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What book should I read to learn about the magnetocaloric effect

I am trying to study the magnetocaloric effect for a project but I can't find any good resources that deeply talk about it. Could you make any good recommandation to learn the basics about this effect ...
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Utilization of Hertz potentials in calculations

Electrodynamics textbooks, like Zangwill's Modern Electrodynamics, introduce the Hertz potentials $\boldsymbol{\Pi}_m$ and $\boldsymbol{\Pi}_e$(see Chapter 20 of the fore-mentioned book). While they ...
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Papers About electromagnetism [duplicate]

What papers by people who developed electromagnetism are worth reading to help understand their original thoughts?
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Bibliography for the Quantization of the free electromagnetic field with the Lorenz gauge

Recently I have been studying QFT and when I arrived at the Gauge theory I learned that one can quantize the electromagnetic field with the Coulomb gauge and the Lorenz gauge. Regarding the Coulomb, I ...
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Book Recommendation: One that has a lot of problems and theory associated with polar coordinates and spherical polar coordinates [closed]

I would like to "master" polar coordinates and spherical polar coordinates. In the sense, I would like to become as well versed with them as I am with cartesian coordinates. I have gone ...
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Books on electrodynamics of continuous media

There is a classical textbook "Electrodynamics of continuous media" by Landau-Lifschitz. To my taste, this book does not give enough details on general material, but rather focuses on ...
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Good resources for revision/learning of classical mechanics and electrodynamics [duplicate]

I am a first year PhD student in Physics. My M.Sc classes were all online due to covid and I did pretty bad in managing classes. Thus my electrodynamics knowledge is effectively upto B.Sc level(say ...
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Recommendation books on graduate level vector analysis and field analysis with application of electrodynamics?

I am currently a physics and mathematics double major graduate student. Looking for a text book and problem sets on the topic of vector field analysis, would be best if the book is advanced and ...
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Resource recommendation on Macroscopic electromagnetism

I would like to know about all books, papers, articles, heck at this point even rock engravings, to thoroughly understand the process of averaging microscopic equations to arrive at macroscopic ...
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Reference for dual gauge field and magnetic field being canonically conjugate

The gauge field operator in quantum Yang-Mills is canonically conjugate to the electric field. I know that the dual gauge field is canonically conjugate to the magnetic field, but I can't seem to dig ...
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Light deflection by inhomogeneous electric fields

This is a screenshot of the Noble Prize organization website on the biography of the Noble laureate Johannes Stark. And this is what I found worthy to ask about his work. In the last lines of his ...
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Electromagnetism textbook [duplicate]

I'm in the market for a textbook dealing with classical electromagnetism for someone who already knows the basics (e.g. up to the derivation of the Maxwell equations and the basic expressions for ...
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Electromagnetism for finite element simulations

I want to learn about electromagnetism, as I will need to run (time dependent) finite element simulations regarding electrical motors for my job. I only had one course in EM a long time ago, and I can ...
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Symmetries of Classical Electrodynamics

I'm looking for a concise text where classical electrodynamics' symmetries are enlisted, proven and explained. So far I´ve found different texts with just some of them and vaguely, or extensively, ...
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Understanding Maxwell's equations in a non-intertial frame

I'm trying to better understand "Maxwell's equations in a non-inertial frame" but a lot of the references I found (e.g. https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.3968) are too advanced. What are the ...
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I am looking for electromagnetism textbooks which start from special relativity

I have studied Griffiths' book and am looking for another textbook to review/deepen my understanding of electrodynamics. I happened to read Susskind's 'Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory' ...
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References for Subtleties in Electromagnetism: Infinities

There appears to be some infinities in classical electromagnetism: The total energy contained in the electric field of a point charge diverges. The potential at a point charge diverges. The potential ...
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A program to model classical EM field?

As per title, i would like to ask if there exists a program where i can create an arbitrary wire with an arbitrary current and get a visualization of electric and magnetic fields around it. The ...
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What are some good textbooks to learn EM with differential forms? (With focus on condensed matter)

As the title suggests, does anyone have recommendations for learning EM with differential forms? Both undergraduate and graduate level textbook suggestions are welcomed. I know there's Lindell's ...
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Where can I find tables of the refractive index (real and complex part) or dielectric function as a function of frequency for different materials?

I need this information to do simulations for my master's thesis but I don't know if there is a bibliography or a repository on the internet with this information. They are simple materials, water, ...
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Finding a rigorous EM book with applications

I'm a mathematician who would like your help getting the right text for EM to suit my needs. I want to learn more a bit about applied EM. Mainly about antennas and transmission lines, reciprocity, ...
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Books explaining 'Physical Significance' of Physics Quantities [closed]

As a high school student with an avid interest in Physics, I find it difficult & useless to read Physics from my prescribed textbooks. Because they lack a detailed explanation of the phenomena ...
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Asking for recommended mathematical basics to cover to master Electromagnetic theory [duplicate]

I was trying to self read "Electrodynamics by Griffiths". However, I find it very difficult when different coordinate systems were used simultaneously. ...
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Can I read Griffiths and Purcell & Morin together? [closed]

I'm familiar with single variable, multivariable and vector calculus. Also the basics of ODEs. I know Special relativity at the level of Morin's Classical Mechanics. I have studied E&M before from ...
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A formulation of (classical) electrodynamics using fiber bundles

I have studied the mathematical foundations of gauge theories - in particular, fiber bundles and connection 1-forms - and knowing that classical mechanics can be formulated with fiber bundles$^1$, I ...
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Developing FEM/FDTD for Computational Electromagnetics

I am looking to create my own code/model for modeling electromagnetic problems via Finite Element Method and Finite Difference Time Domain method. I have been reading through the literature and ...
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Literature on magnetism from the view of condensed matter physics

I am looking for a good book on magnetism. It should be a condensed matter physics book, not focused on electromagnetism or electrodynamics. The book should cover mechanisms/theories for explaining ...
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What is a reference for a practical experiment for existence electric field wave and magnetic field wave in an electromagnetic wave?

Maxwell equations lead to simultaneous perpendicular oscillations of electric field as well as magnetic field with same amplitude and “wavelength”. But, they do not guarantee any propagation of these ...
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Which were the standard undergraduate electromagnetism textbooks before Griffiths?

I am curious about the books that were the standard undergraduate electromagnetism textbooks in the 1950s and 1960s before Griffiths took over in the 80s. Any resource recommendation would be welcome, ...
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The use of complex fields in electromagnetism

Virtually all treatments of electromagnetic wave propagation, and in particular of monochromatic plane waves, use basic complex analysis to simplify calculations. I am comfortable with these ...

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