Published May 1, 2019
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Journal article
Maxwell's Equations, Fields or Potentials?
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva (Israel)
Description
Fields and potentials of Maxwell's Equations transform differently under the Lorentz transformation. Electric and magnetic fields are tridimensional objects which transform like massless fields as a subgroup of the Lorentz group. On the other hand, potentials are four-vectors. Therefore interactions of the electromagnetic fields with four-currents of massive particles cannot be achieved with fields, but only with potentials. Thus potentials seemed to be preferable and a correction to Maxwell's equations seemed unavoidable. We have generalized the Maxwell's equations, with 4-vector fields to allow interaction with currents. We suggest a new way to define the potentials and relate them to the new fields. (paper)
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1239/1/012020Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 1239
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- [14 p.]
- ISSN
- 1742-6596
Conference
- Title
- 11. Biennial Conference on Classical and Quantum Relativistic Dynamics of Particles and Fields
- Dates
- 4-7 Jun 2018
- Place
- Merida (Mexico)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 53055593
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LORENTZ GROUPS; LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; VECTOR FIELDS; VECTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- LIE GROUPS; POINCARE GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS; TENSORS; TRANSFORMATIONS