The Maxwell-Lodge effect: Significance of electromagnetic potentials in the classical theory

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-256

  Rousseaux, G ^a   Kofman, R ^b   Minazzoli, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AHARONOV-BOHM EFFECTS; ALTERNATIVE CURRENT; CLASSICAL THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC POTENTIALS; QUANTUM PHYSICS; VECTOR POTENTIAL;

EID: 52049124226     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: 14346079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2008-00142-y     Document Type: Article

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