Lorentz force

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In physics, particularly electromagnetism, the Lorentz force is the force on a point charge due to electromagnetic fields. If a particle of charge q moves with velocity v in the presence of an electric field E and a magnetic field B, then it will experience a force

(in SI units). Variations on this basic formula describe the magnetic force on a current-carrying wire (sometimes called Laplace force), the electromotive force in a wire loop moving through a magnetic field (an aspect of Faraday's law of induction), and the force on a particle which might be traveling near the speed of light (relativistic form of the Lorentz force). The first derivation of the Lorentz force is commonly attributed to Oliver Heaviside in 1889,[1] although other historians suggest an earlier origin in an 1865 paper by James Clerk Maxwell.[2] Lorentz derived it a few years after Heaviside.

Contents
1 Equation (SI units) 1.1 Charged particle 1.2 Continuous charge distribution 2 History 3 Trajectories of particles due to the Lorentz force 4 Significance of the Lorentz force 5 Lorentz force law as the definition of E and B 6 Force on a current-carrying wire 7 EMF 8 Lorentz force and Faraday's law of induction 9 Lorentz force in terms of potentials 10 Lorentz force and analytical mechanics 11 Equation (cgs units) 12 Relativistic form of the Lorentz force 12.1 Covariant form of the Lorentz force 12.1.1 Field tensor 12.1.2 Translation to vector notation 12.2 STA form of the Lorentz force 13 Applications 14 See also 15 Footnotes 16 References 17 External links

Equation (SI units)

See also: SI units

Charged particle
The force F acting on a particle of electric charge q with instantaneous velocity v, due to an external electric field E and magnetic field B, is given by:[3]

where is the vector cross product. All boldface quantities are vectors. More explicitly stated:

in which r is the position vector of the charged particle, t is time, and the overdot is a time derivative. A positively charged particle will be accelerated in the same linear orientation as the E field, but will curve perpendicularly to both the instantaneous velocity vector v and the B field according to the right-hand rule (in detail, if the thumb of the right hand points along v and the index finger along B, then the middle finger points along F). The term qE is called the electric force , while the term qv B is called the magnetic force .[4] According to some definitions, the term "Lorentz force" refers specifically to the formula for the magnetic force,[5] with the total electromagnetic force (including the electric force) given some other (nonstandard) name. This article will not follow this nomenclature: In what follows, the term "Lorentz force" will refer only to the expression for the total force.
Lorentz force f on a charged particle (of charge q) in motion (instantaneous velocity v). The E field and B field vary in space and time.

The magnetic force component of the Lorentz force manifests itself as the force that acts on a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field. In that context, it is also called the Laplace force .

Continuous charge distribution

For a continuous charge distribution in motion, the Lorentz force equation becomes:

where dF is the force on a small piece of the charge distribution with charge dq. If both sides of this equation are divided by the volume of this small piece of the charge distribution dV, the result is:

where f is the force density (force per unit volume) and is the charge density (charge per unit volume). Next, the current density corresponding to the motion of the charge continuum is
Lorentz force (per unit 3-volume) f on a continuous charge distribution (charge density ) in motion. The 3-current density J corresponds to the motion of the charge element dq in volume element dV and varies throughout the continuum.

so the continuous analogue to the equation is[6]

The total force is the volume integral over the charge distribution:

By eliminating and J, using Maxwell's equations, and manipulating using the theorems of vector calculus, this form of the equation can be used to derive the Maxwell stress tensor , in turn this can be combined with the Poynting vector S to obtain the electromagnetic stress-energy tensor T used in general relativity.[6] In terms of and S, another way to write the Lorentz force (per unit 3d volume) is[6]

where c is the speed of light and denotes the divergence of a tensor field. Rather than the amount of charge and its velocity in electric and magnetic fields, this equation relates the energy flux (flow of energy per unit time per unit distance) in the fields to the force exerted on a charge distribution. See Covariant formulation of classical electromagnetism for more details.

