Rynasiewicz, Robert (2002) Field Unification in the Maxwell-Lorentz Theory with Absolute Space. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Although Trautman (1966) appears to give a unified-field treatment of electrodynamics in Newtonian spacetime, there are difficulties in cogently interpreting it as such in relation to the facts of electromagnetic and magneto-electric induction. Presented here is a covariant, non-unified field treatment of the Maxwell-Lorentz theory with absolute space. This dispels a worry in Earman (1989) as to whether there are any historically realistic examples in which absolute space plays an indispenable role. It also shows how Trautman`s formulation can be rendered coherent, albeit at the cost of de-unification, by reinterpreting the Maxwell tensor as a composite object involving, in part, elements from Newtonian spacetime.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Rynasiewicz, Robert
Keywords:	Relativity Theory, Fields and Particles, Quantum Field Theory
Depositing User:	Program Committee
Date Deposited:	23 Mar 2003
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:11
Item ID:	1096
Date:	2002
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1096

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