Electromagnetic mass revisited
Abstract
Examples of uniformly moving charge distributions that possess conserved electromagnetic stress tensors are exhibited. These constitute stable systems with covariantly characterized electromagnetic mass. This note, on a topic to which Paul Dirac made a significant contribution in 1938, is dedicated to him for his 80th birthday.
- Publication:
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Foundations of Physics
- Pub Date:
- March 1983
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF01906185
- Bibcode:
- 1983FoPh...13..373S