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Classical Electrodynamics Jingbo Zhang Harbin Institute of Technology Chapter 5 Special Theory of Relativity Section 6 Covariant Electrodynamics Section 6 Covariant Electrodyamics Chapter 5 Review Lorentz’s Transformation x0 x 1 x2 0 x3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 x0 x 1 x2 x3 v 1 1 The Principle of Relativity , c equation should Any physical under the 1 2 be 1invariance v2 / c2 Lorentz’s transformation. May, 2008 Classical Electrodynamics Jingbo Zhang Section 6 Covariant Electrodyamics Chapter 5 Question? How about the electrodynamical equations? How to transform for electromagnetic fields and potentials? Is Electrodynamics covariant in SR? May, 2008 Classical Electrodynamics Jingbo Zhang Section 6 Covariant Electrodyamics Chapter 5 1. Electromagnetic Field Einstein’s belief that Maxwell’s equations describe electromagnetism in any inertial frame was the key that led Einstein to the Lorentz transformations. Maxwell’s result that all electromagnetic waves travel at the speed of light led Einstein to his postulate that the speed of light is invariant in all inertial frames. Einstein was convinced that magnetic fields appeared as electric fields when observed in another inertial frame. That conclusion is the key to electromagnetism and relativity. May, 2008 Classical Electrodynamics Jingbo Zhang Section 6 Covariant Electrodyamics Chapter 5 But how can a magnetic field appear as an electric field simply due to motion? Electric field lines (and hence the force field for a positive test charge) due to positive charge. Magnetic field lines circle a current but don’t affect a test charge unless it’s moving. Wire with current How can one become the other and still give the right answer? May, 2008 Classical Electrodynamics Jingbo Zhang Section 6 Covariant Electrodyamics Chapter 5 A Conducting Wire F qE qv B Suppose that a positive test charge and negative charges in a wire have the same velocity. And positive charges in the wire are stationary. The electric field due to charges in the wire will be zero, so the force on the test charge will be magnetic. May, 2008 F qv B The magnetic field at the test charge will point into the page, so the force on the test charge will be up. Classical Electrodynamics Jingbo Zhang Section 6 Covariant Electrodyamics Chapter 5 A Conducting Wire 2 F qE qv B Now transform to the frame of the previously moving charges. Now it’s the positive charges in the wire that are moving. And they will be Lorentz-contracted, so their density will be higher. There will still be a magnetic field, but the test charge now has zero velocity, so its force will be zero. The excess of positive charges will yield an electric field. May, 2008 F qE The electric field will point radially outward, and at the test charge it will point upward, so the force on the test charge will be up. The two cases can be shown to be identical. Classical Electrodynamics Jingbo Zhang Section 6 Covariant Electrodyamics Chapter 5 2 The Four Current j v , where 0 0U 0 (c, v ) ( c, j ) Current 4vector Continuity equation 1 J , c , j j 0 t c t Charge-current transformations May, 2008 J v jx j x j x v , 2 c Classical Electrodynamics Jingbo Zhang Section 6 Covariant Electrodyamics Chapter 5 3 The Four Potential Potential 4-vector 1 A , A c Lorentz Gauge 1 1 1 A 0 , , A A c 2 t c t c de’Lambert equation May, 2008 A 0 J Classical Electrodynamics Jingbo Zhang Section 6 Covariant Electrodyamics Chapter 5 Relativistic Transformations of E and B E E v B , E// E// vE B B 2 , B// B// c May, 2008 Classical Electrodynamics Jingbo Zhang Section 6 Covariant Electrodyamics Chapter 5 Homework 5.6 To derive the transformation of four-potential by using Lorentz matrix. ' c A' x 0 A ' y A' z 0 May, 2008 0 0 0 0 c 0 0 Ax 1 0 Ay 0 1 Az Classical Electrodynamics Jingbo Zhang