Published May 1, 2004 | Version v1
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The fields of a moving point charge: a new derivation from Jefimenko's equations

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 3K7 (Canada)
  • 2. Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B7 (Canada)

Description

We give a derivation for the fields of a moving point charge from Jefimenko's equations without the usual cumbersome differentiation of retarded quantities

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/25/343/ejp4_3_001.pdf or at the Web site for the journal European Journal of Physics (ISSN 1361-6404) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/25/343/ejp4_3_001.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
DOI
10.1088/0143-0807/25/3/001;
PII
S0143-0807(04)66905-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Journal of Physics
Journal Volume
25
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 343-350
ISSN
0143-0807
CODEN
EJPHD4

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35083447
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POINT CHARGE
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRIC CHARGES; MATHEMATICS