Frontmatter

pp v-v

Frontmatter

pp vi-vi

Contents

pp vii-x

Preface

pp xi-xii

Part I - The Classical World

pp 1-2

1 - Introduction

pp 3-29

2 - Classical Electromagnetism

pp 30-64

3 - Dynamics of Charges and the Electromagnetic Field

pp 65-126

4 - The Classical Free Electromagnetic Field

pp 127-146

Part II - Quantum Theory

pp 147-148

5 - The Quantum Mechanical Formalism

pp 149-183

6 - Perturbation Methods

pp 184-217

7 - Quantisation of the Electromagnetic Field

pp 218-253

8 - The Coulomb Hamiltonian

pp 254-294

Part III - Non-relativistic Quantum Electrodynamics

pp 295-296

9 - The Quantisation of Electrodynamics

pp 297-338

10 - Quantum Electrodynamics and Perturbation Theory

pp 339-394

11 - Quantum Electrodynamics beyond Perturbation Theory

pp 395-413

12 - Quantum Electrodynamics and Molecular Structure

pp 414-437

Appendix A - The Functional Calculus

pp 438-440

Appendix B - Longitudinal and Transverse Fields

pp 441-444

Appendix C - Hamilton’s Equations for the Electromagnetic Field of a Charge

pp 445-448

Appendix D - Normal Ordering of Field Operator Products

pp 449-450

Appendix E - Calculus for Path-dependent Functionals

pp 451-455

Appendix F - Matrix Elements in the Coulomb Gauge

pp 456-460

Appendix G - The Heisenberg Group and Coherent States

pp 461-464

Appendix H - An Example of Constrained Dynamics

pp 465-468

Index

pp 469-478