHAPTER IV. STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD § 29. Static magnetic field § 30. The magnetic field of a s(eady current § 31. Thermodynamic relations in a magnetic field § 32. The total free energy of a magnetic substance § 33. The energy of a system of currents § 34. The self-inductance of linear conductors § 35. Forces in a magnetic field § 36. Gyromagnetic phenomena CHAPTER V. FERROMAGNETISM AND ANTIFERROMAGNETISM § 37. Magnetic symmetry of crystals § 38. Magnetic classes and space groups § 39. Ferromagnets near the Curie point § 40. The magnetic anisotropy energy § 41. The magnetization curve of ferromagnets § 42. Magpretostriction of ferromagnets § 43. Surface tension of a domain wall § 44. The domain structure of ferromagnets § 45. Single-domain particles § 46. Orientational transitions § 47. Fluctuations in ferromagnets § 48. Antiferromagnets near the Curie point § 49. The bicritical point for an antiferromagnet § 50. Weak ferromagnetism § 51. Piezomagnetism and the magnetoelectric effect § 52. Helicoidal magnetic structures CHAPTER VI. SUPERCONDUCTIVITY § 53. The magnetic properties of superconductors § 54. The superconductivity current § 55. The critical field § 56. The intermediate state § 57. Structure of the intermediate state CHAPTER VII. QUASI-STATIC ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD § 58. Equations of the quasi-static ficld § 59. Depth of penetration of a magnetic field into a conductor § 60. The skin effect § 61. The complex resistance § 62. Capacitance in a quasi-steady current circuit § 63. Motion of a conductor in a magnetic field § 64. Excitation of currents by acceleration CHAPTER VIII. MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS § 65. The equations of motion for a fluid in a magnetic field § 66. Dissipative processes in magnetohydrodynamics § 67. Magnetohydrodynamic flow between parallel planes § 68. Equilibrium configurations § 69. Hydromagnetic waves § 70. Conditions at discontinuities § 71. Tangential and rotational discontinuities § 72. Shock waves § 73. Evolutionary shock waves § 74. The turbulent dynamo CHAPTER IX. THE ELECTRIC WAVE EQUATIONS § 75. The ficld cquations in a dielectric in the absence of dispersion § 76. The clectrodynamics of moving dielectrics § 77. The dispersion of the permittivity § 78. The permittivity at very high frequencies § 79. The dispersion of the magnetic permeability § 80. The field energy in dispersive media § 81. The stress tensor in dispersive media § 82. The analytical propertics of ε(ω) § 83. A plane monochromatic wave § 84. Transparent media CHAPTER X. THE PROPAGATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES § 85. Geometrical optics § 86. Reflection and refraction of electromagnetic waves § 87. The surface impedance of metals § 88. The propagation of waves in an inhomogeneous medium § 89. The reciprocity principle § 90. Electromagnetic oscillations in hollow resonators § 91. The propagation of electromagnetic waves in waveguides § 92. The scattering of electromagnetic waves by small particles § 93. The absorption of clectromagnetic waves by small particles § 94. Diffraction by a wedge § 95. Diffraction by a plane screen CHAPTER XI. ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES IN ANISOTROPIC MEDIA § 96. The permittivity of crystals § 97. A plane wave in an anisotropic medium § 98. Optical properties of uniaxial crystals § 99. Biaxial crystals § 100. Double refraction in an electric field § 101. Magnetic—optical effects § 102. Mechanical-optical effects CHAPTER XII. SPATIAL DISPERSION § 103. Spatial dispersion § 104. Natural optical activity § 105. Spatial dispersion in optically inactive media § 106. Spatial dispersion near an absorption line CHAPTER XIII. NON-LINEAR OPTICS § 107. Frequency transformation in non-linear media § 108. The non-linear permittivity § 109. Self-focusing § 110. Second-harmonic generation § 111. Strong electromagnetic waves § 112. Stimulated Raman scattering CHAPTER XIV. THE PASSAGE OF FAST PARTICLES THROUGH MATTER § 113. lonization losses by fast particles in matter: the non-relativistic case § 114. Ionization losses by fast particles in matter: the relativistic case § 115. Cherenkov radiation § 116. Transition radiation CHAPTER XV. SCATTERING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES § 117. The general theory of scattering in isotropic media § 118. The principle of detailed balancing applied to scattering § 119. Scattering with small change of frequency § 120. Rayleigh scattering in gases and liquids § 121. Critical opalescence § 122. Scattering in liquid crystals § 123. Scattering in amorphous solids CHAPTER XVI. DIFFRACTION OF X-RAYS IN CRYSTALS § 124. The general theory of X-ray diffraction § 125. The integral intensity § 126. Diffuse thermal scattering of X-rays § 127. The temperature dependence of the diffraction cross-section APPENDIX. CURVILINEAR COORDINATES Index