Energy - Momentum Tensors for Dispersive Electromagnetic Waves
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Energy-Momentum Tensors for Dispersive Electromagnetic Waves
Classical relativistic field theory is used as a basis for a general discussion of the problem of splitting up the total energy-momentum tensor ofa system into contributions from its component subsystems. Both the Minkowski and Abraham forms (including electrostriction) arise naturally in alternative split-up procedures applied to a nondispersive dielectric fluid. The case of an electromagnetic...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Australian Journal of Physics
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0004-9506
DOI: 10.1071/ph770533