Physics – Classical Physics
Scientific paper
1999-07-27
Physics
Classical Physics
21 pages Latex-script, 6 figures, Festschrift for Grafarend
Scientific paper
We will display the fundamental structure of classical electrodynamics. Starting from the axioms of (1) electric charge conservation, (2) the existence of a Lorentz force density, and (3) magnetic flux conservation, we will derive Maxwell's equations. They are expressed in terms of the field strengths $(E,{\cal B})$, the excitations $({\cal D},H)$, and the sources $(\rho,j)$. This fundamental set of four microphysical equations has to be supplemented by somewhat less general constitutive assumptions in order to make it a fully determined system with a well-posed initial value problem. It is only at this stage that a distance concept (metric) is required for space-time. We will discuss one set of possible constitutive assumptions, namely ${\cal D}\sim E$ and $H\sim {\cal B}$. {\em file erik8a.tex, 1999-07-27}
Hehl Friedrich W.
Rubilar Guillermo F.
~Obukhov Yuri N.
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