Cubic interaction vertex of higher-spin fields with external electromagnetic field

We fulfill the detailed analysis of coupling the charged bosonic higher-spin fields to external constant electromagnetic field in first order in external field strength. Cubic interaction vertex of arbitrary massive and massless bosonic higher-spin fields with external field is found. Construction is based on deformation of free Lagrangian and free gauge transformations by terms linear in electromagnetic field strength. In massive case a formulation with Stueckelberg fields is used. We begin with the most general form of deformations for Lagrangian and gauge transformations, admissible by Lorentz covariance and gauge invariance and containing some number of arbitrary coefficients, and require the gauge invariance of the deformed theory in first order in strength. It yields the equations for the coefficients which are exactly solved. As a result, the complete interacting Lagrangian of arbitrary bosonic higher-spin fields with constant electromagnetic field in first order in electromagnetic strength is obtained. Causality of massive spin-2 and spin-3 fields propagation in the corresponding electromagnetic background is proved.     

Reformulation of electromagnetic and gravito-electromagnetic equations for Lorentz system with octonion algebra

In this paper, the real, complex octonion algebra and their properties are defined. The electromagnetic and gravito-electromagnetic equations with monopoles in terms of S and $\hbox {S}^{\prime }$ reference systems are presented in vector notations. Additionally, the duality transformations of gravito-electromagnetic situation for two reference systems are also represented. Besides, it is explained that Maxwell-like equations for gravito-electromagnetism are also invariant under Lorentz transformations. By introducing complex octonionic differential operator, a new generalized complex octonionic field term consisting of electromagnetic and gravito-electromagnetic components has been firstly suggested for Lorentz system. Afterwards, a complex octonionic source equation is obtained as in basic way, more compact and elegant notation. By defining a new complex octonionic general potential term, the field equation is attained once again. The components of complex octonionic field and wave equations are written in detailed for S and $\hbox {S}^{\prime }$ reference systems.     

Successive Lorentz transformations of the electromagnetic field

A velocity-orientation formalism to deal with compositions of successive Lorentz transformations, emphasizing analogies shared by Lorentz and Galilean transformations, has recently been developed. The emphasis in the present article is on the convenience of using the velocity-orientation formalism by resolving a paradox in the study of successive Lorentz transformations of the electromagnetic field that was recently raised by Mocanu. The paradox encountered by Mocanu results from the omission of the Thomas rotation (or, precession) which is involved in the composition of two Lorentz transformations with corresponding noncollinear velocity parameters. By resolving this paradox, we expose (i) the central role that the Thomas rotation plays in special relativity, (ii) the need to consider in special relativity orientations in addition to velocities between inertial frames, and (iii) the power and elegance of the novel velocity-orientation formalism. A similar paradox in STR that Mocanu pointed out, also resulting from the omission of the Thomas rotation, has been resolved in a previous communication.     

Radiation of de-excited electrons at large times in a strong electromagnetic plane wave

The late time asymptotics of the physical solutions to the Lorentz–Dirac equation in the electromagnetic external fields of simple configurations–the constant homogeneous field, the linearly polarized plane wave (in particular, the constant uniform crossed field), and the circularly polarized plane wave–are found. The solutions to the Landau–Lifshitz equation for the external electromagnetic fields admitting a two-parametric symmetry group, which include as a particular case the above mentioned field configurations, are obtained. Some general properties of the total radiation power of a charged particle are established. In particular, for a circularly polarized wave and constant uniform crossed fields, the total radiation power in the asymptotic regime is independent of the charge and the external field strength, when expressed in terms of the proper-time, and equals a half the rest energy of a charged particle divided by its proper-time. The spectral densities of the radiation power formed on the late time asymptotics are derived for a charged particle moving in the external electromagnetic fields of the simple configurations pointed above. This provides a simple method to verify experimentally that the charged particle has reached the asymptotic regime.     

Electrodynamics in accelerated frames revisited

Maxwell's equations are formulated in arbitrary moving frames by means of tetrad fields, which are interpreted as reference frames adapted to observers in space‐time. We assume the existence of a general distribution of charges and currents in an inertial frame. Tetrad fields are used to project the electromagnetic fields and sources on accelerated frames. The purpose is to study several configurations of fields and observers that in the literature are understood as paradoxes. For instance, are the two situations, (i) an accelerated charge in an inertial frame, and (ii) a charge at rest in an inertial frame described from the perspective of an accelerated frame, physically equivalent? Is the electromagnetic radiation the same in both frames? Normally in the analysis of these paradoxes the electromagnetic fields are transformed to (uniformly) accelerated frames by means of a coordinate transformation of the Faraday tensor. In the present approach coordinate and frame transformations are disentangled, and the electromagnetic field in the accelerated frame is obtained through a frame (local Lorentz) transformation. Consequently the fields in the inertial and accelerated frames are described in the same coordinate system. This feature allows the investigation of paradoxes such as the one mentioned above.     