History
Early attempts to quantitatively describe the electromagnetic force were made in the mid-18th century. It was proposed that the force on magnetic poles, by Johann Tobias Mayer and others in 1760[citation needed ], and electrically charged objects, by Henry Cavendish in 1762[citation needed ], obeyed an inverse-square law. However, in Beam of electrons moving in a circle, due both cases the experimental proof to the presence of a magnetic field. Purple Trajectory of a particle with a positive or was neither complete nor light is emitted along the electron path, due negative charge q under the influence of a conclusive. It was not until 1784 to the electrons colliding with gas magnetic field B , which is directed when Charles-Augustin de molecules in the bulb. Using a Teltron tube. perpendicularly out of the screen. Coulomb, using a torsion balance, Charged particles experiencing the Lorentz force. was able to definitively show through experiment that this was true.[7] Soon after the discovery in 1820 by H. C. rsted that a magnetic needle is acted on by a voltaic current, AndrMarie Ampre that same year was able to devise through experimentation the formula for the angular dependence of the force between two current elements.[8][9] In all these descriptions, the force was always given in terms of the properties of the objects involved and the distances between them rather than in terms of electric and magnetic fields.[10] The modern concept of electric and magnetic fields first arose in the theories of Michael Faraday, particularly his idea of lines of force, later to be given full mathematical description by Lord Kelvin and James Clerk Maxwell.[11] From a modern perspective it is possible to identify in Maxwell's 1865 formulation of his field equations a form of the Lorentz force equation in relation to electric currents,[2] however, in the time of Maxwell it was not evident how his equations related to the forces on moving charged objects. J. J. Thomson was the first to attempt to derive from Maxwell's field equations the electromagnetic forces on a moving charged object in terms of the object's properties and external fields. Interested in determining the electromagnetic behavior of the charged particles in cathode rays, Thomson published a paper in 1881 wherein he gave the force on the particles due to an external magnetic field as[1]

Thomson derived the correct basic form of the formula, but, because of some miscalculations and an incomplete description of the displacement current, included an incorrect scale-factor of a half in front of the formula. It was Oliver Heaviside, who had invented the modern vector notation and applied them to Maxwell's field equations, that in 1885 and 1889 fixed the mistakes of Thomson's derivation and arrived at the correct form of the magnetic force on a moving charged object.[1][12][13] Finally, in 1892, Hendrik Lorentz derived the modern form of the formula for the electromagnetic force which includes the

contributions to the total force from both the electric and the magnetic fields. Lorentz began by abandoning the Maxwellian descriptions of the ether and conduction. Instead, Lorentz made a distinction between matter and the luminiferous aether and sought to apply the Maxwell equations at a microscopic scale. Using the Heaviside's version of the Maxwell equations for a stationary ether and applying Lagrangian mechanics (see below), Lorentz arrived at the correct and complete form of the force law that now bears his name.[14][15]

Trajectories of particles due to the Lorentz force

Main article: Guiding center In many cases of practical interest, the motion in a magnetic field of an electrically charged particle (such as an electron or ion in a plasma) can be treated as the superposition of a relatively fast circular motion around a point called the guiding center and a relatively slow drift of this point. The drift speeds may differ for various species depending on their charge states, masses, or temperatures, possibly resulting in electric currents or chemical separation.

Significance of the Lorentz force

While the modern Maxwell's equations describe how electrically charged particles and currents or moving charged particles give rise to electric and magnetic fields, the Lorentz force law completes that picture by describing the force acting on a moving point charge q in the presence of electromagnetic fields.[3][16] The Lorentz force law describes the effect of E and B upon a point charge, but such electromagnetic forces are not the entire picture. Charged particles are possibly coupled to other forces, notably gravity and nuclear forces. Thus, Maxwell's equations do not stand separate from other physical laws, but are coupled to them via the charge and current densities. The response of a point charge to the Lorentz law is one aspect; the generation of E and B by currents and charges is another. In real materials the Lorentz force is inadequate to describe the behavior of charged particles, both in principle and as a matter of computation. The charged particles in a material medium both Charged particle drifts in a homogeneous respond to the E and B fields and generate these fields. Complex magnetic field. (A) No disturbing force (B) With an transport equations must be solved to determine the time and spatial electric field, E (C) With an independent force, F response of charges, for example, the Boltzmann equation or the (e.g. gravity) (D) In an inhomogeneous magnetic FokkerPlanck equation or the NavierStokes equations. For field, grad H example, see magnetohydrodynamics, fluid dynamics, electrohydrodynamics, superconductivity, stellar evolution. An entire physical apparatus for dealing with these matters has developed. See for example, GreenKubo relations and Green's function (many-body theory).

