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The Secret Life of the Dipole

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

A new force on the magnetic dipole, which exists in the presence of both electric and magnetic fields, is described. Its origin due to the `hidden momentum', implications and possible experimental tests are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9812111,
  title  = {The Secret Life of the Dipole},
  author = {Jeeva S. Anandan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9812111},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

6 pages, latex. A shorter version of this article, but with two figures, appeared in Nature, vol. 387, 558-559 (5 June 1997)