On a charge conserving alternative to Maxwell’s displacement current

DOI10.1088/0143-0807/36/3/035019zbMATH Open1327.78005arXiv1411.0642OpenAlexW3099918590MaRDI QIDQ3454652FDOQ3454652

Publication date: 26 November 2015

Published in: European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Though sufficient for local conservation of charge, we show that Maxwells displacement current is not necessary. An alternative to the Ampere Maxwell equation is exhibited and the alternative s electric and magnetic fields and scalar and vector potentials are expressed in terms of the charge and current densities. The alternative describes a theory in which action is instantaneous and so may provide a good approximation to Maxwells equations where and when the finite speed of light can be neglected. The result is reminiscent of the Darwin approximation which arose from the study classical charged point particles to order (v/c)2 in the Lagrangian. Unlike Darwin, this approach does not depend on the constitution of the electric current. Instead, this approach grows from a straightforward revision of the Ampere Equation which revision enforces the local conservation of charge.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.0642

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zbMATH Keywords

electromagnetism electrodynamics displacement current magneto-quasistatics Darwin approximation electro-quasistatics local conservation of charge

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25)

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