Electromagnetic energy–momentum and forces in matter
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Electromagnetic energy-momentum and forces in matter
We discuss the electromagnetic energy-momentum distribution and the mechanical forces of the electromagnetic field in material media. There is a long-standing controversy on these notions. The Minkowski and the Abraham energy-momentum tensors are the most well-known ones. We propose a solution of this problem which appears to be natural and self-consistent from both a theoretical and an experim...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physics Letters A
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0375-9601
DOI: 10.1016/s0375-9601(03)00503-6