Hidden Momentum in a Coaxial Cable
Classical Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
As an illustration of the concept of "hidden" mechanical momentum, we consider a coaxial cable one end of which is connected to a battery and the other to a load resistor. The nonzero electromagnetic momentum of this configuration is balanced by the slight difference in the mechanical momenta of the conduction electrons in the inner and outer conductors.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0312028,
title = {Hidden Momentum in a Coaxial Cable},
author = {Kirk T. McDonald},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0312028},
year = {2007}
}
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4 pages, no figures