Electrodynamics in geometric algebra
Abstract
We consider the electrodynamics of electric charges and currents in vacuum and then generalise our results to the description of a dielectric and magnetic material medium : first in spatial algebra (SA) and then in space-time algebra (STA). Introducing a polarisation multivector and an auxiliary electromagnetic field multivector , we express the Maxwell equation in the material medium in SA. Introducing a bound current vector in space-time, the Maxwell equation is then expressed in STA. The wave equation in the material medium is obtained by taking the gradient of the Maxwell equation. For a uniform electromagnetic medium consisting of induced electric and magnetic dipoles, the stress-energy momentum vector is written as where is the electromagnetic force density vector in space-time. Finally, the Maxwell equation in the material medium can be written in STA as a wave equation for the potential vector .
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@article{arxiv.2210.05601,
title = {Electrodynamics in geometric algebra},
author = {Sylvain D. Brechet},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.05601},
year = {2022}
}
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92 pages