On the foundational equations of the classical theory of electrodynamics

Resonance

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 130-155

  Mansuripur, Masud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abraham Minkowski controversy; Classical electrodynamics; Einstein Laub force density; electromagnetic energy and momentum; Lorentz force law; Maxwell Lorentz theory of electromagnetic systems; momentum of the electromagnetic field

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874812058     PISSN: 09718044     EISSN: 0973712X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12045-013-0016-4     Document Type: Article

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