DocumentCode
1477989
Title
Pendulum experiments and the fundamental laws of electrodynamics
Author
Moyssides, P.G.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Volume
35
Issue
2
fYear
1999
fDate
3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1060
Lastpage
1069
Abstract
We utilize a more rigorous way to calculate the radiated electromagnetic energy and field momentum in electromagnetic impulse pendulum experiments previously carried out by various authors. We consider the impulse pendulum and the rest of the circuit as a magnetic dipole. Calculating the previous authors´ wrongly defined vacuum reaction force Fvac we prove that this force is not equal to the Lorentz force FL as they stated. Specifically, we prove that Fvac arising from the whole loop is always equal to zero. We also prove that the field momentum Pfield arising from the whole loop is always equal to zero. In addition we show that the momentum imparted to the impulse pendulum is not equal to Pfield as they claim, and that the field energy radiated by the impulse pendulum is not equal to (mv)c, where mv is the momentum of the pendulum. Therefore, we have proven that the previous analysis is incorrect and not physically valid
Keywords
electrodynamics; electromagnetic fields; magnetic moments; momentum; pendulums; electrodynamics; electromagnetic impulse pendulum; field momentum; magnetic dipole; pendulum experiments; radiated electromagnetic energy; Capacitors; Electrodynamics; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic forces; Electromagnetic radiation; Elementary particle vacuum; Lorentz covariance; Magnetic circuits; Physics; Shape;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9464
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/20.748854
Filename
748854
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