"Aimed at students and researchers in physics and astrophysics, this textbook introduces the topic of special relativity, with an emphasis upon light-matter interaction and light in plasma. Includes discussion of important applications such as high power laser interactions and specialized light sources, such as synchrotrons and free electron lasers"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; 1. A brief introduction to special relativity and light; 2. An introduction to relativistic kinematics, kinetics and energy; 3. Relativity and electromagnetic fields; 4. Electromagnetic wave interactions with plasma and other matter; 5. Particle motion and radiation in electric and magnetic fields; 6. Photon and particle distribution functions; 7. Radiation emission, absorption and scatter in plasmas; 8. Collisional processes; 9. Relativistic optics; 10. Solutions to selected exercises; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; References; Index.
