Comment on "Trouble with the Lorentz Law of Force: Incompatibility with Special Relativity and Momentum Conservation"
Pablo L. Saldanha
TL;DR
This paper resolves a paradox involving the Lorentz force law and special relativity, linking it to the electromagnetic momentum debate in media, and clarifies the compatibility of these concepts.
Contribution
It provides a solution to the paradox and connects it to the Abraham-Minkowski debate, clarifying the Lorentz law's consistency with relativity.
Findings
Resolved the apparent paradox between Lorentz law and relativity
Linked the paradox to the electromagnetic momentum debate in media
Clarified the compatibility of Lorentz law with special relativity
Abstract
We present a solution for the apparent paradox regarding an incompatibility between the Lorentz force law and special relativity presented by Mansuripur [Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 193901 (2012)]. A connection between the apparent paradox and the Abraham-Minkowski debate about the momentum of electromagnetic waves in material media is also presented.
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