Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky and Melba Phillips

Prefaces
1. The Electrostatic Field in Vacuum
2. Boundary Conditions and Relation of Microscopic to Macroscopic Fields
3. General Methods for the Solution of Potential Problems
4. Two-Dimensional Potential Problems
5. Three-Dimensional Potential Problems
6. Energy Relations and Forces in the Electrostatic Field
7. Steady Currents and Their Interaction
8. Magnetical Materials and Boundary Value Problems
9. Maxwell's Equations
10. Energy, Force, and Momentum Relations in the Electromagnetic Field
11. The Wave Equation and Plane Waves
12. Conducting Fluids in a Magnetic Field (Magnetohydrodynamics)
13. Waves in the Presence of Metallic Boundaries
14. The Inhomogeneous Wave Equation
15. The Experimental Basis for the Theory of Special Relativity
16. Relativistic Kinematics and the Lorentz Transformation
17. Covariance and Relativistic Mechanics
18. Covariant Formulation of Electrodynamics
19. The Liénard-Wiechert Potentials and the Field of a Uniformly Moving Electron
20. Radiation from an Accelerated Charge
21. Radiation Reaction and Covariant Formulation of the Conservation Laws of Electrodynamics
22. Radiation, Scattering, and Dispersion
23. The Motion of Charged Particles in Electromagnetic Fields
24. Hamiltonian Formulation of Maxwell's Equations
Appendixes
Bibliography
Index

Compact, clear, and precise in its presentation, this distinguished, widely used textbook offers graduate students and advanced undergraduates a diverse and well-balanced selection of topics.
Subjects include the electrostatic field in vacuum; boundary conditions and relation of microscopic to macroscopic fields; general methods for the solution of potential problems, including those of two and three dimensions; energy relations and forces in the electrostatic field; steady currents and their interaction; magnet materials and boundary value problems; and Maxwell's equations. Additional topics include energy, force, and momentum relations in the electromagnetic field; the wave equation and plane waves; conducting fluids in a magnetic field; waves in the presence of metallic boundaries; the inhomogeneous wave equation; the experimental basis for the theory of special relativity; relativistic kinematics and the Lorentz transformation; covariance and relativistic mechanics; covariant formulation of electrodynamics; and the Liénard-Wiechert potentials and the field of a uniformly moving electron.
The text concludes with examinations of radiation from an accelerated charge; radiation reaction and covariant formulation of the conservation laws of electrodynamics; radiation, scattering, and dispersion; the motion of charged particles in electromagnetic fields; and Hamiltonian formulation of Maxwell's equations.