Reconstruction of Macroscopic Maxwell Equations: A Single Susceptibility Theory

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This book presents a logically more complete form of macroscopic Maxwell equations than the conventional ones by applying long wavelength approximation to microscopic nonlocal theory. This scheme requires only one susceptibility tensor describing electric and magnetic polarizations together with their mutual interference. The quantum mechanical expression of the susceptibility covers both chiral and achiral symmetry. Only in the absence of chiral symmetry, this reduces to the conventional form, under the additional condition of using magnetic susceptibility defined with respect to, not H, but B. This scheme solves various problems inherent to the conventional scheme of Maxwell equations.

Author(s): Kikuo Cho (auth.)
Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 237
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: 138
Tags: Mathematical Methods in Physics;Optics and Electrodynamics

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-19
New Form of Macroscopic Maxwell Equations....Pages 21-47
Discussions of the New Results....Pages 49-75
Further Considerations....Pages 77-96
Mathematical Details and Additional Physics....Pages 97-131
Back Matter....Pages 133-135