Electromagnetic interaction momentum and simultaneity

Authors
Coisson, R Guidi, G
Citation
R. Coisson et G. Guidi, Electromagnetic interaction momentum and simultaneity, AM J PHYS, 69(4), 2001, pp. 462-463
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00029505 → ACNP
Volume
69
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
462 - 463
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9505(200104)69:4<462:EIMAS>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Using a simple example of two interacting electric charges, we show that di fferent observers see a different distribution of momentum between the part icles and the electromagnetic field, and we discuss how this is related to the relativity of simultaneity (which has to be taken into account even if it seems that we are in a "nonrelativistic" approximation). (C) 2001 Americ an Association of Physics Teachers.