The Energy-Momentum Tensor of the Electromagnetic Field inside Matter
- 15 July 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 91 (2) , 408-411
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.91.408
Abstract
Two different energy-momentum tensors have been proposed to describe the electromagnetic field inside matter. Abraham suggested a symmetric tensor while Minkowski's tensor is nonsymmetric. With the aid of a thought experiment it is shown here that only the symmetric tensor satisfies the momentum conservation and center-of-mass theorems simultaneously.Keywords
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