Relativistic analysis of the dielectric Einstein box: Abraham, Minkowski and total energy-momentum tensors

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2011.03.015zbMath1242.81009arXiv1103.1654OpenAlexW1767562010WikidataQ56475462 ScholiaQ56475462MaRDI QIDQ433999

Yuri N. Obukhov, Guillermo F. Rubilar, Tomás Ramos

Publication date: 9 July 2012

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.1654

zbMATH Keywords

relativityenergy-momentum tensorelectrodynamicsAbraham-Minkowski controversyEinstein box experiment

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum optics (81V80) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general) (81S05) Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22)

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