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On the Relativistic Transformation of Electromagnetic Fields

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Scientific Paper
TitleOn the Relativistic Transformation of Electromagnetic Fields
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Author(s)Wolfgang Engelhardt
Published2004
JournalApeiron
Volume11
Number2
Pages309-326

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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.

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