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Explanation of Displacement Current in a Vacuum

General Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

It is considered that the time derivative of the electric intensity in the Maxwell-Ampere law (displacement current) denotes that a change of electric field generates a magnetic field. This paper shows that there is no reason to think a change of electric field generates a magnetic field and the displacement current term has a different meaning. It is necessary to be aware of distant conductors and their magnetic fields.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0611234,
  title  = {Explanation of Displacement Current in a Vacuum},
  author = {Petr Slechta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0611234},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures

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