Download or read book Multipole Theory in Electromagnetism written by Roger E. Raab and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multipole theory provides a powerful way of characterising the electromagnetic behaviour of a medium, be it microscopic or macroscopic. This text decribes the concept of multipole theory as well as its successes and failures in applications to transmission, scattering and reflection.