General Covariance of the Electromagnetic Field Applied to E.M. Field Transformations

1991 ◽  
pp. 67-88
Author(s):  
S. Cornbleet
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
General Covariance

Three and a Half Principles: The Origins of Modern Relativity Theory

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Kennefick
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Albert Einstein ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Relativity Theory ◽  
General Covariance ◽  
Principle Of Relativity ◽  
Spacetime Curvature ◽  
Energy Equivalence ◽  
Electromagnetic Field Theory ◽  
Action At A Distance

This article explores the origins of modern relativity theory. In his 1905 paper On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, Albert Einstein directly addressed one of the largest issues of the time. Electrodynamics aims to describe the motion of charged particles (usually thought of as electrons), whose interaction through the electromagnetic field, as described by Maxwell’s equations, affects their respective motions. The problem was so complex because the electromagnetic field theory was not an action-at-a-distance theory. This article begins with an overview of the principle of relativity and of the constancy of the speed of light, followed by a discussion on the relativity of simultaneity, the mass–energy equivalence, and experimental tests of special relativity. It also examines the principle of equivalence, the concepts of spacetime curvature and general covariance, and Mach’s principle. Finally, it considers experimental predictions of general relativity.

scholarly journals Bremsstrahlung of Light through Spontaneous Emission of Gravitational Waves

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 852
Author(s):  
Charles Wang ◽  
Melania Mieczkowska
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Spontaneous Emission ◽  
Zero Point ◽  
Quantum Decoherence ◽  
General Covariance ◽  
Unruh Effect ◽  
Vacuum Fluctuations ◽  
Hawking Effect

Zero-point fluctuations are a universal consequence of quantum theory. Vacuum fluctuations of electromagnetic field have provided crucial evidence and guidance for QED as a successful quantum field theory with a defining gauge symmetry through the Lamb shift, Casimir effect, and spontaneous emission. In an accelerated frame, the thermalisation of the zero-point electromagnetic field gives rise to the Unruh effect linked to the Hawking effect of a black hole via the equivalence principle. This principle is the basis of general covariance, the symmetry of general relativity as the classical theory of gravity. If quantum gravity exists, the quantum vacuum fluctuations of the gravitational field should also lead to the quantum decoherence and dissertation of general forms of energy and matter. Here we present a novel theoretical effect involving the spontaneous emission of soft gravitons by photons as they bend around a heavy mass and discuss its observational prospects. Our analytic and numerical investigations suggest that the gravitational bending of starlight predicted by classical general relativity should also be accompanied by the emission of gravitational waves. This in turn redshifts the light causing a loss of its energy somewhat analogous to the bremsstrahlung of electrons by a heavier charged particle. It is suggested that this new effect may be important for a combined astronomical source of intense gravity and high-frequency radiation such as X-ray binaries and that the proposed LISA mission may be potentially sensitive to the resulting sub-Hz stochastic gravitational waves.

Comparison of high- and low-frequency electromagnetic field analysis

1993 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Konrad ◽  
I. A. Tsukerman
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Field Analysis

Energy, Information, and Superluminal Speed in Quantum Electrodynamics

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
Boris A. Veklenko
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Perturbation Theory ◽  
Quantum Electrodynamics ◽  
Excited Atom ◽  
Standard Quantum ◽  
Energy Information

Without using the perturbation theory, the article demonstrates a possibility of superluminal information-carrying signals in standard quantum electrodynamics using the example of scattering of quantum electromagnetic field by an excited atom.

The Event Universe

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leemon B. McHenry
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Physical Theory ◽  
Alfred North Whitehead ◽  
Bertrand Russell ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
The World ◽  
Modern Physics ◽  
Linguistic Methods

What kinds of things are events? Battles, explosions, accidents, crashes, rock concerts would be typical examples of events and these would be reinforced in the way we speak about the world. Events or actions function linguistically as verbs and adverbs. Philosophers following Aristotle have claimed that events are dependent on substances such as physical objects and persons. But with the advances of modern physics, some philosophers and physicists have argued that events are the basic entities of reality and what we perceive as physical bodies are just very long events spread out in space-time. In other words, everything turns out to be events. This view, no doubt, radically revises our ordinary common sense view of reality, but as our event theorists argue common sense is out of touch with advancing science. In The Event Universe: The Revisionary Metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead, Leemon McHenry argues that Whitehead's metaphysics provides a more adequate basis for achieving a unification of physical theory than a traditional substance metaphysics. He investigates the influence of Maxwell's electromagnetic field, Einstein's theory of relativity and quantum mechanics on the development of the ontology of events and compares Whitehead’s theory to his contemporaries, C. D. Broad and Bertrand Russell, as well as another key proponent of this theory, W. V. Quine. In this manner, McHenry defends the naturalized and speculative approach to metaphysics as opposed to analytical and linguistic methods that arose in the 20th century.

Interaction of Electrons and Photons with a Very Strong Electromagnetic Field

1970 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 724-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anatolii I. Nikishov ◽  
Vladimir I. Ritus
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Strong Electromagnetic Field
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