Are Graduate Physics Programs Still Using Jackson's Classical Electrodynamics?

[newbee]

Hi Folks

J. D. Jackson's last edition to his Classical Electrodynamics (3rd edition) was ten years ago. Are most graduate physics programs still using his text? It appears that some programs maybe using Schwinger's book. What other graduate level texts are in use?

Thank you

 

[Norman]

As far as I know, Jackson's book is still the standard text. I have actually never met a Physics PhD from recent years (the last 15 years or so) who has not used Jackson's book in graduate electrodynamics. That doesn't mean no one does, but I think it is fairly rare.

 

[sokrates]

Ramo - Whinnery and Van Duzer

Fields and Waves in Comm. Electronics

a classic

 

[Born2bwire]

The only general graduate EM book I have used is Jackson's. Any other class that dealt with a specified topic chose a text dealing with that specific field, "Waves and Fields in Inhomogeneous Media," "Electromagnetic Noise and Quantum Optical Measurements," or "The Finite Element Method in Electromagnetics" for example, all of which were chosen at the whim of the instructor (and usually written by them too).

Oh, I just remembered, Balanis' "Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics" was used for my graduate ECE EM course and his antenna book was also used in an antennas course.

 

[Meir Achuz]

"Classical Electromagnetism" - Jerrold Franklin

 

[newbee]

Thanks folks.

 

[Vanadium 50]

First, practically everyone uses Dave Jackson's book.

Alternatives? Lorraine and Corson, although it's a little more elementary and supplemented by Griffiths. Landau, Pitaevskii and Lifgarbagez is even more intense.

 

[CFDFEAGURU]

You can download this free book. Not sure how well it stacks up against the ones listed in the posts above.

http://www.plasma.uu.se/CED/Book/

Thanks
Matt

 

[n!kofeyn]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0226519589/?tag=pfamazon01-20by Fulvio Melia
This book would be excellent as a supplement, as it doesn't contain any problem sets. What it does well though is teaching the ideas behind electrodynamics.