Lorentz force law as the definition of E and B

In many textbook treatments of classical electromagnetism, the Lorentz force Law is used as the definition of the electric and magnetic fields E and B.[17][18][19] To be specific, the Lorentz force is understood to be the following empirical statement: The electromagnetic force F on a test charge at a given point and time is a certain function of its charge q and velocity v, which can be parameterized by exactly two vectors E and B, in the functional form:

This is valid; countless experiments have shown that it is, even for particles approaching the speed of light (that is, magnitude of v = |v| = c).[20] So the two vector fields E and B are thereby defined throughout space and time, and these are called the "electric field" and "magnetic field". Note that the fields are defined everywhere in space and time with respect to what force a test charge would receive regardless of whether a charge is present to experience the force. Note also that as a definition of E and B, the Lorentz force is only a definition in principle because a real particle (as opposed to the hypothetical "test charge" of infinitesimally-small mass and charge) would generate its own finite E and B fields, which would alter the electromagnetic force that it experiences. In addition, if the charge experiences acceleration, as if forced into a curved trajectory by some external agency, it emits radiation that causes braking of its motion. See for example Bremsstrahlung and synchrotron light. These effects occur through both a direct effect (called the radiation reaction force) and indirectly (by affecting the motion of nearby charges and currents). Moreover, net force must include gravity, electroweak, and any other forces aside from electromagnetic force.

Force on a current-carrying wire

When a wire carrying an electrical current is placed in a magnetic field, each of the moving charges, which comprise the current, experiences the Lorentz force, and together they can create a macroscopic force on the wire (sometimes called the Laplace force ). By combining the Lorentz force law above with the definition of electrical current, the following equation results, in the case of a straight, stationary wire:

where is a vector whose magnitude is the length of wire, and whose direction is along the wire, aligned with the direction of conventional current flow I.

Right-hand rule for a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field B

If the wire is not straight but curved, the force on it can be computed by applying this formula to each infinitesimal segment of wire d, then adding up all these forces by integration. Formally, the net force on a stationary, rigid wire carrying a steady current I is

This is the net force. In addition, there will usually be torque, plus other effects if the wire is not perfectly rigid. One application of this is Ampre's force law, which describes how two current-carrying wires can attract or repel each other, since each experiences a Lorentz force from the other's magnetic field. For more information, see the article: Ampre's force law.

EMF
The magnetic force (q v B) component of the Lorentz force is responsible for motional electromotive force (or motional EMF), the phenomenon underlying many electrical generators. When a conductor is moved through a magnetic field, the magnetic force tries to push electrons through the wire, and this creates the EMF. The term "motional EMF" is applied to this phenomenon, since the EMF is due to the motion of the wire. In other electrical generators, the magnets move, while the conductors do not. In this case, the EMF is due to the electric force (qE) term in the Lorentz Force equation. The electric field in question is created by the changing magnetic field, resulting in an induced EMF, as described by the MaxwellFaraday equation (one of the four modern Maxwell's equations).[21] Both of these EMF's, despite their different origins, can be described by the same equation, namely, the EMF is the rate of change of magnetic flux through the wire. (This is Faraday's law of induction, see above.) Einstein's theory of special relativity was partially motivated by the desire to better understand this link between the two effects.[21] In fact, the electric and

magnetic fields are different faces of the same electromagnetic field, and in moving from one inertial frame to another, the solenoidal vector field portion of the E-field can change in whole or in part to a B-field or vice versa.[22]

Lorentz force and Faraday's law of induction

Main article: Faraday's law of induction Given a loop of wire in a magnetic field, Faraday's law of induction states the induced electromotive force (EMF) in the wire is:

where

is the magnetic flux through the loop, B is the magnetic field, (t ) is a surface bounded by the closed contour (t ), at all at time t , dA is an infinitesimal vector area element of (t ) (magnitude is the area of an infinitesimal patch of surface, direction is orthogonal to that surface patch). The sign of the EMF is determined by Lenz's law. Note that this is valid for not only a stationary wire but also for a moving wire. From Faraday's law of induction (that is valid for a moving wire, for instance in a motor) and the Maxwell Equations, the Lorentz Force can be deduced. The reverse is also true, the Lorentz force and the Maxwell Equations can be used to derive the Faraday Law. Let (t ) be the moving wire, moving together without rotation and with constant velocity v and (t ) be the internal surface of the wire. The EMF around the closed path (t ) is given by:[23]

where

is the electric field and d is an infinitesimal vector element of the contour (t ). NB: Both d and dA have a sign ambiguity; to get the correct sign, the right-hand rule is used, as explained in the article Kelvin-Stokes theorem. The above result can be compared with the version of Faraday's law of induction that appears in the modern Maxwell's equations, called here the Maxwell-Faraday equation:

