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Is there an alternative to SIMION?
Is anyone aware of an alternative, possibly open-source, to the SIMION software?
From their website:
SIMION is a particle optics simulation software primarily used to
calculate electric fields ...
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Recommended books that describe emission and absorption of light and light/matter interactions
Hello I am a Chemical Engineer that has ventured into the field of optics and I was wondering if there is any recommended book/books to understand the maths and also some answered exercises or ...
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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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Introduction to electromagnetic waves with easy math
My father would like to understand the physics of light (let's say Maxwell's theory, the wave-particle duality and special relativity) and he's asked me what book he should read. He's a quick learner, ...
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Good textbooks on nonlinear electrodynamics?
Looking for suggestions for a good textbook on nonlinear electrodynamics, not going into optics immediately as most textbooks tend to do but perhaps a rigorous mathematical exposition on the ...
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Electrodynamics using exterior calculus
Can anyone suggest resource for full course of electrodynamics using exterior calculus?
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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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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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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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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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Introductory Electricity and Magnetism Textbook for Biology and Biophysics
My research advisor will be teaching a new course at my university on Electricity and Magnetism for Biophysics and Biology students. This is the first course the students would be taking in E&M. ...
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How can we excite transverse magnetic or electric ( TM or TE) modes on metallic mediums?
I would be very thankful if someone can point me at references on explaining theories of excitations for transverse magnetic or electric modes.
In engineering, the literature has plenty of papers on ...
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Any resource explaining how to get a volume charge density from a surface charge density?
Where (book, lecture notes) could one find
a clear explanation (better if examples are provided)
about how to find the volume charge density in a point
given the surface charge density there?
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Solution of Maxwell's equations in curved spacetime
Can someone please suggest some resources on the topic of the solution of Maxwell's equations in curved spacetime?
I have already read about Maxwell's equation in curved spacetime from the book of ...