Lorentz Transformation of Radiation 4-Potential

• Authors: E. Comay
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The laws of Maxwellian electrodynamics are used in an analysis of the structure of the 4-potential of radiation fields. The paper examines multi-particle and single-particle effects of a radiating source. Causality of electromagnetic processes is an important element of the analysis. Covariance properties of the relevant variables are examined and the apparent non-covariance of the radiation 4-potential where A_{0}≡0 in all frames is explained. It turns out that the origin of this feature stems from the multi-charge properties of radiation. It is also shown how in every Lorentz frame one can use covariant properties of radiation fields and reconstruct an appropriate 4-potential.

Keywords

EN

covariance; 4-potential; electromagnetic radiation; electromagnetic fields; Lorentz invariants

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 133
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1294-1298

Dates

published

2018-05

received

2017-08-06

Contributors

author

E. Comay

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.133.1294