The Enigmatic Photon: Volume 1: The Field B(3)This book is the first of two volumes devoted to the photon. Volume 1 presents the first systematic development of the fundamental magnetizing field of electromagnetic radiation: the field Ii3. The book has 12 chapters which collectively describe the properties of Ii3 in a vacuum and in the interaction of light with matter. Volume 2 deals with the development of non-Abelian, or O(3), electrodynamics in which Ii3 is incorporated systematically. For researchers and graduate students interested in the theory of electromagnetic radiation. |
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