Classical e&m Definition and 11 Threads

Can Classical Electromagnetism by Jerrold Franklin replace Griffith's for self-study? The book is now in its second edition.

In Jackson,(3rd edition) Chapter 1 , page no, 44 He uses the word "semipositive definite" what is it? is it "non-negative" definite?

Consider the following experiment from the point-of-view of classical mechanics and classical electromagnetism: An originally free electron then passes through a magnetic field that is oriented so that it causes the electron to turn to, say, the right. During the “turning” of the electron (a...

I'm considering two identical spherical conductor each of radius ##a## and separated by a distance ##d##, and trying to figure out the capacitance of this configuration. My thoughts are that since capacitance is $$C=\frac {Q}{V}$$ and that the spherical conductors are equipotential surfaces...

Homework Statement Equation (10.30) in Jackson is the first-order Born approximation. What is the second-order Born approximation? Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution I can get the first-order Born approximation in Jackson's textbook. If I want to obtain the second-order (or n-th...

What is the intuition for why the frequency of light does not change as it passes from a less dense medium to a denser one (or vice versa)? Classically, if we treat light in terms of waves, then intuitively, is the reason why the frequency does not change because it is determined by the...

Hi everyone, I just wanted to know/understand that, why do the dielectrics don't get polarized, when subjected to induced electric field ? Because, according to the definition of electric field(which is a vector), it is the force per unit charge, which implies, that electric field has a unique...

I am having trouble with deducing the origin of Maxwell's Laws, especially Faraday's Law. Obviously some of the laws has to be originated by experiments and the rest should be mere deductions. I would guess that Lorentz force law is the empirical information where we just named some terms as...

I want to ask a question about the Quantum Vacuum, but I want to make a few statements about my understanding of the Classical concept of a vacuum to act as a background. 1.)As I understand it, the classical vacuum is a place where there is nothing. 2.)Two attributes of the classical vacuum are...

Homework Statement This isn't the whole homework problem but I need to show that (p dot gradient operator)E is equal to Gradient operator(p Dot E) Homework Equations P= Dipole Moment E= non constant electric field. The Attempt at a Solution Like I said this is the last part of...

It is my view that the road to a unified quantum theory of gravity and electromagnetism begins with unifying GR and E&M classically (i.e. a non quantum mechanical formulation). They show so may similarities that they may be more closely related than we think.