Nonlocal Electrodynamics of Rotating Systems

TL;DR

This paper explores the nonlocal electrodynamics of rotating systems, comparing classical predictions with quantum results, and discusses the current lack of experimental validation due to limited data.

Contribution

It introduces a nonlocal electrodynamics framework for rotating systems and demonstrates qualitative agreement with quantum mechanics in the correspondence regime.

Findings

Qualitative agreement between classical nonlocal electrodynamics and quantum results

Helicity dependence of photoeffect in atomic hydrogen analyzed

Resonant photon absorption in circular orbits studied

Abstract

The nonlocal electrodynamics of uniformly rotating systems is presented and its predictions are discussed. In this case, due to paucity of experimental data, the nonlocal theory cannot be directly confronted with observation at present. The approach adopted here is therefore based on the correspondence principle: the nonrelativistic quantum physics of electrons in circular "orbits" is studied. The helicity dependence of the photoeffect from the circular states of atomic hydrogen is explored as well as the resonant absorption of a photon by an electron in a circular "orbit" about a uniform magnetic field. Qualitative agreement of the predictions of the classical nonlocal electrodynamics with quantum-mechanical results is demonstrated in the correspondence regime.