DYNAMIC INTERPRETATION OF MAXWELLS EQUATIONS

Citation
H. Soodak et Ms. Tiersten, DYNAMIC INTERPRETATION OF MAXWELLS EQUATIONS, American journal of physics, 62(10), 1994, pp. 907-913
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00029505
Volume
62
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
907 - 913
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9505(1994)62:10<907:DIOME>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Conventional discussions of Maxwell's equations in free space have for many years taken a historical approach starting with electrostatics a nd magnetostatics, and have taught us that the sources of E are electr ic charge and B, and the sources of B are electric current and E. Howe ver, a direct dynamic reading of Maxwell's differential equations lead s unquestionably to the surprisingly different conclusions that the so urces of E are electric current and curl B, and the single source of B is curl E. In this dynamic reading of Maxwell's equations, electric f ield is generated locally by electric current, and fields propagate aw ay from the current source by the dual mechanisms of curl E generating B locally and curl B generating E locally.