Conception of the scalar-vector potential in contemporary electrodynamics

In the extension of Maxwell equations based on the Aharonov-Bohm Lagrangian the e.m. field has an additional degree of freedom, namely a scalar field generated by charge and currents that are not locally conserved. We analyze the propagation of this scalar field through two different media (a pure dielectric and an ohmic conductor) in a range of frequencies such that the properties of the media are independent from the frequency. We find that an e.m. scalar wave cannot propag...

The propagation of photon in a dielectric may be described with the help of the scalar and vector potentials of the medium. The main novelty of the paper is that the concept of the vector potential (which is connected with the velocity of the medium) can be extended to relativistic velocities of the medium. The position-dependent photon wave function was used to describe the propagation of the photon. The new concepts of the velocity of photon as particle and the photon mass ...

A procedure for solving the Maxwell equations in vacuum, under the additional requirement that both scalar invariants are equal to zero, is presented. Such a field is usually called a null electromagnetic field. Based on the complex Euler potentials that appear as arbitrary functions in the general solution, a vector potential for the null electromagnetic field is defined. This potential is called natural vector potential of the null electromagnetic field. An attempt is made ...

Electric-dipole radiation has the well-known far-field solutions of transverse electric and magnetic (TEM) fields with peak values propagating normal to (and going to zero along) the dipole axis. The calculation of these electromagnetic fields is based on the use of the magnetic vector potential: Its time derivative and divergence for the electric field E, and its curl for the magnetic field B. In this paper, we suggest the possibility of additional radiation fields, namely, ...

Instead of a linear system of equations for a free electromagnetic field, we propose a nonlinear system of equations. The classical electrodynamics is preseved. The appeared solutions (the electromagnetic fields) having photon properties. The theory posits the vacuum is a physical medium. The most important problems of relativistic interaction of interpenetrating mediums are studied.

This article devoted to relativistic dynamics of a charged massive particle in an electroscalar field. It represents a continuation of paper [1] where the authors constructed a non-relativistic theory which describes transverse electromagnetic waves along with longitudinal electroscalar ones, responsible for the wave transport of the Coulomb field. A new type of relativistic force exerted by electroscalar field on an electrically charged particle and the relativistic law of s...

A detailed study is made of the space-time transformation properties of intercharge forces and the associated electric and magnetic force fields, both in classical electrodynamics and in a recently developed relativistic classical electrodynamical theory. Important differences are found and serious errors are found in the traditional treatment of special-relativistic effects in classical electromagnetism. Fields associated with radiation processes are also considered and clas...

In the present research, a variational technique to modifying the Poisson equation is presented, expanding its modelling capabilities to include a wider range of physical processes and resonant structures. The study examines the implications of this modified equation to further develop our knowledge of electrostatic potentials and providing a nonlocal extension of Einstein's theory of gravitation, energy conversion and communication, in addition to the methodological advancem...

The following is the very first set of the series in 'Problems and Solutions in a Graduate Course in Classical Electrodynamics'. In each of the sets of the problems we intend to follow a theme, which not only makes it unique but also deals with the investigation of a certain class of problems in a thorough and rigorous manner. Figures are not included.

Radio frequency waves do not penetrate into a plasma and are damped within it. The electric field of the wave and plasma current are concentrated near the plasma boundary in a skin layer. Electrons can transport the plasma current away from the skin layer due to their thermal motion. As a result, the width of the skin layer increases when electron temperature effects are taken into account. This phenomenon is called anomalous skin effect. The anomalous penetration of the rf e...