Lectures on Classical Electrodynamics

These lecture notes cover classical electrodynamics at the level of advanced undergraduates or postgraduates. There is a strong emphasis on the general features of the electromagnetic field and, in particular, on the properties of electromagnetic radiation. It offers a comprehensive and detailed, as well as self-contained, account of material that can be covered in a one-semester course for students with a solid undergraduate knowledge of basic electricity and magnetism.

Contents:

Maxwell's Equations

Electromagnetic Pulses

Lorentz Transformation

3+1–Dimensional Notation

Action, Reaction — Interaction

Retarded Potentials

Radiation Fields

Spectral Properties of Radiation

Time-Dependent Spectral Distribution

Synchrotron Radiation

Scattering

Diffraction