How Do Electric and Magnetic Fields Transform in Different Reference Frames?

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The discussion focuses on transforming electric and magnetic fields between different reference frames using the electromagnetic potential four-vector. The components of the four-vector are defined as (V, Ax, Ay, Az), with V representing the electrostatic potential and A the magnetic vector potential. The lab frame's electric and magnetic potentials are given by V=(x^2)y and A=(xy-xz, yz-yx, zx-zy). The task involves calculating the fields in both the lab frame and a frame moving at 4c/5 in the x-direction, utilizing Lorentz transformations for the four-potential.

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There is an electromagnetic potential four-vector, whose components are (V,Ax,Ay,Az) where V is the electrostatic potential and A is the magnetic vector potential. There is a time-independent electromagnetic field in the lab frame. Its electric and magnetic potentials are:
V=(x^2)y A=(xy-xz, yz-yx, zx-zy)

a) find the electric and magnetic fields in the lab frame.

b) find the electric and magnetic fields in a frame moving at 4c/5 in the x-direction relative to the lab frame. Hint: since the four-potential is a four-vector, you can Lorentz transform it.


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