Does a moving observer detect a magnetic field from a stationary charge?

Join the discussion
Registration is free. Ask a follow-up in this thread, or start your own.
5 replies · 2K views
Pyrus
Messages
20
Reaction score
4
CASE I - Do magnetic field is felt by observer which is moving and charge is stationary?
CASE II- Do magnetic field is felt by observer which is moving with same velocity as that of charge?
Does it has some experimental proofs and explanations...
 
Physics news on Phys.org
There needs to be relative motion between observer and charge for a magnetic field from the charge to be observed.
 
  • Like
Likes   Reactions: Pyrus
To put it another way, if the charge is at rest with respect to an observer, then in that observer's reference frame the charge does not produce a magnetic field.
 
When charge is at rest and observer is moving, then with respect to observer the flux changes. Please explain me something on Electrodynamics and special theory of relativity...
 
Pyrus said:
...observer is moving, then with respect to observer...
With respect to observer the observer isn't moving. You are simply asking about a moving charge.
 
  • Like
Likes   Reactions: Pyrus