ABSTRACT

Treats certain problems and methods of theoretical physics and astrophysics which are associated with microscopic and macroscopic electrodynamics and material concerning the theory of transition radiation and transition scattering.

chapter 2|10 pages

Radiation Reaction

chapter 3|13 pages

Uniformly Accelerated Charges

chapter 5|28 pages

Synchrotron Radiation

chapter 6|29 pages

Electrodynamics of a Continuous Medium

chapter 7|35 pages

The Čerenkov and Doppler Effects

chapter 9|18 pages

Superluminal Sources of Radiation

chapter 10|19 pages

Reabsorption and Transfer of Radiation

chapter 12|31 pages

Permittivity and Wave Propagation in Plasmas

chapter 14|20 pages

Fluctuations and van der Waals Forces

chapter 15|26 pages

Wave Scattering in a Medium

chapter 16|39 pages

Astrophysics of Cosmic Rays

chapter 17|34 pages

X-Ray Astronomy

chapter 18|15 pages

Gamma-Ray Astronomy