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1 Classical Electrodynamics: A Short Review |
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1 | (16) |
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1.1 Coulomb's Law and the First Maxwell Equation |
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1 | (3) |
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1.2 Charge Conservation and Continuity Equation |
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4 | (1) |
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1.3 Absence of Magnetic Charges in Nature and the Second Maxwell Equation |
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4 | (1) |
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1.4 Laplace's Laws and the Steady Fourth Maxwell Equation |
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5 | (1) |
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1.5 Faraday's Law and the Third Maxwell Equation |
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6 | (1) |
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1.6 Displacement Current and the Fourth Maxwell Equation |
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7 | (1) |
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1.7 Maxwell Equations in Vacuum |
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7 | (1) |
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1.8 Maxwell Equations in Matter |
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7 | (2) |
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1.9 Electrodynamic Potentials and Gauge Transformations |
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9 | (4) |
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1.10 Electromagnetic Waves |
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13 | (4) |
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2 Multipole Expansion of the Electrostatic Potential |
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17 | (16) |
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2.1 The Potential of the Electric Dipole |
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17 | (1) |
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2.2 Interaction of the Dipole with an Electric Field |
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18 | (1) |
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2.3 Multipole Expansion for the Potential of a Distribution of Point Charges |
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19 | (3) |
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2.4 Properties of the Electric Dipole Moment |
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22 | (1) |
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2.5 The Quadrupole Tensor |
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23 | (1) |
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2.6 A Bidimensional Quadrupole |
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24 | (9) |
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25 | (3) |
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28 | (1) |
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28 | (5) |
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3 The Method of Image Charges |
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33 | (22) |
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3.1 The Method of Image Charges |
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33 | (1) |
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3.2 Point Charge and Conductive Plane |
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34 | (2) |
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3.3 Point Charge Near a Conducting Sphere |
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36 | (2) |
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3.4 Conducting Sphere in a Uniform Electric Field |
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38 | (3) |
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3.5 A Charged Wire Near a Cylindrical Conductor |
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41 | (14) |
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42 | (2) |
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44 | (11) |
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4 Image Charges in Dielectrics |
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55 | (18) |
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4.1 Electrostatics in Dielectric Media |
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55 | (1) |
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4.2 Point Charge Near the Plane Separating Two Dielectric Media |
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56 | (3) |
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4.3 Dielectric Sphere in an External Uniform Electric Field |
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59 | (14) |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (10) |
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5 Functions of Complex Variables and Electrostatics |
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73 | (14) |
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5.1 Analytic Functions of Complex Variable |
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73 | (3) |
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5.2 Electrostatics and Analytic Functions |
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76 | (1) |
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5.3 The Function f(z) = z4 |
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76 | (5) |
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5.3.1 The Quadrupole: f(z) = z2 |
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76 | (1) |
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5.3.2 The Conductive Wedge at Fixed Potential |
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77 | (3) |
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5.3.3 Edge of a Thin Plate |
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80 | (1) |
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5.4 The Charged Wire: f(z) = log z |
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81 | (1) |
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5.5 Solution of the Laplace's Equation for Two-Dimensional Problems: Wire and Comers |
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82 | (5) |
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84 | (1) |
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84 | (3) |
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6 Relativistic Transformation of E and B Fields |
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87 | (12) |
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6.1 From Charge Invariance to the 4-Current Density |
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87 | (3) |
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6.2 Electric Current in a Wire and a Charged Particle in Motion |
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90 | (2) |
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6.3 Transformation of the E and B Fields |
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92 | (1) |
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6.4 The Total Charge in Different Frames |
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93 | (6) |
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95 | (1) |
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95 | (4) |
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7 Relativistic Covariance of Electrodynamics |
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99 | (14) |
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7.1 Electrodynamics and Special Theory of Relativity |
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99 | (2) |
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7.2 4-Vectors, Covariant and Contravariant Components |
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101 | (4) |
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7.3 Relativistic Covariance of the Electrodynamics |
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105 | (1) |
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7.4 4-Vector Potential and the Equations of Electrodynamics |
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105 | (1) |
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7.5 The Continuity Equation |
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106 | (1) |
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7.6 The Electromagnetic Tensor |
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106 | (1) |
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7.7 Lorentz Transformation for Electric and Magnetic Fields |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (2) |
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7.8.1 Inhomogeneous Equations |
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108 | (1) |
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7.8.2 Homogeneous Equations |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (1) |
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7.10 Gauge Transformations |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (1) |
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7.12 The Equations of Motion for a Charged Particle in the Electromagnetic Field |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (8) |
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8.1 The Capacitor at High Frequency |
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113 | (5) |
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118 | (3) |
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9 Energy and Momentum of the Electromagnetic Field |
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121 | (22) |
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121 | (3) |
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124 | (3) |
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124 | (1) |
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124 | (2) |
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126 | (1) |
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9.3 Energy Transfer in Electrical Circuits |
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127 | (2) |
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9.4 The Maxwell Stress Tensor |
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129 | (4) |
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9.5 Radiation Pressure on a Surface |
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133 | (2) |
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135 | (1) |
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9.7 The Covariant Maxwell Stress Tensor |
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135 | (8) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (6) |
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143 | (18) |
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143 | (2) |
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10.2 A Charge and a Small Magnet |
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145 | (1) |
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10.3 Analysis of the Angular Momentum Present in the System |
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146 | (2) |
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10.4 Two Cylindrical Shells with Opposite Charge in a Vanishing Magnetic Field |
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148 | (13) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (4) |
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11 Test of the Coulomb's Law and Limits on the Mass of the Photon |
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161 | (12) |
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162 | (1) |
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11.2 First Tests of the Coulomb's Law |
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162 | (2) |
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164 | (2) |
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11.4 The Williams, Faller and Hill Experiment |
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166 | (2) |
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11.5 Limits from Measurements of the Magnetic Field of the Earth and of Jupiter |
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168 | (1) |
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11.6 The Lakes Experiment |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (1) |
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171 | (2) |
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Appendix: Proca Equations from the Euler-Lagrange Equations |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (16) |
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12.1 Generalized Maxwell Equations |
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173 | (1) |
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12.2 Generalized Duality Transformation |
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174 | (2) |
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12.3 Symmetry Properties for Electromagnetic Quantities |
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176 | (1) |
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177 | (1) |
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12.5 Magnetic Field and Potential of a Monopole |
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178 | (1) |
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12.6 Quantization Relation |
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179 | (2) |
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12.7 Quantization from Electric Charge-Magnetic Dipole Scattering |
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181 | (1) |
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12.8 Properties of the Magnetic Monopoles |
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182 | (2) |
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12.8.1 Magnetic Charge and Coupling Constant |
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182 | (1) |
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12.8.2 Monopole in a Magnetic Field |
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183 | (1) |
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12.8.3 Ionization Energy Loss for Monopoles in Matter |
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183 | (1) |
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12.9 Searches for Magnetic Monopoles |
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184 | (5) |
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185 | (1) |
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185 | (4) |
Appendix A Orthogonal Curvilinear Coordinates |
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