Chapter 12: Q12P (page 523)
Solve Eqs. 12.18 forin terms of and check that you recover Eqs. 12.19.
Short Answer
The coordinates of the S frame in terms of coordinates in are found as:
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Chapter 12: Q12P (page 523)
Solve Eqs. 12.18 forin terms of and check that you recover Eqs. 12.19.
The coordinates of the S frame in terms of coordinates in are found as:
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Why can’t the electric field in Fig 12.35 (b) have a, z component? After all, the magnetic field does.

Work out, and interpret physically, the component of the electromagnetic force law, Eq. 12.128.
(a) Write out the matrix that describes a Galilean transformation (Eq. 12.12).
(b) Write out the matrix describing a Lorentz transformation along the yaxis.
(c) Find the matrix describing a Lorentz transformation with velocity v along the x axis followed by a Lorentz transformation with velocity along they axis. Does it matter in what order the transformations are carried out?
(a) Construct a tensor (analogous to ) out of and . Use it to express Maxwell's equations inside matter in terms of the free current density .
(b) Construct the dual tensor (analogous to )
(c) Minkowski proposed the relativistic constitutive relations for linear media:
and
Where is the proper permittivity, is the proper permeability, and is the 4-velocity of the material. Show that Minkowski's formulas reproduce Eqs. 4.32 and 6.31, when the material is at rest.
(d) Work out the formulas relating D and H to E and B for a medium moving with (ordinary) velocity u.
The natural relativistic generalization of the Abraham-Lorentz formula (Eq. 11.80) would seem to be
This is certainly a 4-vector, and it reduces to the Abraham-Lorentz formula in the non-relativistic limit .
(a) Show, nevertheless, that this is not a possible Minkowski force.
(b) Find a correction term that, when added to the right side, removes the objection you raised in (a), without affecting the 4-vector character of the formula or its non-relativistic limit.
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