Electrodynamics of Continuous Media

The book outlines the fundamentals of electrodynamics of continuous media and is a tool for studying a variety of electric and magnetic phenomena in the continuous media. The electrodynamics of continuous media is presented within the framework of macroscopic Maxwell equations with the constitutive relations describing the electrical and magnetic response of various media. The application of electrodynamics of continuous media embraces such topics as electrostatics of conductors and dielectrics, electric current in a conductive medium, magnetostatic phenomena, magnetism, quasi-stationary approximation, plasma, magnetohydrodynamics, scattering of electromagnetic waves in the substance, electromagnetic metamaterials, Cherenkov radiation, and ionization losses. Each paragraph ends with one or several problems with the solutions clarifying the paragraph content and delivering some additional physical examples. The problems give an opportunity for a reader to check the own real knowledge of the material studied.

The book is for postgraduates students studying the electrodynamics of continuous media. To understand the subject matter, it is sufficient to know the traditional courses of General Physics. The book can be used as a supplement to the textbooks published on electrodynamics of condensed media and condensed matter physics.