• 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