ERIC Number: EJ1177745
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Publication Date: 2018-May
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Using the Cycloid as an Introduction to Transformations of "E" and "B" Fields
Frodyma, Marc; Le, My Phuong
Physics Teacher, v56 n5 p304-306 May 2018
The transformations of electric and magnetic fields are usually introduced by viewing systems such as a long, straight current-carrying wire and a parallel plate capacitor in two different reference frames. These well-known examples show that magnetism is a necessary consequence of augmenting electrostatics with relativity. Because they require the full apparatus of Lorentz contraction and Lorentz transformation of forces, they are often postponed until the upper-division undergraduate electrodynamics course.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Magnets, Energy, College Science, Undergraduate Study
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Education Level: Higher Education
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