The Maxwell-Faraday equation also can be written in an integral form using the Kelvin-Stokes theorem:.[24] So we have, the Maxwell Faraday equation:

and the Faraday Law,

The two are equivalent if the wire is not moving. Using the Leibniz integral rule and that div B = 0, results in,

and using the Maxwell Faraday equation,

since this is valid for any wire position it implies that,

Faraday's law of induction holds whether the loop of wire is rigid and stationary, or in motion or in process of deformation, and it holds whether the magnetic field is constant in time or changing. However, there are cases where Faraday's law is either inadequate or difficult to use, and application of the underlying Lorentz force law is necessary. See inapplicability of Faraday's law. If the magnetic field is fixed in time and the conducting loop moves through the field, the magnetic flux B linking the loop can change in several ways. For example, if the B-field varies with position, and the loop moves to a location with different Bfield, B will change. Alternatively, if the loop changes orientation with respect to the B-field, the B dA differential element will change because of the different angle between B and dA, also changing B. As a third example, if a portion of the circuit is swept through a uniform, time-independent B-field, and another portion of the circuit is held stationary, the flux linking the entire closed circuit can change due to the shift in relative position of the circuit's component parts with time (surface (t ) time-dependent). In all three cases, Faraday's law of induction then predicts the EMF generated by the change in B. Note that the Maxwell Faraday's equation implies that the Electric Field E is non conservative when the Magnetic Field B varies in time, and is not expressible as the gradient of a scalar field, and not subject to the gradient theorem since its rotational is not zero. See also.[23][25]

Lorentz force in terms of potentials

See also: Mathematical descriptions of the electromagnetic field, Maxwell's equations, and Helmholtz decomposition The E and B fields can be replaced by the magnetic vector potential A and (scalar) electrostatic potential by

where is the gradient, is the divergence, is the curl. The force becomes

and using an identity for the triple product simplifies to

using the chain rule, the total derivative of A is:

so the above expression can be rewritten as;

which can take the convenient Euler-Lagrange form

Lorentz force and analytical mechanics

See also: Momentum The Lagrangian for a charged particle of mass m and charge q in an electromagnetic field equivalently describes the dynamics of the particle in terms of its energy, rather than the force exerted on it. The classical expression is given by:[26]

where A and are the potential fields as above. Using Lagrange's equations, the equation for the Lorentz force can be obtained. Derivation of Lorentz force from classical Lagrangian (SI units) For an A field, a particle moving with velocity v = has potential momentum . For a field, the particle's potential energy is . The total potential energy is then: , so its potential energy is

and the kinetic energy is:

hence the Lagrangian:

Lagrange's equations are

(same for y and z). So calculating the partial derivatives:

equating and simplifying:

and similarly for the y and z directions. Hence the force equation is:

The potential energy depends on the velocity of the particle, so the force is velocity dependent, so it is not conservative. The relativistic Lagrangian is

The action is the relativistic arclength of the path of the particle in space time, minus the potential energy contribution, plus an extra contribution which quantum mechanically is an extra phase a charged particle gets when it is moving along a vector potential. Derivation of Lorentz force from relativistic Lagrangian (SI units) The equations of motion derived by extremizing the action (see matrix calculus for the notation):

are the same as Hamilton's equations of motion:

both are equivalent to the noncanonical form:

This formula is the Lorentz force, representing the rate at which the EM field adds relativistic momentum to the particle.

Equation (cgs units)

See also: cgs units The above-mentioned formulae use SI units which are the most common among experimentalists, technicians, and engineers. In cgs-Gaussian units, which are somewhat more common among theoretical physicists, one has instead

where c is the speed of light. Although this equation looks slightly different, it is completely equivalent, since one has the following relations:

where 0 is the vacuum permittivity and 0 the vacuum permeability. In practice, the subscripts "cgs" and "SI" are always omitted, and the unit system has to be assessed from context.

