On the Relativistic Transformation of Electromagnetic Fields
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | On the Relativistic Transformation of Electromagnetic Fields |
| Read in full | Link to paper (Internet Archive) |
| Author(s) | Wolfgang Engelhardt |
| Published | 2004 |
| Journal | Apeiron |
| Volume | 11 |
| Number | 2 |
| Pages | 309-326 |
Read the full paper here (archived copy — the original link is no longer available)
Abstract
By investigating the motion of a point charge in an electrostatic and in a magnetostatic field, it is shown that the relativistic transformation of electromagnetic fields leads to ambiguous results. The necessity for developing an `electrodynamics for moving matter' is emphasized.