Lagrangian analysis of the Feynman paradox

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https://doi.org/10.31349/RevMexFisE.21.010201

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Feynman’s paradox; Lagrangian formalism; angular momentum; electromagnetic field

Abstract

It is shown that the direct use of the Lagrange equations allows us to analyze the entire process involved in the Feynman paradox, without having to speak of the angular momentum of the electromagnetic field.

References

R.P. Feynman, R.B. Leighton and M. Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. II (Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1964). §17-4

T. Padmanabhan, Sleeping Beauties in Theoretical Physics (Springer, Cham, 2015). Chap. 22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13443-7

J.M. Aguirregabiria and A. Hernandez, The Feynman paradox revisited, Eur. J. Phys. 2 (1981) 168. https://doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/2/3/009

G.F. Torres del Castillo, On Feynman’s paradox, Rev. Mex. Fıs. E 20 020201 (2023). https://doi.org/10.31349/RevMexFisE.20.020201

G.F. Torres del Castillo and A. Moreno Ruiz, Symmetries of the equations of motion that are not shared by the Lagrangian, arXiv:1705.08446 (2017)

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2024-01-05

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[1]
G. F. Torres del Castillo, “Lagrangian analysis of the Feynman paradox”, Rev. Mex. Fis. E, vol. 21, no. 1 Jan-Jun, pp. 010201 1–, Jan. 2024.

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Vol. 21 No. 1 Jan-Jun (2024): Revista Mexicana de Física E

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02 Education in Physics

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