John McVirgo

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No magnetic field from a static charge - Is there a simple physical argument to show why?

electromagnetism electrostatics

apr 17 at 15:16 Chris White 7,991

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What makes Poynting's theorem consistent for a charge moving in a static electric field?

electromagnetism electromagnetic-radiation

aug 28 at 20:43 John McVirgo 1,674

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What's the purpose of the arbitary additive constants in Einstein's Inertia of Energy Paper?

special-relativity mass-energy

apr 6 at 2:06 Tom SymplMech 17

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Must the action for a relativistic charge be a Lorentz scalar?

special-relativity electrodynamics variational-principle

aug 14 '11 at 16:46 Vladimir Kalitvianski 5,531

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What is the conserved canonical momentum for a relativistically moving charge in a static Coulomb electric field?

classical-electrodynamics

aug 26 '11 at 15:00 John McVirgo 1,674

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Does a static electric field and the conservation of momentum give rise to a relationship between $E$, $t$, and some path $s$?

classical-electrodynamics

aug 25 '11 at 16:32 Physiks lover 727

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How many $fb^{-1}$ for the most likely $5\sigma$ 115 Gev Higgs at the 7 Tev LHC?

large-hadron-collider higgs-boson

dec 15 '11 at 10:30 Luboš Motl 67.7k

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For an accelerated charge to radiate, is an electromagnetic field as the source necessary?

electromagnetic-radiation

mar 18 '11 at 21:53 Andrew 1,570

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Under what conditions do the Galilean transformatons become more accurate?

classical-mechanics special-relativity

feb 9 '11 at 22:16 Vladimir Kalitvianski 5,531

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Is kinetic energy a scalar? [closed]

kinetic-theory

feb 5 '11 at 13:57 John McVirgo 1,674

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How did “no prior geometry” father 50 years of confusion?

general-relativity

feb 3 '11 at 16:10 Roy Simpson 3,065

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What kind of invariants are proper time and proper length?

special-relativity tensor-calculus

feb 3 '11 at 14:29 Luboš Motl 67.7k

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Does bunching reduce synchrotron radiation?

electrodynamics synchrotron-radiation

jan 30 '11 at 18:47 John McVirgo 1,674

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Derive $\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}t}(\gamma m\mathbf{v}) = e\mathbf{E}$ from elementary principles?

special-relativity forces

nov 16 at 18:54 juanrga 1,768

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