The easiest way to the Heaviside ellipsoid
Author(s) -
Valery P. Dmitriyev
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
american journal of physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1943-2909
pISSN - 0002-9505
DOI - 10.1119/1.1484146
Subject(s) - physics , heaviside step function , maxwell's equations , classical mechanics , ellipsoid , electromagnetic field , symmetry (geometry) , constant (computer programming) , field equation , quantum electrodynamics , mathematical physics , mathematical analysis , quantum mechanics , geometry , mathematics , astronomy , programming language , computer science
The formula for the electric field of a point charge moving with constantvelocity is derived using the symmetry properties of Maxwell's equations - itsLorentz invariance. In contrast to conventional treatments, the derivationpresented does not use retarded integrals or relativity transformations.Comment: 5 page
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