Relativistic form of the Lorentz force

Covariant form of the Lorentz force
Field tensor Main articles: Covariant formulation of classical electromagnetism and Mathematical descriptions of the electromagnetic field Using the metric signature (-1,1,1,1), The Lorentz force for a charge q can be written in covariant form:

where p is the four-momentum, defined as:

the proper time of the particle, F the contravariant electromagnetic tensor

and U is the covariant 4-velocity of the particle, defined as:

where is the Lorentz factor defined above. The fields are transformed to a frame moving with constant relative velocity by:

where is the Lorentz transformation tensor. Translation to vector notation The = 1 component (x -component) of the force is

Substituting the components of the covariant electromagnetic tensor F yields

Using the components of covariant four-velocity yields

The calculation for = 2, 3 (force components in the y and z directions) yields similar results, so collecting the 3 equations into one:

which is the Lorentz force.

STA form of the Lorentz force

The electric and magnetic fields are dependent on the velocity of an observer, so the relativistic form of the Lorentz force law can best be exhibited starting from a coordinate-independent expression for the electromagnetic and magnetic fields,[27] , and an arbitrary time-direction, , where

and

is a space-time bivector (an oriented plane segment, just like a vector is an oriented line segment), which has six degrees of freedom corresponding to boosts (rotations in space-time planes) and rotations (rotations in space-space planes). The dot product with the vector pulls a vector (in the space algebra) from the translational part, while the wedge-product creates a trivector (in the space algebra) who is dual to a vector which is the usual magnetic field vector. The relativistic velocity is given by the (time-like) changes in a time-position vector , where

(which shows our choice for the metric) and the velocity is

The proper (invariant is an inadequate term because no transformation has been defined) form of the Lorentz force law is simply

Note that the order is important because between a bivector and a vector the dot product is anti-symmetric. Upon a space time split like one can obtain the velocity, and fields as above yielding the usual expression.

Applications
The Lorentz force occurs in many devices, including: Cyclotrons and other circular path particle accelerators Mass spectrometers Velocity Filters Magnetrons Velocimeters In its manifestation as the Laplace force on an electric current in a conductor, this force occurs in many devices including: Electric motors Railguns Linear motors Loudspeakers Magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters Electrical generators Homopolar generators Linear alternators

See also
Hall effect Electromagnetism Moving magnet and conductor problem Scalar potential Helmholtz decomposition

Gravitomagnetism Ampre's force law Hendrik Lorentz Maxwell's equations Formulation of Maxwell's equations in special relativity

AbrahamLorentz force Larmor formula Cyclotron radiation Magnetic potential Magnetoresistance

