# What's a good reference for the electrodynamics of moving media?

The answer to a previous question suggests that a moving, permanently magnetized material has an effective electric polarization $\vec{v}\times\vec{M}$. This is easy to check in the case of straight-line motion, using a Lorentz boost.

I suspect this formula is still correct for motion that is not in a straight line, but I'm not interested in reinventing the wheel. Does anyone know of a textbook or journal article that derives this $\vec{v}\times\vec{M}$ term? Even better, does anyone know of experimental observation of this effect?

EDIT:
Followup question: What is the electric field generated by a spinning magnet?

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The Transformation of Rigid Objects By Jesse Johnson, this study adreeses only part of the question. –  Helder Velez May 17 '11 at 19:37

The best and most famous reference about the electrodynamics of moving bodies is

Einstein, Albert (1905-06-30). "Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper". Annalen der Physik 17: 891–921. See also a digitized version at Wikilivres:Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper.

The English translation, "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", is here:

http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/www/

The content of this paper became known as the special theory of relativity. I am just partly joking because for uniformly moving media, the Lorentz boost to the rest frame is still the most natural way to proceed.

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Fair enough, if I'm going to insist I'm interested in non-uniform motion, I should ask a question about non-uniform motion. Here's one to start with: physics.stackexchange.com/questions/6581/… –  Andrew Mar 9 '11 at 23:47
I'll accept this as the answer to the uniform motion case, and ask a followup question for cases that can't be addressed with a Lorentz boost. –  Andrew Mar 10 '11 at 16:26