Electromagnetic energy and momentum in moving media

Annalen der Physik (Leipzig)

Volumn 17, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 830-851

  Obukhov, Yuri N ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Classical electrodynamics; Energy momentum tensor; Moving media

Indexed keywords

CLARIFICATION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MOMENTUM;

BALANCE EQUATIONS; CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS; CURRENT SITUATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS; ENERGY-MOMENTUM TENSOR; FIRST PRINCIPLES; IDEAL FLUIDS; LAGRANGE; MACROSCOPIC; MOMENTUM TENSORS; MOVING MEDIA; MOVING MEDIAS; VARIATIONAL MODELS;

TENSORS;

EID: 54949107858     PISSN: 00033804     EISSN: 15213889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/andp.200810313     Document Type: Article

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