Conservation of angular momentum for systems of charged particles. (English) Zbl 0668.70025
It is shown that the interaction part of the electromagnetic angular momentum density of a system of charged particles is integrable over any forward light cone. A covariant definition of the mechanical momentum is then given and it is shown that angular momentum is conserved.
MSC:
| 70H40 | Relativistic dynamics for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics |
| 70Sxx | Classical field theories |
| 78A35 | Motion of charged particles |
| 83A05 | Special relativity |
References:
| [1] | DOI: 10.1063/1.528570 · Zbl 0667.70021 · doi:10.1063/1.528570 |
| [2] | DOI: 10.1063/1.527929 · Zbl 0643.70015 · doi:10.1063/1.527929 |
| [3] | DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.9.339 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.9.339 |
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