Charge q Relativity: Force Calculation & Observation

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A charge q is placed at a distance d from an innite charged wire carrying lamdba charge per
unit length.
(a)What is the force acting on the charge q? (b)Find the force on charge q with respect
to an observer moving moving at speed u along the wire.
 
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chaotic said:
A charge q is placed at a distance d from an in nite charged wire carrying  charge per
unit length.
(a)What is the force acting on the charge q? (b)Find the force on charge q with respect
to an observer moving moving at speed u along the wire.

E and B fields transform according to the Lorentz Transformation:

[tex]\mathbf{E}'=\gamma (\mathbf{E}+\mathbf{v}\times \mathbf{B})+(1-\gamma)\frac{\mathbf{E}\cdot \mathbf{v}}{v^2}\mathbf{v}[/tex]

[tex]\mathbf{B}'=\gamma (\mathbf{B}-\frac{1}{c^2}\mathbf{v}\times \mathbf{E})+(1-\gamma)\frac{\mathbf{B}\cdot \mathbf{v}}{v^2}\mathbf{v}[/tex]
 
In a,there is no relativistic force!
 
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