Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude / Dupont-Roc, Jacques / Grynberg, Gilbert Photons and Atoms Introduction to Quantum Electrodynamics
1. Edition - March 1997 93.90 Euro 1997. XVIII, 468 Pages, Softcover - Textbook - ISBN-10: 0-471-18433-0 ISBN-13: 978-0-471-18433-1 - Wiley-VCH, Berlin
Short description This book provides the necessary background to help readers understand photon-atom interactions, starting with elementary quantum theory and classical electrodynamics and progressing to more advanced approaches. It makes a critical comparison between these different, although equivalent, formulations of quantum electrodynamics.
From the contents Classical Electrodynamics: The Fundamental Equations and the Dynamical Variables.
Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Approach to Electrodynamics; The Standard Lagrangian and the Coulomb Gauge.
Quantum Electrodynamics in the Coulomb Gauge.
Other Equivalent Formulations of Electrodynamics.
Introduction to the Covariant Formulation of Quantum Electrodynamics.
