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Optics and Spectroscopy in Massive Electrodynamic Theory

The kinematics and dynamics for plane wave optics are derived for a massive electrodynamic field by utilizing Proca's theory. Atomic spectroscopy is also examined, with the focus on the 21 cm radiation due to the hyperfine structure of hydrogen. The modifications to Snell's Law, the Fresnel formulas, and the 21 cm radiation are shown to reduce to the familiar expressions in the limit of zero photon mass.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:pdx.edu/oai:pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu:open_access_etds-2484
Date04 October 2013
CreatorsCaccavano, Adam
PublisherPDXScholar
Source SetsPortland State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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