电磁场的复矢量表示

在麦克斯韦方程组及洛伦兹力密度公式基础上引入电磁场复矢量,讨论了电磁场普遍规律的新公式,包括对复矢量电磁场的建立,电荷守恒定律,能量守恒定律,电磁场矢势与标势,电磁场动量、能量、张量、相对论协变性等的研究,并和电动力学相比较,得出一些结论.     

Neutrino electromagnetic properties

The main goal of the paper is to give a short review on neutrino electromagnetic properties. In the introductory part of the paper a summary on what we really know about neutrinos is given: we discuss the basics of neutrino mass and mixing as well as the phenomenology of neutrino oscillations. This is important for the following discussion on neutrino electromagnetic properties that starts with a derivation of the neutrino electromagnetic vertex function in the most general form, that follows from the requirement of Lorentz invariance, for both the Dirac and Majorana cases. Then, the problem of the neutrino form factor definition and calculation within gauge models is considered. In particular, we discuss the neutrino electric charge form factor and charge radius, dipole magnetic and electric and anapole form factors. Available experimental constraints on neutrino electromagnetic properties are also discussed, and the recently obtained experimental limits on neutrino magnetic moments are reviewed. The most important neutrino electromagnetic processes involving a direct neutrino coupling with photons (such as neutrino radiative decay, neutrino Cherenkov radiation, spin light of neutrino and plasmon decay into neutrino-antineutrino pair in media) and neutrino resonant spin-flavor precession in a magnetic field are discussed at the end of the paper.     

磁针偏转佯谬与Trouton-Noble零实验

在均匀直线电荷附近本来平行静置的磁针，对于在其中运动的参考系却 “因受外力矩而偏转”。用等效磁荷观点不仅圆满地解决了这一表观佯谬，而且还给出了普适的Lorentz力矩张量表达式，后者可对Trouton-Noble零实验的“偏转”力矩作出直接描述。     

磁单极与磁洛伦兹力

概述了磁单极概念的历史发展,从洛伦兹变换出发,利用电磁场张量和四维力的协变性以及电荷相对论不变,直接证明了运动磁单极受磁洛伦兹力,建议了一个磁洛伦兹力的验证方案,并用磁洛伦兹力公式导出狄拉克电荷量子化条件．证明了磁洛伦兹力公式具有与库仑定律相同的精确度．     

On the properties of electromagnetic waves propagating inside moving dielectric media

The properties of electromagnetic waves propagating inside isotropic or uniaxial dielectric media moving in an arbitrary direction are analysed. The scalar products of electromagnetic field vectors inside these moving media are investigated in the kEB system from Maxwell's equations and Lorentz-covariant constitutive relations. Several important equations are derived. They are useful in discussing problems such as the energy density and radiation pressure, which are of interest in theoretical studies and many application subjects.     

Invariance operator groups for a charged particle in an external electromagnetic field

In this paper a general group theoretical approach is given for the problem of a charged particle moving in an external electromagnetic field F. From a knowledge of the symmetry transformations of the field (Galilean or Poincaré), it is possible to explicitly construct groups of operators which commute with the operators of the equations of motion (classical, quantum mechanical, Klein-Gordon or Dirac) using the concept of compensating gauge transformations together with a uniquely chosen map π: F → A fixing the gauge of the potential A. Other choices of gauges give rise to isomorphic operator groups. The general structure of the possible symmetry groups of the fields is discussed and the corresponding invariance operator groups are explicitly given for (almost) arbitrary fields. The structure of these groups is then investigated and it is shown in particular that a large class of fields give rise to non-Type I groups, i.e. to groups which have (unitary continuous) representations whose corresponding von Neumann algebras have non-discrete factors. A general criterion for these pathological cases is given. As an application, we study the problem of a Bloch electron in arbitrary constant uniform electric and magnetic fields.     

Gravitation as Anholonomy

A gravitational field can be seen as the anholonomy of the tetrad fields. This is more explicit in the teleparallel approach, in which the gravitational field-strength is the torsion of the ensuing Weitzenböck connection. In a tetrad frame, that torsion is just the anholonomy of that frame. The infinitely many tetrad fields taking the Lorentz metric into a given Riemannian metric differ by point-dependent Lorentz transformations. Inertial frames constitute a smaller infinity of them, differing by fixed-point Lorentz transformations. Holonomic tetrads take the Lorentz metric into itself, and correspond to Minkowski flat spacetime. An accelerated frame is necessarily anholonomic and sees the electromagnetic field strength with an additional term.     

