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nassboy
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I've seen in feynman and on the internet a derivation that the force on a negatively charged particle from neutral current carrying wire can be shown to be purely magnetostatic in one frame of reference and purely electrostatic in the other frame of reference using the length contraction. The contracted wire has a net positive charge, and therefore attracts the negatively charged particle.
I've tried to extend this idea to two current carrying wires(the direction of the current the same in both wires)...but it seems that they both would have positive charge and repel when they should attract.
What am I doing wrong?
I've tried to extend this idea to two current carrying wires(the direction of the current the same in both wires)...but it seems that they both would have positive charge and repel when they should attract.
What am I doing wrong?