Comment on ``Electromagnetic momentum conservation in media'', by I. Brevik and S. Å. Ellingsen
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Comment on ``Electromagnetic momentum conservation in media'', by I. Brevik and S. Å. Ellingsen
zbMATH Open document ID: 1246.78006
author: David J. Griffiths
published in: Annals of Physics
publication date: 2012-05-04T00:00:00Z
review text: The author comments on the article [ibid. 326, No. 3, 754--769 (2011; Zbl 1213.78010)] by \textit{I. Brevik} and \textit{S. Å. Ellingsen}. In the article, Brevik and Ellingsen discuss the electromagnetic momentum in a configuration consisting of a point charge and a long solenoid immersed in a dielectric medium of uniform permittivity. In this comment, the author claims that the ``hidden'' momentum in the solenoid is neglected in the article by Brevik and Ellingsen. Thus, the treatment in the article is potentially misleading.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 78A25
zbMATH DE Number: 6030898
zbMATH Keywords: electromagnetic momentum in media
zbMATH Keywords: Abraham-Minkowski controversy
zbMATH Keywords: hidden momentum
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: j.aop.2011.09.008
OpenAlex ID: W1990286996
cites work: Electromagnetic momentum conservation in media
cites work: Radiation pressure and the photon momentum in dielectrics
DOI: 10.1016/J.AOP.2011.09.008
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6030898