In addition to expanding and clarifying a number of sections of the first edition, it generalizes the analysis that eliminates the noncausal pre-acceleration so that it applies to removing any pre-deceleration as well. It also introduces a robust power series solution to the equation of motion that produces an extremely accurate solution to problems such as the motion of electrons in uniform magnetic fields.
Foreword.- Preface To The First Edition.- Preface To The Second
Edition.- Introduction and Summary of Results.- Lorentz-Abraham Force And
Power Equations.- Derivation of Force And Power Equations.- Internal Binding
Forces.- Electromagnetic, Electrostatic, Bare, Measured, and Insulator
Masses.- Transformation and Redefinition of Forcepower and Momentum-Energy.-
Momentum and Energy Relations.- Solutions to The Equation of Motion.-
Derivation and Transformation of Smallvelocity Force and Power.- Derivation
of Force and Power at Arbitrary Velocity.- Electric and Magnetic Fields in a
Spherical Shell of Charge.- Derivation of The Linear Terms for the Self
Electromagnetic Force.- References.
Arthur D. Yaghjian works primarily as a research engineer in the area of electromagnetic theory. His work has led to the determination of electric and magnetic fields in material media, as well as to the development of exact, numerical, and high-frequency methods for predicting and measuring the near and far fields of antennas and scatterers in both the time and frequency domains. His contributions to the determination of the classical equations of motion of accelerated charged particles have found recognition in a number of texts such as the latest edition of Jackson's "Classical Electrodynamics." He has published two books, several chapters in other books, and about 50 archival journal articles, four of which received best paper awards. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and presently serves as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer.
