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The Force Between Moving Charges
Author(s) -
Bush V.
Publication year - 1926
Publication title -
journal of mathematics and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.164
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1467-9590
pISSN - 0097-1421
DOI - 10.1002/sapm192651129
Subject(s) - theory of relativity , physics , classical mechanics , electron , gauss , electric field , invariant (physics) , electric charge , charge (physics) , invariant mass , gauss's law , theoretical physics , quantum electrodynamics , quantum mechanics
A theory of the force between moving charges, originally treated by Gauss and Weber, is developed. It involves a variant charge and an invariant mass, and is hence contrary to restricted relativity. It leads correctly to all our laws for electric circuits without the agency of a magnetic field. Some of the immediate objections to this scheme of attack are treated. It is considered in the light of the Kaufmann‐Bucherer results. Applied to atomistics it gives the same results as were obtained by Sommerfeld for fine structure by the use of restricted relativity. It gives, for an electron revolving about a nucleus, a critical diameter within which the electron may become imprisoned, and this diameter is computed to be of the order of magnitude believed experimentally to be the diameter of the atomic nucleus.