A generalized momentum for continuum electrodynamics

Michael E. Crenshaw

doi:10.1364/FIO.2004.FTuG10

Frontiers in Optics 2004/Laser Science XXII/Diffractive Optics and Micro-Optics/Optical Fabrication and Testing
OSA Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2004),
paper FTuG10
•https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2004.FTuG10

A generalized momentum for continuum electrodynamics

Michael E. Crenshaw

Frontiers in Optics 2004

Rochester, New York United States
12–15 October 2004
ISBN: 1-55752-779-2

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Abstract

Conservation of energy and momentum are distinct laws of physics. The Minkowski momentum obeys energy conservation while the Abraham momentum is not conserved. I derive a generalized electromagnetic momentum from the canonical momentum, demonstrate an independent conservation law, and derive the Fresnel relations from conservation of energy and generalized momentum.

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