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Special relativity in the electromagnetic wave

General Physics 2008-12-04 v1

Abstract

Invariance of the counted number of photons and the Lorentz-Einstein transformations enable us to derive transformation equations for the physical quantities introduced in order to characterize energy emission and transport in a plane and in a spherical electromagnetic wave propagating in vacuum.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0504199,
  title  = {Special relativity in the electromagnetic wave},
  author = {Bernhard Rothenstein and Ioan Damian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0504199},
  year   = {2008}
}