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On Lagrangian Theory for Rotating Charge Coupled to the Maxwell Field

Mathematical Physics 2012-06-19 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We justify the Hamilton least action principle for the Maxwell-Lorentz equations with Abraham's rotating extended electron. The main novelty in the proof is application of the variational Poincare equations on the Lie group SO(3). The variational equations allow to derive the corresponding conservation laws from general Noether theory of invariants.

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@article{arxiv.1206.3641,
  title  = {On Lagrangian Theory for Rotating Charge Coupled to the Maxwell Field},
  author = {Valeriy Imaykin and Alexander Komech and Herbert Spohn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.3641},
  year   = {2012}
}

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16 pages