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We obtain the fields and electromagnetic self-force of a charge distributed on the surface of a sphere undergoing rigid motion at constant proper acceleration, where the charge distribution has axial symmetry about the direction of motion.…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-09-28 Andrew Steane

Starting from First Principles, the space charge manipulation of charged particles in an induction field in free space based on an unique Magnetic field strength and its oscillation Frequency relationship is demonstrated numerically and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-07-10 Devesh S. Bhosale

At electromagnetic interactions of particles there arises defect of masses, i.e. the energy is liberated since the particles of the different charges are attracted. It is shown that this change of the effective mass of a particle in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kh. M. Beshtoev

It is possible to produce a ponderomotive effect in a plasma system without time-varying fields, if the plasma flows over spatial oscillations in the field. This can be achieved by superimposing a spatially oscillatory perturbation on a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-11-20 E. J. Kolmes , N. J. Fisch

A magnetically dominated plasma driven by motions on boundaries at which magnetic field lines are anchored is forced to dissipate the work being done upon it, no matter how small the electrical resistivity. Numerical experiments have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Aake Nordlund

When waves damp or amplify on resonant particles in a plasma, the nonresonant particles experience a recoil force that conserves the total momentum between the particles and electromagnetic fields. This force is important to understand, as…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-02-23 I. E. Ochs , N. J. Fisch

The article describes a new approach to obtaining the energy-momentum tensor of electromagnetic field in medium without the use of Maxwell's equations and Poynting theorem. The energy-momentum tensor has new qualities and consequences. Its…

Classical Physics · Physics 2017-04-13 Yurii A. Spirichev

Electromagnetic field configurations with vanishing Lorentz force density are known as force-free and appear in terrestrial, space, and astrophysical plasmas. We explore a general method for finding such configurations based on formulating…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-10-31 Geoffrey Compère , Samuel E. Gralla , Alexandru Lupsasca

Accumulation of energy by reactive elements is limited by the amplitude of time-harmonic external sources. In the steady-state regime, all incident power is fully reflected back to the source, and the stored energy does not increase in…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-01-16 M. S. Mirmoosa , G. A. Ptitcyn , V. S. Asadchy , S. A. Tretyakov

Electromagnetic waves propagate with the speed of light. The reason is that electrostatic fields as well as magnetic fields propagate with this speed. Both types of objects, waves as well as static fields contain and transport energy.…

General Physics · Physics 2007-10-18 Claus W. Turtur

The motion of charged particles in weakly varying electromagnetic fields is described using a perturbation method. This provides a systematic and physically transparent description of the particle motion on fast and slow spatio-temporal…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-05-15 D. S. Sortland , O. E. Garcia

We investigate the propagation of electromagnetic fields and potentials in the plasma of the early Universe, assuming a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker background with negative curvature. Taking over results from classical plasma physics, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-13 Peter R. Phillips

In this paper we study the non-relativistic dynamic of a charged particle in the electromagnetic field induced by a periodically time dependent current J along an infinitely long and infinitely thin straight wire. The motions are described…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-07-27 Manuel Garzón , Stefano Marò

The possibility of spontaneous magnetization due to the "asymmetry in mass" of charge carriers in a system is investigated. Analysis shows that when the masses of positive and negative charge carriers are identical, no magnetization is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2013-11-04 Shi Chen , JiaKun Dan , ZiYu Chen , JianFeng Li

We study the long term evolution of magnetic fields generated by a collisionless relativistic $e^+e^-$ shock which is initially unmagnetized. Our 2D particle-in-cell numerical simulations show that downstream of such a Weibel-mediated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Chang , A. Spitkovsky , J. Arons

It is considered that the time derivative of the electric intensity in the Maxwell-Ampere law (displacement current) denotes that a change of electric field generates a magnetic field. This paper shows that there is no reason to think a…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Petr Slechta

Various theoretical obstacles are associated with a homogeneous and isotropic distribution of ``charge'' which is subject to a repulsive, long-range force. We show how these can be overcome, for all practical purposes, by the simple device…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Brisudova , R. P. Woodard , W. H. Kinney

Identifying the sources of the highest energy cosmic rays requires understanding how they are deflected by the stochastic, spatially intermittent intergalactic magnetic field. Here we report measurements of energetic charged-particle…

This communication is devoted to a brief historical framework and to a comprehensive critical discussion concerning foundational issues of Electrodynamics. Attention is especially focused on the events which, about the end of XIX century,…

General Physics · Physics 2021-11-11 Giovanni Romano

We derive the rate of emission of electromagnetic energy by an accelerating point charge, with the acceleration and velocity in the result being taken at the present time in the motion of the accelerating charge. This contrasts with the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-04-07 Jerrold Franklin