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So I recently have been introduced to the retarded solutions of Maxwell's equations, which are referred to as Jefimenko's equations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefimenko's_equations
And I'm curious as to how to interpret these equations (if you want to see a simple derivation of these equations see Griffiths). Unlike in Maxwell's equations, these forms do not seems to couple the magnetic and electric fields - they appear as independent fields.
Does anyone know more about this? Can electromagnetic waves exist in the retarded solutions of maxwell equations?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefimenko's_equations
And I'm curious as to how to interpret these equations (if you want to see a simple derivation of these equations see Griffiths). Unlike in Maxwell's equations, these forms do not seems to couple the magnetic and electric fields - they appear as independent fields.
Does anyone know more about this? Can electromagnetic waves exist in the retarded solutions of maxwell equations?