Classical Electrodynamics: A Tutorial on its Foundations

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dc.creatorHehl, Friedrich W.
dc.creatorObukhov, Yuri N.
dc.creatorRubilar, Guillermo F.
dc.date1999-07-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:57:11Z
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dc.descriptionWe will display the fundamental structure of classical electrodynamics. Starting from the axioms of (1) electric charge conservation, (2) the existence of a Lorentz force density, and (3) magnetic flux conservation, we will derive Maxwell's equations. They are expressed in terms of the field strengths $(E,{\cal B})$, the excitations $({\cal D},H)$, and the sources $(ρ,j)$. This fundamental set of four microphysical equations has to be supplemented by somewhat less general constitutive assumptions in order to make it a fully determined system with a well-posed initial value problem. It is only at this stage that a distance concept (metric) is required for space-time. We will discuss one set of possible constitutive assumptions, namely ${\cal D}\sim E$ and $H\sim {\cal B}$. {\em file erik8a.tex, 1999-07-27}
dc.description21 pages Latex-script, 6 figures, Festschrift for Grafarend
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9907046
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9907046
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/87889
dc.subjectClassical Physics
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectPhysics Education
dc.subjectGeneral Physics
dc.titleClassical Electrodynamics: A Tutorial on its Foundations
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