Retardation in Special Relativity and the Design of a Relativistic Motor

• Authors: A. Yahalom
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Newton third law states that any action is countered by a reaction of equal magnitude but opposite direction. The total force in a system not affected by external forces is thus zero. However, according to the principles of relativity, a signal cannot propagate at speeds exceeding the speed of light. Thus the total force cannot be null at a given time. The above conclusion leads to the possibility of a relativistic engine in particular one that is based on a permanent magnet. The analysis is based on a previous paper in which we studied the relativistic effects in a system of two current conducting loops.

Keywords

EN

03.30.+p; 03.50.De

Discipline

• 03.50.De: Classical electromagnetism, Maxwell equations(for applied classical electromagnetism, see 41.20.-q)
• 03.30.+p: Special relativity

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 131
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1285-1288

Dates

published

2017-05

Contributors

author

A. Yahalom

• Ariel University, Kiriat Hamada POB 3, Ariel 40700, Israel

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.131.1285