02693cam a22003375i 4500 36016 36016 160804s2016 xxk|||| o |||| 0|eng 9781447172826 9781447172840 Babin, Anatoli. Neoclassical Theory of Electromagnetic Interactions : A Single Theory for Macroscopic and Microscopic Scales / by Anatoli Babin, Alexander Figotin. London Springer Nature 2020 1 online resource (XXIII, 696 pages) ill.; Includes Reference and index In 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. Partial differential equations. Mathematical physics. 2291 Physics. 23 Optics. 6407 Electrodynamics. Elementary particles (Physics). Quantum field theory. 2119 Statistical physics. 2121 Partial Differential Equations. Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences. Mathematical Methods in Physics. Classical Electrodynamics. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory. Figotin, Alexander. BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC MAIN F S PASFL 2022-10-20 PHC 0 QA 377 .B33 2020 0046109 2022-10-20 00:00:00 1 2022-10-20 BK