SELECTED QUESTIONS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS (M.S. Kalenkov)
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- Hamiltonian method in classical electrodynamics in a vacuum. Quantization.
- Photons and virtual photons. Does uniformly moving electron radiate?
- The reaction of the radiation in the gradual movement of charge. The rotation of the magnetic moment (oblique magnetic rotator).
- Radiation and radiation force in the uniformly accelerated motion of the charge.
- Relativistic equation of motion, taking into account the radiation reaction. The law of conservation of energy for charge and field.
- Characteristics of radiation of nonrelativistic and relativistic particles moving in a vacuum. Motion in a magnetic field.
- Reaction of the radiation and applicability limits of the classical theory. Radiation (magnetic braking) loss in the motion of a charged particle in a magnetic field.
- Characteristics of synchrotron radiation. Some applications of the synchrotron radiation theory in astrophysics. The limits of the theory applicability.
- Hamiltonian method. The photons in the medium. Oscillator radiation in isotropic and anisotropic media.
- Cherenkov radiation. Doppler effect. Ondulator in the environment. Characteristics of radiation of particles moving in the environment.
- Synchrotron radiation in the plasma. The vacuum in a strong electro-magnetic field as double refracting environment.
- Vavilov-Cherenkov effect and the Doppler effect in a quantum point of view. The reaction of the radiation in the environment.
- Cherenkov radiation and absorption of waves in isotropic and magnetoactive plasma. Cherenkov radiation of dipoles.
- The radiation in the channels and cracks. Applying the theorem of reciprocity.
- The nature of the transition radiation and transition scattering. Transition radiation at the boundary between two media. Transition radiation in a nonstationary environment.
- The zone of radiation formation. The energy balance in transition radiation. Transitional scattering.
- The seemingly and real superluminal speeds of radiation sources. Vavilov-Cherenkov effect and Doppler effect when the sources move with speed, greater than speed of light in a vacuum.
- Reabsorption and maser effect (increasing waves). The equations of radiation transfer.
- The method of Einstein coefficients and its application in the polarized radiation. Reabsorption and increasing of synchrotron radiation in vacuum and in the presence of cold plasma.
- On account of spatial dispersion. Normal waves in anizoropic environment. Some effects of spatial dispersion in crystal optics. About polaritons.
- Permittivity of plasma (elementary and kinetic theory). Propagation in homogeneous isotropic plasma and in homogeneous magnetoactive plasma.
- On the energy-momentum tensor and the forces in a macroscopic electrodynamics. Application of conservation laws of energy and momentum in the emission of electromagnetic waves (photons) in the environment.
- The forces acting on the environment. Energy density and the heat released in the dispersive absorbing environment. On the inverted medium.
- Fluctuations in the electrical circuit. Thermal radiation in the environment. Molecular (van der Waals) forces between macroscopic bodies. The interaction of electrons with the field in the hollow resonator.
- Scattering of electromagnetic waves (light) in the environment. The width of the lines in the spectrum of radiation and the spectrum of scattered radiation.
- Raman scattering with the formation of polaritons (real excitons). Scattering by free electrons in the plasma. Transitional scattering plasma.
- Introductory remarks. Model of cosmic rays origin. Overview of the issues.
- Ionization energy loss. About bunch volatility and plasma effects in cosmic rays.
- Transport equation in diffusion approximation. Simplifications of the transport equation in the case of proton-nuclear and electronic components. Some estimates.
- The processes leading to the formation of X-ray and gamma-rays. Definition of variables used in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy.
- The braking X-radiation of nonrelativistic ionized gas (plasma). Bremsstrahlung of relativistic electrons and braking (radiative) energy loss. Scattering of relativistic electrons by photons (inverse Compton effect).
- Compton energy losses. On the synchrotron X-ray radiation. Remarks on the comparison of theory with observations.
- Gamma-rays, generated by proton-nuclear component of cosmic rays. Example of Magellanic clouds and the interstellar medium. The absorption of X-ray and gamma-rays.
REFERENCES
- V.L. Ginzburg. Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics. M. : Nauka, 1981
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