Numerical calculation of classical and non-classical electrostatic potentials
Computational Physics
2007-05-23 v1 General Physics
Abstract
We present a numerical exercise in which classical and non-classical electrostatic potentials were calculated. The non-classical fields take into account effects due to a possible non-zero photon rest mass. We show that in the limit of small photon rest mass, both the classical and non-classical potential can be found by solving Poisson's equation twice, using the first calculation as a source term in the second calculation. Our results support the assumptions in a recent proposal to use ion interferometry to search for a non-zero photon rest mass.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0609128,
title = {Numerical calculation of classical and non-classical electrostatic potentials},
author = {Dan Christensen and Brian Neyenhuis and Dallin S. Durfee},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0609128},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pages, 4 figures