Induced E Field? B Field, Current, Electron

[cragar]

If I have a B field in between two current carrying sheets and I approach this moving at a constant speed. And I have an electron in my hand, when I see the electron move will I say it moved because of an induced E field? Or If I am standing by the plates and I see the electron move into the B field, I will say that it moved because of the magnetic force. So does my movement induce an E field?

 

[khemist]

I don't think the electron will be affected by an electric field that it itself produces. There is an electric field around the electron, though it is because of the fact it is charged, not because there is movement.

 

[cragar]

Im talking about the movement of the B field towards me . In my frame the electron is at rest and the B field in between the plates is moving towards me, but when I get into the B field I will see the electron move. From my frame is the process electric or magnetic

 

[khemist]

So instead of the electron moving between the plates, you are suggesting that the plates are moving towards the electron? If that is the case, then one can also consider the electron moving towards stationary plates, in which case the B field is the one that is imposing a force on the electron (F = qvB).

 

[cragar]

well I don't think its that simple . If the current carrying sheets are moving towards me I will see a lorentz contraction and then i will get a net charge and an E field in my frame. Because The electrons moving in the sheet current are now approchaing me at a greater speed than the protons in the material.