Guiding center Field line

Footnotes
1. ^ a b c Oliver Heaviside By Paul J. Nahin, p120 (http://books.google.com/books?id=e9wEntQmA0IC&pg=PA120) 2. ^ a b Huray, Paul G. (2009). Maxwell's Equations (http://books.google.com/books? id=0QsDgdd0MhMC&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false). Wiley-IEEE. p. 22. ISBN 0-470-54276-4. 3. ^ a b See Jackson page 2. The book lists the four modern Maxwell's equations, and then states, "Also essential for consideration of charged particle motion is the Lorentz force equation, F = q ( E+ v B ), which gives the force acting on a point charge q in the presence of electromagnetic fields." 4. ^ See Griffiths page 204. 5. ^ For example, see the website of the "Lorentz Institute": \[1] (http://ilorentz.org/history/lorentz/lorentz.html), or Griffiths. 6. ^ a b c Griffiths, David J. (1999). Introduction to electrodynamics. reprint. with corr. (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ [u.a.]: Prentice Hall. ISBN 9780138053260. 7. ^ Meyer, Herbert W. (1972). A History of Electricity and Magnetism. Norwalk, CT: Burndy Library. pp. 3031. ISBN 0262-13070-X. 8. ^ Verschuur, Gerrit L. (1993). Hidden Attraction : The History And Mystery Of Magnetism. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 7879. ISBN 0-19-506488-7. 9. ^ Darrigol, Olivier (2000). Electrodynamics from Ampre to Einstein. Oxford, [England]: Oxford University Press. pp. 9, 25. ISBN 0-19-850593-0 10. ^ Verschuur, Gerrit L. (1993). Hidden Attraction : The History And Mystery Of Magnetism. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 76. ISBN 0-19-506488-7. 11. ^ Darrigol, Olivier (2000). Electrodynamics from Ampre to Einstein. Oxford, [England]: Oxford University Press. pp. 126 131, 139144. ISBN 0-19-850593-0 12. ^ Darrigol, Olivier (2000). Electrodynamics from Ampre to Einstein. Oxford, [England]: Oxford University Press. pp. 200, 429430. ISBN 0-19-850593-0 13. ^ Heaviside, Oliver. "On the Electromagnetic Effects due to the Motion of Electrification through a Dielectric" (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Motion_of_Electrification_through_a_Dielectric). Philosophical Magazine, April 1889, p. 324. 14. ^ Darrigol, Olivier (2000). Electrodynamics from Ampre to Einstein. Oxford, [England]: Oxford University Press. p. 327. ISBN 0-19-850593-0 15. ^ Whittaker, E. T. (1910). A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity: From the Age of Descartes to the Close of the Nineteenth Century (http://books.google.com/books?id=CGJDAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false). Longmans, Green and Co. pp. 420423. ISBN 1-143-01208-9. 16. ^ See Griffiths page 326, which states that Maxwell's equations, "together with the [Lorentz] force law...summarize the entire theoretical content of classical electrodynamics". 17. ^ See, for example, Jackson p777-8. 18. ^ J.A. Wheeler, C. Misner, K.S. Thorne (1973). Gravitation. W.H. Freeman & Co. pp. 7273. ISBN 0-7167-0344-0.. These authors use the Lorentz force in tensor form as definer of the electromagnetic tensor F , in turn the fields E and B. 19. ^ I.S. Grant, W.R. Phillips, Manchester Physics (2008). Electromagnetism (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-471-92712-9. 20. ^ I.S. Grant, W.R. Phillips, Manchester Physics (2008). Electromagnetism (2nd Edition). John Wiley & Sons. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-471-92712-9. 21. ^ a b See Griffiths pages 3013. 22. ^ Tai L. Chow (2006). Electromagnetic theory (http://books.google.com/? id=dpnpMhw1zo8C&pg=PA153&dq=isbn=0763738271). Sudbury MA: Jones and Bartlett. p. 395. ISBN 0-7637-3827-1. 23. ^ a b Landau, L. D., L i f s h i t s , E. M., & Pitaevski, L. P. (1984). Electrodynamics of continuous media; Volume 8 Course of Theoretical Physics (http://worldcat.org/search?q=0750626348&qt=owc_search) (Second ed.). Oxford: ButterworthHeinemann. p. 63 (49 pp. 205207 in 1960 edition). ISBN 0-7506-2634-8. 24. ^ Roger F Harrington (2003). Introduction to electromagnetic engineering (http://books.google.com/? id=ZlC2EV8zvX8C&pg=PA57&dq=%22faraday%27s+law+of+induction%22). Mineola, NY: Dover Publications. p. 56. ISBN 0-486-43241-6. 25. ^ M N O Sadiku (2007). Elements of elctromagnetics (http://books.google.com/?id=w2ITHQAACAAJ&dq=ISBN0-19530048-3) (Fourth ed.). NY/Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 391. ISBN 0-19-530048-3. 26. ^ Classical Mechanics (2nd Edition), T.W.B. Kibble, European Physics Series, Mc Graw Hill (UK), 1973, ISBN 07-084018-

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The numbered references refer in part to the list immediately below. Feynman, Richard Phillips; Leighton, Robert B.; Sands, Matthew L. (2006). The Feynman lectures on physics (3 vol.). Pearson / Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-8053-9047-2: volume 2. Griffiths, David J. (1999). Introduction to electrodynamics (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, [NJ.]: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-13-805326-X Jackson, John David (1999). Classical electrodynamics (3rd ed.). New York, [NY.]: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-30932X Serway, Raymond A.; Jewett, John W., Jr. (2004). Physics for scientists and engineers, with modern physics. Belmont, [CA.]: Thomson Brooks/Cole. ISBN 0-534-40846-X Srednicki, Mark A. (2007). Quantum field theory (http://books.google.com/? id=5OepxIG42B4C&pg=PA315&dq=isbn=9780521864497). Cambridge, [England] ; New York [NY.]: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86449-7

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