02617cam a22003135i 4500008004100000020001800041020001800059100002000077245015400097260003400251300004800285500003300333520145300366650003601819650002601855650001301881650001201894650002101906650003601927650002601963650002501989650003602014650005602050650003702106650003102143650004802174650005702222700002402279160804s2016    xxk|||| o    |||| 0|eng    a9781447172826  a97814471728401 aBabin, Anatoli.10aNeoclassical Theory of Electromagnetic Interactions :bA Single Theory for Macroscopic and Microscopic Scales /cby Anatoli Babin, Alexander Figotin.  aLondonbSpringer Naturec2020  a1 online resource (XXIII, 696 pages)bill.;  aIncludes Reference and index  aIn this monograph, the authors present their recently developed theory of electromagnetic interactions. This neoclassical approach extends the classical electromagnetic theory down to atomic scales and allows the explanation of various non-classical phenomena in the same framework. While the classical Maxwell-Lorentz electromagnetism theory succeeds in describing the physical reality at macroscopic scales, it struggles at atomic scales. Here, quantum mechanics traditionally takes over to describe non-classical phenomena such as the hydrogen spectrum and de Broglie waves. By means of modifying the classical theory, the approach presented here is able to consistently explain quantum-mechanical effects, and while similar to quantum mechanics in some respects, this neoclassical theory also differs markedly from it. In particular, the newly developed framework omits probabilistic interpretations of the wave function and features a new fundamental spatial scale which, at the size of the free electron, is much larger than the classical electron radius and is relevant to plasmonics and emission physics. This book will appeal to researchers interested in advanced aspects of electromagnetic theory. Treating the classical approach in detail, including non-relativistic aspects and the Lagrangian framework, and comparing the neoclassical theory with quantum mechanics and the de Broglie-Bohm theory, this work is completely self-contained. 0aPartial differential equations. 0aMathematical physics. 0aPhysics. 0aOptics. 0aElectrodynamics. 0aElementary particles (Physics). 0aQuantum field theory. 0aStatistical physics.14aPartial Differential Equations.24aMathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.24aMathematical Methods in Physics.24aClassical Electrodynamics.24aElementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.24aApplications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory.1 aFigotin, Alexander.