Why Must Pure Force Depend on 4-Velocity?

[Sagittarius A-Star]

So such a theory describes nothing.

What you are missing is described in Rindler's chapter "42. The electromagnetic energy tensor"
Short version online:
http://www.scholarpedia.org/article...romagnetism#The_electromagnetic_energy_tensor

 

[Dale]

What you are missing is described in Rindler's chapter "42. The electromagnetic energy tensor"
Short version online:
http://www.scholarpedia.org/article...romagnetism#The_electromagnetic_energy_tensor

I am not sure why you think I am missing that. His equation 72 is the equation I wrote in post 8.

 

[Sagittarius A-Star]

I am not sure why you think I am missing that. His equation 72 is the equation I wrote in post 8.

I wanted to make you aware, that he covers what you wrote. Is something else missing in his book to come to the conclusion "So such a theory describes nothing"?

 

[PeterDonis]

Rindler meant specifically the Lorentz force on a charged particle $F_\mu = \frac {q}{c} E_{\mu \nu} U^\nu$. An this is pure.

Ok. Now write down an equation describing a resistor using the Lorentz force.

 

[Sagittarius A-Star]

Ok. Now write down an equation describing a resistor using the Lorentz force.

Do you mean equation (72) in the following link?
http://www.scholarpedia.org/article...romagnetism#The_electromagnetic_energy_tensor

 

[PeterDonis]

Do you mean equation (72) in the following link?
http://www.scholarpedia.org/article...romagnetism#The_electromagnetic_energy_tensor

As @Dale already pointed out way back in post #8, the force in that equation is not a pure force. So it can't be the Lorentz force, which is pure.

 

[Sagittarius A-Star]

As @Dale already pointed out way back in post #8, the force in that equation is not a pure force. So it can't be the Lorentz force, which is pure.

Yes, but you asked only for "using the Lorentz force". I did this. This "effective" force is a sum of (pure) Lorentz forces, but is not pure itself. Then I can't guess, what you mean else.

 

[Dale]

Is something else missing in his book to come to the conclusion "So such a theory describes nothing"?

No, it is not something missing in his book. It is something missing in nature. There are in nature no classical point particles. So the sum in the middle of equation 72 is a sum over nothing. This is why I disagree with this approach.

 

[Sagittarius A-Star]

There are in nature no classical point particles. So the sum in the middle of equation 72 is a sum over nothing.

According to the paragraph above the equation, the sum in the middle of equation 72 is a sum over Lorentz forces on unit proper (co-moving) volumes of fluid, and thus on charges ρ₀, not on particles.

http://www.scholarpedia.org/article...romagnetism#The_electromagnetic_energy_tensor

 

[Dale]

sum over Lorentz forces on unit proper (co-moving) volumes of fluid, and thus on charges ρ0, not on particles

Then it is not a pure force, violating one of the foundational assumptions of his approach

 

[Sagittarius A-Star]

Then it is not a pure force, violating one of the foundational assumptions of his approach

The sum is not a pure force, but the partial forces that are summed-up are pure, because they each fulfill $\mathbf F \cdot \mathbf U = 0$.

A (partial) pure Lorentz-force on a unit proper (co-moving) volume of fluid with charge ρ₀ preserves mass of the moving fluid (the temporal component is zero in it's rest-frame), but not system mass in the rest-frame of the wire. See the following equation (73).

http://www.scholarpedia.org/article...romagnetism#The_electromagnetic_energy_tensor

 

[Dale]

the partial forces that are summed-up are pure, because they each fulfill $\mathbf F \cdot \mathbf U = 0$.

And now we are back to post 28 and post 38. There is no such object in nature. There is nothing that is large enough to be classical and yet has only pure-force interactions with EM

 

[Sagittarius A-Star]

And now we are back to post 28 and post 38. There is no such object in nature. There is nothing that is large enough to be classical and yet has only pure-force interactions with EM

The sum result on the right side of equation (72) is an impure-force "interaction with EM".

 

[Dale]

The sum result on the right side of equation (72) is an impure-force "interaction with EM".

And the things that are summed over don’t exist. As I already said.

Look, this is getting repetitive. If you like this approach, you are free to take it. I don’t like it at all for the reasons that I have stated (repeatedly) already. So I will use other approaches that I think are based on good foundations. But you do you, just don’t look to me for approval on this.

 

[PeterDonis]

you asked only for "using the Lorentz force". I did this.

You're quibbling. The point is that the force in this case is not pure.

This "effective" force is a sum of (pure) Lorentz forces

@Dale has already responded to this. I share his skepticism regarding this approach.

 

[Sagittarius A-Star]

Ok. Now write down an equation describing a resistor using the Lorentz force.

I share his skepticism regarding this approach.

This "effective" force is a sum of (pure) Lorentz forces. I split in the following the example of @Dale into two (pure) Lorentz-forces, separately for the 4-currrents of positive and negative charges. Adding both forces gives his result.

$$F^{\mu \nu }
=\left(
\begin{array}{cccc}
0 & -{E_x} & {0} & {0} \\
{E_x} & 0 & {0} & {0} \\
{0} & {0} & 0 & {0} \\
{0} & {0} & {0} & 0 \\
\end{array}
\right)$$
And if that field is applied to a resistive material then we have $$J^{\mu }=\left(\rho,{j_x},{j_y},{j_z}\right) =\left(0,{\sigma E_x},{0},{0}\right) $$ Then $$f_\mu = F_{\mu\nu}J^\nu =\left(\sigma {E_x}^2 ,0 ,0,0\right)$$

$f_{\mu+} = \rho_+F_{\mu\nu}U_+^\nu = F_{\mu\nu}J_+^\nu= F_{\mu\nu} \left(\rho,{0},{0},{0}\right)=\left(0,-\rho E_x,0,0\right)$
$f_{\mu-} = \rho_-F_{\mu\nu}U_-^\nu = F_{\mu\nu}J_-^\nu= F_{\mu\nu} \left(-\rho,{\sigma E_x},{0},{0}\right)=\left(\sigma {E_x}^2 ,+\rho E_x ,0,0\right)$

 

[PeterDonis]

This "effective" force is a sum of (pure) Lorentz forces.

We're going around in circles. @Dale has already responded to this. You're not addressing his concerns at all. You're just repeating the same assertions.

 

[PeterDonis]

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