有关运动超导体电磁性质的几点讨论

在伦敦方程和电磁场的洛伦兹变换的基础上讨论了在磁场中运动的第一类超导平板的电磁性质。结果表明临界磁场将随超导体的速度的增加而减小 ;在穿透层内有一指数衰减的屏蔽电荷分布 ,其符号与超导体表面由运动感生的电荷相反、数量相等。屏蔽电荷屏蔽了表面电荷产生的感应电场 ,使电场和磁场一样在穿透层内指数衰减 ,在远离表面的内部 ,感应电场被完全屏蔽     

Quantum features of electromagnetic field

The quantum theory of electromagnetic field, developed by Fermi and Dirac, revealed some difficulties in quantizing this field. Although these difficulties have been considered in numerous publications, the situation was far from clear. Currently, this problem is even more urgent, because quantum properties of electromagnetic field are proposed to use in a number of devices. In this paper we consider the quantization problems anew. Some features of scalar potential quantization are revealed. A basis system of stationary states, which is conventionally normalized, is constructed. This construction made it possible to reject an unnecessary design: the so-called indefinite metric. The requirements to the field state with respect to the Lorentz condition are formulated. A state satisfying the Lorentz condition and describing the state of the Coulomb field is constructed. It is shown that the component of the four-potential of electromagnetic field (the difference component), which describes the Coulomb field, has zero quantum-mechanical uncertainty. The other (sum) component of the four-potential of electromagnetic field has an infinite quantum dispersion or, in other words, infinite quantum-mechanical uncertainty. Apparently, specifically this circumstance served a basis for numerous statements about unobservability of these potentials. However, it is only the aforementioned sum component of the four-potential of electromagnetic field that is in fact unobservable.     

Lorentz-boosted evanescent waves

Polarization, spin, and helicity are important properties of electromagnetic waves. It is commonly believed that helicity is invariant under the Lorentz transformations. This is indeed so for plane waves and their localized superpositions. However, this is not the case for evanescent waves, which are well-defined only in a half-space, and are characterized by complex wave vectors. Here we describe transformations of evanescent electromagnetic waves and their polarization/spin/helicity properties under the Lorentz boosts along the three spatial directions.     

Is Minkowski Space-Time Compatible with Quantum Mechanics?

In quantum relativistic Hamiltonian dynamics, the time evolution of interacting particles is described by the Hamiltonian with an interaction-dependent term (potential energy). Boost operators are responsible for (Lorentz) transformations of observables between different moving inertial frames of reference. Relativistic invariance requires that interaction-dependent terms (potential boosts) are present also in the boost operators and therefore Lorentz transformations depend on the interaction acting in the system. This fact is ignored in special relativity, which postulates the universality of Lorentz transformations and their independence of interactions. Taking into account potential boosts in Lorentz transformations allows us to resolve the no-interaction paradox formulated by Currie, Jordan, and Sudarshan [Rev. Mod. Phys. 35, 350 (1963)] and to predict a number of potentially observable effects contradicting special relativity. In particular, we demonstrate that the longitudinal electric field (Coulomb potential) of a moving charge propagates instantaneously. We show that this effect as well as superluminal spreading of localized particle states is in full agreement with causality in all inertial frames of reference. Formulas relating time and position of events in interacting systems reduce to the usual Lorentz transformations only in the classical limit (0) and for weak interactions. Therefore, the concept of Minkowski space-time is just an approximation which should be avoided in rigorous theoretical constructions.     

The Lagrangian and the Lie symmetries of charged particle motion in homogeneous electromagnetic field

In this paper, a constant of motion of charged particle motion in homogeneous electromagnetic field is derived from Newton's equations and the characteristics of partial differential equation, the related Lagrangian is also given by means of the obtained constant of motion. By discussing the Lie symmetry for this classical system, this paper obtains the general expression of the conserved quantity. It is shown that the conserved quantity is the same as the constant of motion in essence.     

洛伦兹破缺的电动力学模型

由于宇宙常数的存在, 时空为渐近de Sitter(dS)的时空. 文中将静态dS度规作为时空的近似刻画, 研究了在此度规下的一个洛伦兹破缺的电动力学模型. 通过张量的标架场分解的方法, 得到了静态dS时空中的电磁场方程. 另外, 分别研究了静态dS时空中点电荷的静电场和圈电流的静磁场, 并且同时讨论了在此模型下的洛伦兹破缺效应.     

Positive-, negative-, and orthogonal-phase-velocity propagation of electromagnetic plane waves in a simply moving medium: Reformulation and reappraisal

Reformulating the issue of planewave propagation in a simply moving, dielectric-magnetic medium that is isotropic in the co-moving reference frame, using the Lorentz transformations of electric and magnetic fields and not the Minkowski constitutive relations-we reaffirm that plane waves which have positive phase velocity in the co-moving frame of reference can have negative phase velocity in certain non-co-moving frames of reference. Furthermore, this phenomenon occurs whether the medium is dissipative or not. For a fixed propagation direction, orthogonal phase velocity arises only at a unique velocity of the non-co-moving frame.