DocumentCode :
1235542
Title :
Electromagnetic energy and momentum conservation in pendulum experiments
Author :
Moyssides, P.G. ; Patrinos, C. ; Hatzikonstantinou, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Volume :
39
Issue :
4
fYear :
2003
fDate :
7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
2024
Lastpage :
2029
Abstract :
In a number of experiments, several researchers have argued that their experimental results are not in agreement with energy and momentum conservation in electrodynamics. In this paper, we show that the strict application of energy and momentum conservation is in complete agreement with their experiments. In this work, we introduce the local electric and magnetic fields inside the pendulum conductor, which allow us to make rigorous calculations for energy and momentum. With regard to the conservation of momentum, their experimentally measured momentum of the pendulum is 8.85 × 10-2 kg·m/s, while the value theoretically calculated by us is (8.35 ± 0.84) × 10-2 kg·m/s, a fact that verifies the standard theory.
Keywords :
electric fields; electrodynamics; magnetic fields; pendulums; electrodynamics; electromagnetic energy conservation; local electric field; local magnetic field; momentum conservation; pendulum experiments; Circuits; Conductors; Copper; Electrodynamics; Laboratories; Magnetic field measurement; Measurement standards; Rails; Shape; Strips;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9464
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2003.808598
Filename :
1211177
Link To Document :
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