Photons and Atoms

About the authors CLAUDE COHEN-TANNOUDJI is Professor of Physics at the College de France. He is the coauthor of Quantum Mechanics, published by John Wiley. Dr. Cohen-Tannoudji is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, and has been invited to lecture at Harvard, New York University, Toronto, and Leiden. He earned his Doctorat en Sciences Physiques in atomic physics at the University of Paris. JACQUES DUPONT-ROC is Directeur of the Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Hertzienne de l'Ecole Normale Superieure and maintains a full time research position at CNRS. Dr. Dupont-Roc earned his PhD in atomic physics at the University of Paris. GILBERT GRYNBERG is Associate Professor of Physics at Ecole Poly-technique and maintains a full time research position at CNRS. Dr. Grynberg earned his PhD in atomic physics at the University of Paris.

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. References. Index.