L.D. LANDAU - Electrodynamics of Continuous Media

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COURSE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS

Volume 8

ELECTRODYNAMICS OF CONTINUOUS MEDIA

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First English edition 1960

Reprinted 1963, 1975, 1981, 1982

Second Revised edition 1984

Translated from the second edition of Elektrodinamika sploshnykh sred, Izdatelstvo Nauka, Moscow, 1982

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Landau, L. D. (Lev Davidovich), 19081968.

Electrodynamics of continuous media.

(Course of theoretical physics; v. 8)

Translation of: Elektrodinamika sploshnykh sred.

Translated from the second edition Izdatelstvo Nauka, Moscow 1982.T.p. verso.

1. Electromagnetic waves. 2. Electrodynamics.

3. Continuum mechanics. I. Lifshits, E. M. (Evgenii

Mikhailovich) II. Pitaevskii, L. P. (Lev Petrovich)

III. Title. IV. Series: Landau, L. D. (Lev Davidovich),

19081968. Course of theoretical physics; v. 8.

QC661.L2413 1984 537 8324997

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Landau, L. D.

Electrodynamics of continuous media.2nd ed.

(Course of theoretical physics; V. 8)

1. Electrodynamics

I. Title II. Lifshitz, E. M. III. Series

537.6 QC631

ISBN 0-08-030276-9 (Hardcover)

ISBN 0-08-030275-0 (Flexicover)

Printed in Great Britain by A Wheaton & Co. Exeter

Twenty-five years have passed since the writing of this volume in its first edition. Such a long interval has inevitably made necessary a fairly thorough revision and expansion of the book for its second edition.

The original choice of material was such that, with some very slight exceptions, it has not become obsolete. In this part, only some relatively minor additions and improvements have been made.

It has, however, been necessary to incorporate a considerable amount of new material. This relates in particular to the theory of the magnetic properties of matter and the theory of optical phenomena, with new chapters on spatial dispersion and non-linear optics.

The chapter on electromagnetic fluctuations has been deleted, since this topic is now dealt with, in a different way, in Volume 9 of the Course.

As with the other volumes, invaluable help in the revision has been derived from the comments of scientific colleagues, who are too numerous to be named here in their entirety, but to whom we offer our sincere thanks. Particularly many comments came from V. L. Ginzburg, B. Ya. Zeldovich and V. P. Kranov. It was most useful to be able to hold regular discussions of questions arising, with A. F. Andreev, I. E. Dzyaloshinski and I. M. Lifshitz. We are particularly grateful to S. I. Vanshten and R. V. Polovin for much assistance in revising the chapter on magnetohydrodynamics. Lastly, our thanks are due to A. S. Borovik-Romanov, V. I. Grigorev and M. I. Kaganov for reading the manuscript and for a number of useful remarks.