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The equations of electromagnetic fields in a medium is usually written in the rest frame of the medium. We outline a method of generalizing the discussion to arbitrary inertial frames. In the discussion, we also include the possibility that…

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In a gravitational field, we analyze the Maxwell equations, the correponding electromagnetic wave and continuity equations. A particular solution for parellel electric and magnetic fields in a gravitational background is presented. These…

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Let us consider a reference frame for which the pseudo-Euclidean geometry is valid (prefered frame). The equations of Maxwell in empty space have a simple form and are derived from a Lagrangian. In a medium magnetic permeability and…

General Physics · Physics 2010-06-22 Walter Petry

The macroscopic equations of Maxwell combined with a generalized form of the Lorentz law are a complete and consistent set; not only are these five equations fully compatible with the special theory of relativity, they also conform with the…

Optics · Physics 2012-08-07 Masud Mansuripur

The Minkowski's theory is regarded as the classical approach for describing the electromagnetism of uniformly moving objects by elegantly utilizing the format-invariance of the Maxwell's equations in inertia reference frames under Lorentz…

General Physics · Physics 2026-03-11 Zhong Lin Wang

The classical theory of electrodynamics is built upon Maxwell's equations and the concepts of electromagnetic field, force, energy and momentum, which are intimately tied together by Poynting's theorem and the Lorentz force law. Whereas…

Classical Physics · Physics 2014-09-18 Masud Mansuripur

The paper shows the relationship between the major wave equations in quantum mechanics and electromagnetism, such as Schroedinger's equation, Dirac's equation and the Maxwell equations. It is shown that they can be derived in a striking…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-12 Engel Roza

Using equations of motion with the anisotropic dissipative term for quantum particle and quantum-mechanical commutation rules, the general Maxwell-type differential equations are derived. The direct modifications of the well-known Maxwell…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-01-16 A. V. Khugaev , G. G. Adamian , N. V. Antonenko

We analyze the stability of Maxwell equations in bounded domains taking into account electric and magnetization effects. Well-posedness of the model is obtained by means of semigroup theory. A passitivity assumption guarantees the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-04-22 Serge Nicaise , Cristina Pignotti

We argue that the classical theory of electromagnetism is based on Maxwell's macroscopic equations, an energy postulate, a momentum postulate, and a generalized form of the Lorentz law of force. These seven postulates constitute the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2013-12-13 Masud Mansuripur , Armis R. Zakharian

A formulation for stationary axisymmetric electromagnetic fields in general relativity is derived by casting them into the form of an anisotropic fluid. Several simplifications of the formalism are carried out in order to analyze different…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Fernandez-Jambrina , F. J. Chinea

In the recent decades, it became more and more popular for engineers, physicists, and mathematicians alike to put the Maxwell equations into a generally covariant form. This is particularly useful for understanding the fundamental structure…

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-03-29 Friedrich W. Hehl , Yakov Itin , Yuri N. Obukhov

A modified Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction in media is put forward.

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-11-11 Tao Zhang

We give a detailed description of electrodynamics as an emergent theory from condensed-matter-like structures, not only {\it per se} but also as a warm-up for the study of the much more complex case of gravity. We will concentrate on two…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-12-12 Carlos Barceló , Raúl Carballo-Rubio , Luis J. Garay , Gil Jannes

The ambiguity involved in the use of Maxwell's equation particularly in electron plasmas is discussed. It is pointed out that in the slow time scale perturbations the displacement current is ignored but it does not imply that the electron…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2011-07-20 H. Saleem

In the recent work~\cite{Wang:2021p2}, the author proposed the expanded Maxwell's equations for moving charged media system, which seems subtle. Considering a very short time, we can approximately define the inertial frame of reference. If…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-02-15 Chuang Li , Junle Pei , Tianjun Li

Many papers have been published over the years that either conjecture or even (claim to) prove the universality of the form of Maxwell's equations. We present yet another derivation of Maxwell's equations and discuss the conclusions…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-01-24 C. Baumgarten

Starting from a model of an elastic medium, partial differential equations with the form of the coupled Einstein-Dirac-Maxwell equations are derived. The form of these equations describes particles with mass and spin coupled to…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 John M. Baker

The electromagnetic fields in Maxwell's theory satisfy linear equations in the classical vacuum. This is modified in classical non-linear electrodynamic theories. To date there has been little experimental evidence that any of these…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 T. Dereli , R. W. Tucker

It is shown that the set of equations known as Maxwell's equations perfectly describe two very different systems: (1) the usual electromagnetic phenomena in vacuum or in the matter and (2) the deformation of isotropic solid lattices,…

General Physics · Physics 2016-10-05 G. Gremaud