Pre-Quantum Electrodynamics

Diagnostics: Potentials, Gauges and Fields d.emf

Fundamentals: After properly studying this module, you should be able to:

  • give the equations for electric and magnetic fields in terms of the scalar and vector potentials
  • give the Lorenz gauge
  • give the definition of the d'Alembertian operator
  • give the inhomogeneous Maxwell equations (in the language of scalar and vector potentials, in the Lorenz gauge)

Applications: As a strict minimum, you should be able to:

  • rederive how gauge transformations look like for scalar and vector potentials



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Author: Jean-Sébastien Caux

Created: 2024-02-27 Tue 10:31