Electrostatic and scalar fields

Noble, Adam and Jaroszynski, Dino A.; Jaroszynski, Dino A. and Hur, MinSup, eds. (2021) Electrostatic and scalar fields. In: Proceedings of SPIE. SPIE, Bellingham, Washington. ISBN 9781510643918 (https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595296)

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Abstract

The theory of electrostatics is embedded within Maxwell’s electrodynamics, which is one of the most successful physical theories ever produced. However, a more direct generalisation of electrostatics to make it compatible with relativity would have been to replace it with the sourced massless Klein-Gordon equation. This paper gains insight into these two theories by comparing their structures and consequences in the static limit, finding that the two agree in terms of the field dynamics, but differ substantially in terms of how charged particles interact with the fields. These differences are most prominent for ultra-relativistic particles interacting with strong fields, conditions relevant to the new generation of high power laser facilities. Further connections between electrodynamics and scalar dynamics are explored by unifying the theories in higher dimensional spacetime, analogously to the Kaluza-Klein unification of electrodynamics and gravity.

  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:76961
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    7 May 2021
    Published
    18 April 2021
    Published Online
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:01 Jul 2021 15:11
    Last modified:16 Apr 2024 00:05
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/76961
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