Conservation of momentum for systems of charged particles

Barton L. Willis

doi:10.1063/1.528570

Conservation of momentum for systems of charged particles

Barton L. Willis

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It is shown that the interaction part of the symmetric energy-momentum tensor for a system of charged particles is integrable over any forward light cone. A covariant definition of the mechanical momentum is then given and conservation of momentum is shown.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	197-200
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Mathematical Physics
Volume	30
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.528570
State	Published - 1989
Externally published	Yes

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Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Mathematical Physics

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