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This book provides a direct method in deriving Maxwell s equations, study the fundamental gauge problem and develop the theory of propagators as describing the propagation of radiation in vacuum and various media in a time evolutionary manner. Photon production through vacuum-to-vacuum transition amplitude, explicitly derived, gives rise to a theoretical laboratory to describe and derive electromagnetic phenomena, emphasizing, in particular, radiation theory in a rather simple manner. The latter, involving propagators, is much in the spirit of Feynman s intuitive approach to electrodynamics, which, however, is done here in a rigorous manner. The tremendously simplified way of computing the power of radiation in several physical applications, mentioned in the TOC, will be apparent. The book concludes with the very interesting chapter involving the cosmic background radiation originated when the Universe was about 380,000 years old and cooled down enough so that neutral atoms were formed and photons became mere spectators free to move and are right here around us as we observe them today. Readers who have seen electrodynamics developed again and again over the years starting by Maxwell s equations, in the standard manner, as is invariably done, will find solace from reading and learning from the present book which emphasizes physical clarity, simplicity of derivations, and elegance of formalism.
The Photon in Minkowski Spacetime.- The Photon and the Vacuum-to-Vacuum Transition Amplitude.- < 0+ | 0 >: Theoretical Laboratory for Computation of Power of Radiation.- The Field Concept, The Gauge Problem and Derivation of Maxwell s Equations.- Synchrotron Radiation.- Vacuum-to-Vacuum Transition Amplitude < 0+ | 0 > in a Medium.- Propagator Theory and Scattering Processes.- Propagators: Scattering in Different Media.- Red Light, Blue Light, Feynman and a Layer of Glass.- Radiation Seeping Through a Thin Metal.- Cerenkov Radiation in Various Configurations: Beyond the Classic Theory.- Rayleigh Radiation, Mie Radiation: Blue Skies, Red Skies, White Clouds.- Radiation by Diffraction.- Radiation by X-Ray Diffraction off Crystals.- Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Radiation.
Professor Dr. Edouard B. Manoukian is Emeritus Professor of physics at the Institute for Fundamental Study of Naresuan University and Honorary Fellow of the Center for Theoretical Physics and Natural Philosophy, Nakhonsawan Studiorum for Advanced Studies NAS of Mahidol University, in Thailand. He carried out graduate studies at McGill and University of Toronto obtaining the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees, respectively, in 1968 and 1971. He held research positions at the Theoretical Physics Institute of the University of Alberta, the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies , and the Centre de Recherches Mathématiques Appliquées of the University of Montreal and held Professorships as well at the Royal Military College of Canada of the Department of National Defence and at the School of Physics of Suranaree University of Technology in Thailand. He has authored over 190 refereed papers in most aspects of theoretical physics, as well as of 9 books.
