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Journal article

Does Pizzella's experiment violate causality?

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Description

Recent experiments, performed by Prof. Pizzella's team with relativistic electron bunches, indicate that Coulomb field is rigidly attached to the charge's instantaneous position. Despite a widespread opinion, this fact does not violate causality in moving reference frames. To see that, one should apply the Wigner – Dirac theory of relativistic dynamics and take into account that the Lorentz boost generator depends on interaction. Then one can show that interaction remains instantaneous in all reference frames. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/845/1/012016

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
845
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[7 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
10. biennial conference on classical and quantum relativistic dynamics of particles and fields
Dates
6-9 Jun 2016
Place
Ljubljana (Slovenia)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
49012444
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CAUSALITY; COULOMB FIELD; ELECTRIC CHARGES; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONS; LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS; INTERACTIONS; LEPTONS; TRANSFORMATIONS