Introduction to Advanced Electrodynamics

Dr. Kaushik Bhattacharya obtained his doctoral degree at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata. Subsequently he carried out postdoctoral research in Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad and  Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares (ICN) in the National Autononomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City. He is a theoretical physicist, whose chief interest lies in cosmology and quantum field theory in curved spacetime. His interests also lie in problems related with astro-particle physics and modified theories of gravity. Dr. Soumik Mukhopadhyay received his doctoral degree from Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata. Later on, he was in the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a Centenary Postdoctoral Fellow. He is an experimental physicist with research interests in the area of magnetism and strongly correlated electron systems.​

“This book is a comprehensive treatment of advanced electrodynamics. It is an excellent reference for many topics and I will just mention a selection. … The book would be useful both for reference and pedagogic purposes.” (Brian L. Burrows, zbMATH 1502.78001, 2023)

• Basic Laws of Electrodynamics.- Boundary Value Problems in Electrostatics.- Electrodynamics of Material Media.- Initiation to Electromagnetic Radiation.- Long Wavelength Scattering.- Special Relativity and Fourier Transform Theory for Electrodynamics.- Covariant Form of Maxwell’s Equations in the Absence of Bound Charges and Bound Currents.- Gauge Invariance of Electrodynamics.- Action Principle in Electrodynamics.- Electromagnetic Field Produced by an Arbitrarily Moving Point Charge.- Radiation Reaction in Brief.- Cherenkov Radiation.